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Avenue Montaigne and Champs Elysèes - most expensive places for shopping

March 19th, 2006

Pay a small fee and endure a few more foot-aching steps for a bird’s-eye view of the city from atop Napoleon’s Arc de Triomphe, at the end of the Champs Elysèes.
If Paris is synonymous with fashion, then Avenue Montaigne and its surrounds should be directly translated to “extremely expensive fashion.” Home to the top couture houses and the most chi-chi shopping in the city (and perhaps the world) the Avenue Montaigne area is replete with top-notch designers such as Calvin Klein, Celine, Chanel, Christian Dior, Prada and more. Although the largest concentration of upper-crust establishments is found on Avenue Montaigne, most people know the area for the world-famous Champs Elysèes, the self-proclaimed most beautiful avenue in the world. And while Champs Elysèes has in recent years attracted decidedly lower-rent tenants like the Gap and the Disney Store, it still provides a wonderful mile-long stretch for strolling, window-shopping and people-watching.
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