Thanks to all the commenters who dropped in their suggestions for Paris. In the end there was a three-way tie between the The Petit Moulin, Plaza Athenee and the write-in suggestion from PatrickSW, The Four Seasons George V.So, here is how we operated the tie-breaker. The George V was about...
September 26, 2008
So we're headed off to the City of Light in a week and while we are fortunate to have an apartment of a family friend to crash at for most of our stay, we still want to check in on the Parisian Hotel Scene.We've covered Paris extensively, thanks in part...
September 16, 2008
Tight jeans and large sunglasses are what you mostly see entering and exiting The Hotel du Petit Moulin, a 17-room creation from fashion designer Christian Lacroix on Trendy Street, aka rue Poitou, in the middle of Edgy Area, aka the Right Bank's Marais area. The translation - small windmill -...
April 30, 2008
There's not shortage of fashion designers getting in on the hotel game, but Christian LaCroix seems to be doing it the best. Wallpaper has awarded his personally designed, Hotel du Petit Moulin in Paris as "Best New Hotel of the Year". Just as flamboyant as his designer stilettos, the hotel...
September 11, 2006
Designer's moonlighting as hoteliers is all the rage these days, so it should come as no surprise that Hôtel du Petit Moulin was desinged by French fashionista Christian Lacroix. Lacroix was tasked with recreating a 17 room hotel in the hip Marais section, and he managed to transform his...
April 25, 2005
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