The Lo Down: 5/27/26
I wasn't going to shop in Paris. And then...
Shopping
After shopping in Seoul, I felt genuinely fulfilled. Like, shopped-out in the best way possible. I went to Paris with no agenda, no shopping list, not much of a plan - which, if you know me at all, is not how I operate.
This was my fifth trip to Paris, and I think it was my favorite - which should be a lesson learned. I’m a deeply type-A person, and I’m starting to realize that some of the most magical things happen when you stop planning and just let your plans unfold organically (a groundbreaking realization, I know). You experience things you wouldn’t have found on an itinerary. Stores you walk into because the window caught your eye. A vintage Balenciaga jacket that had no business being that perfect.
Paris is the only city that makes spending money feel genuinely cultural. Like, yes, I bought Chanel shoes, but I also peeked inside Azzedine Alaïa’s studio - untouched since his death - and stood on the Chanel staircase on Rue Cambon (only up to step #2, though. Boundaries.)
Here’s everything that came home with me (and made my bag 15lbs heavier than when I arrived):
Clockwise from top:
Vintage ashtray from GIFTSHOP
Top from Courreges
Hoodie from GIFTSHOP
Books from Fondation Azzedine Alaïa and librairie Yvon Lambert
Shoes from Dior
1941 Schiaparelli perfume ad from Les Images De Marc
Clockwise from top right:
Vintage Balenciaga jacket from NUMERO13
Strange little porcelain dog figurine from Astier de Villatte
Vintage perfume bottle necklace from a random store
Jacket from Courreges
Shoes from Simple Rainbow
Long sleeve top from Merci
Clockwise from top right:
Sweater from Centre Commercial
Top from Nuovo
Woven silk slingback flats from Chanel
Heeled ballerinas from Simple Rainbow
Scarf from Dior (that I’ve since wrapped around the handle of the OSOI bag I got in Seoul):
Until next week -
xo
Lo
The woven slingbacks…🤤😍🩷
The Dior scarf is sooooo good