Hôtel du Petit Moulin
COST: $$$
Fantastically located in the trendsetting Upper Marais, this former boulangerie in a 17th-century building has been redone by Christian Lacroix. He has decorated each of the 17 compact rooms with his signature palette of vivid colors and an eclectic mix of contemporary India Mahdavi Bishop tables, blown-up sketches from the designer’s notepads, trompe l’oeil wallpaper, black-and-white claw-foot tubs, and antique chairs upholstered in bold, modern fabrics.
Tip: The hotel has a special room-service deal with the nearby (and noteworthy) F&B, which specializes in modernized French classics like steak frites and oysters in champagne sauce, all at reasonable prices.
Room to Book: The much-photographed No. 204, with its walls plastered in life-size, anise green–colored Lacroix sketches. For more space, request the all-white No. 403, which has a flokati rug and dramatic black bathroom.
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From Food & Wine, Dec 2005
“Christian Lacroix's batty, hyper-ornate fashions have been translated into interiors at this new Le Marais hotel....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, Nov 2005
“If slate-gray walls sound too familiar or too masculine, Hôtel du Petit Moulin, in the heart of the Haut Marais, is the perfect alternative. The rooms, dreamed up by Christian Lacroix, are both comfortable and a riot of color, much like the designer's clothes. Walls are adorned with vast carnations, carpets are polka-dotted, curtains get a style infusion with Marimekko patterns....” MORE>>
From Travel + Leisure, May 2005
“When the fashion designer was called on to re-create the interiors for a small hotel in the hippest corner of the Marais, he dressed every one of the 17 rooms differently....” MORE>>
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