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NEWS March 21, 2016

Lilian Afshar’s Paris Fashion Week Diary Will Give You Bag Envy

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It’s Day 1 and the theme this season is "The Marble Trianon meets Wes Anderson."

Strolls through Saint Germain—my favorite neighborhood in the city.

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A mandatory pit stop during Paris Fashion Week is Café de Flore for some Fujiyama tea.

Buly 1803, one of the city’s best-kept secrets.

Buly 1803 is a renovated old pharmacy. Its candles, perfumes, hand soaps, and creams are all made in the tradition of nineteenth-century craftsmanship.

We had an hour in between appointments, so we decided to head to Café Charlot. I picked up a bouquet of fresh daffodils, too.

At the Merci coffee and bookshop. I love this place and it has the best Sencha tea.

Sencha tea at Merci.

The view from our showroom.

The fall burgundy marble clutch goes so well with Bouguessa's Fall 2016 suit jacket.

It’s actually really hard to diet in Paris. This pastry shop has the best strawberry tarts.

Meet the Fall 2016 Emerald Agatha clutch. This season, I’ve named the clutches after Wes Anderson films.

Marble draping at the Musée d’Orsay

Mornings with Manet.

Our last day at the flower market in Le Marais. Such beautiful and fresh hyacinths and tulips. Spring has always been my favorite season.

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Dubai-based accessories designer Lilian Afshar, behind the brand of covetable perspex box clutches, L’Afshar, recently took to the French capital to showcase her Fall 2016 collection, which draws inspiration from American film director Wes Anderson at a beautiful showroom off the Place Vendôme.

Here, Afshar shares her favorite Paris Fashion Week moments with Style.com/Arabia, and reveals her go-to spots to grab tea in between back-to-back appointments, intimate moments with Manet, and her favorite place to walk in The City of Light—all with her covetable, new season creations in-hand.

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