If you chance to be in Paris this week and want to see Kanye and Kim Kardashian West — or if you just want to experience Paris like Kanye and Kim — these are the…
The fashion crowd will arrive in Paris on Tuesday for the fourth and final leg of the spring/summer 2017 collection shows, and with them, the celebrities designers have wooed to their front rows, whether via personal relationships or something more lucrative in nature. What is the largest celebrity “get” of all time? Of course, Kanye West and his reality TV star wife, Kim Kardashian West.
If you happen to be in Paris this week and want to catch a glimpse of the much-photographed couple — or perhaps just want to experience Paris a la Kanye and Kim on your next visit — these are the hotels, restaurants, and shops to hаunt.
This five-star hotel, located on one of the main boulevards radiating from the Arc de Triomphe, is a favorite of the Wests, who stayed there during their fashion week tour last spring. It has mid-century decor, French and Italian restaurants, and private lifts for guests staying in its presidential suites.
Located amid the many high-end stores that make up Paris’ famed shopping street, this hotel serves as a meeting point for fashion’s most well-known designers and editors during fashion week. It’s also a fantastic place to spot the Wests, who have recently stayed and dined there.
It’s the gourmet burgers that have repeatedly drawn KimYe to this cozy, velvet-chaired establishment, located just a three-minute walk from Hôtel Costes, since 2012. Be sure to make a reservation in advance.
This 8th arrondissement hotspot has attracted a host of celebrities of late, including Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and a sizable portion of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. While diners rave about the food — particularly the tuna tartare — prices do run on the high end. Or as one Foursquare reviewer put it: “Don’t expect cheap. Do expect delicious.”
Rare is the Kardashian-West fashion week trip that doesn’t involve a trip to Balmain’s flagship boutique, situated just off the Champs-Élysées. The duo tends to frequent other stores in the neighborhood, too, including Givenchy and Hermes.
While the Wests aren’t typically spotted at the city’s many famous galleries and museums, they have been sighted at Louis Vuitton’s two-year-old museum in the Bois de Boulogne, where West performed in 2015. You might not catch them there this time, but the Frank Gehry-designed space is worth a visit for its architectural merits alone.