A Great Place to Shop in Paris (That You Can Afford!)

The entrance to Extrovert, a great boutique in the Quartier Latin

Everyone knows that Paris is a great place to shop. Unfortunately, to enjoy much of that shopping either you or someone you love needs to be independently wealthy. Being a penniless blogger myself, I've been on the lookout for good stores that I can actually afford, and I did find one that provides edgy European fashion for prices that didn't make me gasp. It's called Extrovert.

Extrovert (apologies to non French speakers, but the website doesn't have an English option) is located at 47 Rue St-Andre des Arts in the heart of Paris's lively and historic Quartier Latin. Rue St-Andre des Arts is a good place in general to find boutiques that won't break the bank, but Extrovert struck me as having a particularly exciting array of clothing and accessories - definitely stuff that will get you noticed back in the states - while still being affordable. The staff was friendly and spoke English and the styles ranged from clean and contemporary to vintage inspired to urban chic. Extrovert has both men's and women's sections and the guys' clothes were every bit as distinctively Parisian as the girls' (the white leather jacket in the window is a great example).

If you find your shopping trip exhausting, Rue St-Andre des Arts is also full of bistros and bars where you can have un verre de vin and talk over your plans to wear your new purchases to the nightclubs which you'll also find nearby.

Copyright 2010 Sara Harding