Repetto - IX

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBTFtyZ1__WHD5V_kolkn2GKOdL8shPitOao4ABVJvEyExcZz5oanYKRhgLOw60ZeO5qKv9RKtG7FA2VLrcq_EcOrcuQMRdkLLvv6SePqiXhty-Ro4mhy7mnBlVoSusqhlDFCXsAQJQ0/s1600/2012+mar+31+repetto+photo+(16).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" fba="true" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzBTFtyZ1__WHD5V_kolkn2GKOdL8shPitOao4ABVJvEyExcZz5oanYKRhgLOw60ZeO5qKv9RKtG7FA2VLrcq_EcOrcuQMRdkLLvv6SePqiXhty-Ro4mhy7mnBlVoSusqhlDFCXsAQJQ0/s640/2012+mar+31+repetto+photo+(16).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dansez!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Repetto window on Rue de la Paix is always on my list...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This display in white gives the illusion of petals being blown from a delicate flower.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Repetto</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>22, rue de la Paix</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75002, Paris</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Opéra</em></span><br /><br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">(For more reflections, see <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">James' Weekend Reflections</a>)</span></em></div>

Repetto - IX

Dansez! The Repetto window on Rue de la Paix is always on my list... This display in white gives the illusion of petals being blown from a d...

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Repetto VIII

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjhZJGumEl793lfl7KH3uHQv6ZVsVgYfyzZDqXoXj9dVYcftD-V7oj4mEhU5gQwmSPr10S6glYeyWzcEujPaWhcydYN2t9xFVFpGRa397tayRWtZPCgGUbzjPNxZgcFJeyzF5kDivW9U/s1600/2011+nov+4+DSC_0692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjhZJGumEl793lfl7KH3uHQv6ZVsVgYfyzZDqXoXj9dVYcftD-V7oj4mEhU5gQwmSPr10S6glYeyWzcEujPaWhcydYN2t9xFVFpGRa397tayRWtZPCgGUbzjPNxZgcFJeyzF5kDivW9U/s640/2011+nov+4+DSC_0692.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dansez!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Repetto's window on Rue de la Paix is always on my list, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and the <em>petite souris</em> did not disappoint.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dance, with all the <em>joie de vivre</em> in your heart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals." -- Charles Baudelaire</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Repetto</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">22, rue de la Paix</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75002 Paris</span></em>

Repetto VIII

Dansez! Repetto's window on Rue de la Paix is always on my list, and the petite souris did not disappoint. Dance, with all the joie de ...

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Repetto -- For Nanette

<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNnn0cWbFwgiRHxcs6zNjYPyg7xaqMT-6jD8ejji1CAF5viBCEheiXA45DYjE8oNrBfe_OyajXZGe7BotLWzZKNWMGyET6gzJdpRT10owzbrs1SdWfTGXAmmJmY_v_YdJnukFFkj0PVg/s1600/DSC_0730contrast.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512146023633358546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyNnn0cWbFwgiRHxcs6zNjYPyg7xaqMT-6jD8ejji1CAF5viBCEheiXA45DYjE8oNrBfe_OyajXZGe7BotLWzZKNWMGyET6gzJdpRT10owzbrs1SdWfTGXAmmJmY_v_YdJnukFFkj0PVg/s640/DSC_0730contrast.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />I cannot say how many pairs of pointe shoes I stumbled over growing up, nor the number of times she extended her leg up the passageway wall in an elegant stretch. No one talks about where the hundreds of worn out pink satin shoes went or how many lambs might have been sheared to make the padded cushions protecting the balerina's toes. Nanette, my dear sister and friend, this one is for you.<br /><br /><br />Repetto went on "the list" when Carol of Paris Breakfasts talked about finding the boutique <a href="http://parisbreakfasts.blogspot.com/2010/04/jadore-repetto.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>. I had already mapped it out before my arrival in June and walked to this incredible spot just after sunset with three friends (Marie, Mary, and Virginia). It did not matter that it was closed as the windows provided a great peek at an entire wall of pointe shoes, all pink of course.<br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><br /><a href="http://www.repetto.com/"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Repetto</strong></span></a><br />22, rue de la Paix<br />Paris </div></div>

Repetto -- For Nanette

I cannot say how many pairs of pointe shoes I stumbled over growing up, nor the number of times she extended her leg up the passageway wall ...

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