Les Puces de St. Ouen

The big flea market in Paris is Les Puces de Saint-Ouen, at Porte de Clignancourt, out in the 18th. It's the one with all the antiques, high end stuff. But first you have to penetrate a layer of poor people selling things off blankets and tarps...the poor selling to the poor. And then a layer of normal flea market sales...fake and used crap of every description. And then finally the stuff for the wealthy, in shops and serpettes (galleries of rooms and shops). We'll focus here on the last category. One doesn't take pix of the first, and the second is boring...

In the normal flea market perimeter

Used, fake, used/fake

Now into the more interesting stuff...rusting away sculpture

Does your garden need a gargoyle?

More than life-sized

Thinking of y'all, Tawana

Not six feet away...all this at Maison Rolland, 22 Rue
Jules Valles...

Outside a huge designer vintage shop, a full length puffer

Interesting display (sorry about the glare)

Just above the dress, a description of its origin...Yves Saint Laurent
design for Dior, 1958

The floral one is all sequins

Vintage corset...€2500

Your costume for the next Renaissance fair

All up-scale vintage clothing, both sides of the gallery; only upon leaving
did I notice the "no fotos" sign; oops; the gallery is pretty near the Maison
Rolland store noted above

Interesting mural back outside

Parisian birdcage

Now we are in a serpette (gallery) that I called "rooms to go"

Interesting, beautiful stuff

Back to reality in the regular flea market

Ever wanted a teapot purse?

The brassiere store

Exiting through one of the poorer sections; the guys in orange
vests apparently are there to keep order...