Back on the Rue Charlot, at no. 67, Agnès Butor’s La Boutique Extraordinaire is also a back-to-nature celebration. Her garments are ravishing, wonderful to touch and all made from luxurious fabrics and/or natural or rare animal fibres, including alpaca, baby Lama, merino wool, mohair and silk from the Himalayas.

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Agnès Butor’s love of natural textiles stems from when she learnt to weave in Middlebury, Vermont, when her father taught French literature there. Her extraordinary garments, which are made from gorgeous natural fibres she’s hand-picked around the globe, are luxurious, gorgeous, soft and light to the touch.

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Agnès Butor's love of natural textiles stems from when she learnt to weave in Middlebury, Vermont, when her father taught French literature there. Here extraordinary garments, which are made from gorgeous natural fibres she's hand-picked around the globe, are luxurious, gorgeous, soft and light to the touch.

Narrow, characterful rue Charlot is full of small shops where the person behind the till is most probably the designer and maker, too. Amongst this urban profusion of inventiveness is a small boutique selling the most ravishing garments for women. If you yearn for the softest tangerine-orange cashmere jumper of a finely spun, moss-green hemp scarf, this is one of the loveliest shops in Paris. It is very rare to find clothing shops that don't play music but Agnès Butor, the warm, knowledgeable owner, not only ensures a calm atmosphere, she also hosts small exhibitions of unusual garments. You might find a hand-dipped indigo upcycled antique nightdress or a warm felted jacket that moulds itself to your body after being worn few times. Aficionados come here from as far a field as the United States and Japan - not to gawp at well-known brands but to find some of the loveliest clothes in the world.

Fibre Fashion

Clothing and Textile artworks crafted from natural and rare animal fibres are exhibited and sold at « La Boutique Extraordinaire ».

In the Upper Marais of Paris, Agnes Butor gathers her findings: rare fibres, original materials, clothing, textile artwork ... Small little-known collections and unique pieces by textile artists.
La Boutique extraordinaire, 67, rue Charlot, 75003 Paris

Agnes Butor can talk non-stop about her models, sweaters, dresses, skirts and scarves made exclusively from natural fibres. In winter, the store provides clothing made of cashmere, mohair, alpaca, baby camel and baby lama ; in summer, it’s time for silk, cotton, pima cotton (from South America) and embroidered silk. There are also Japanese plant-dyed, organic towels. Every month, Agnes exhibits the work of a textile artist.
CLOSED ON SUNDAY MORNING AND MONDAY.