Le Bon Marché is Paris’s oldest and most iconic department store, and it still draws a crowd—for good reason. The store, which has been extensively renovated and kept pristine by luxury powerhouse LVMH, is drenched in beautiful things.
This holiday season, Le Bon Marché has gone all out with one of today’s hottest trends: personalization. At the store, shoppers can show an on-site graphic designer a picture of their dog, their fiance, or even an entire family portrait. Using software, the designer draws an on-the-spot Parisian-style caricature, which is then printed on an item of your choosing, on whatever fabric you wish.
The result? Adorable and incredibly thoughtful gifts that are truly one-of-a-kind, especially for those who already have, well, everything. While services like these have been offered online for quite some time, there was value in the IRL-ness of it all. Chatting with the designer, touching the sample products, basking in the store’s admirable commitment to keeping the floors festive, merry and bright—it made us want to engage, to spend, to stay.
