I love going to the Marché aux Puces at St-Ouen (M° Clignancourt). Every time I’m there I find yet another stand to adore and obsess over. I actually went to check out the Chantal Thomass stand, and yes, I’d live there, but there nothing strikingly original. I got a lot more excited about the adorable Nini Peau d’Chien in the Marché Vernaison.

There’s something in the repetitive mise-en-scène of the objects that’s so mesmerizing and attractive…even if I didn’t want anything in particular, I wanted the whole montage. The more kitsch objects came from another stand in the Vernaison called Tombées du Camion, which also has a new boutique in the Passage des Panoramas (this passage is getting way too trendy for its own good…I still can’t believe Stern Graveur moved out).

Over in the Marché Paul Bert, just past the Chantal Thomass stand (this is the last weekend it’s open), is a newly opened passage connecting the Impasse Simon to the Rue Jules Vallès. I do enjoy the Paul Bert, but it can be one of the snobbiest areas of the market (okay, I’m a bit biased because one of the stall owners yelled at me to keep my dogs away from her stand because she was worried they’d pee on it…if only I could make them do it on command).

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