A Parisian Makeover is available four times a year:
January - Winter Sales
July - Summer Sales
March - New spring/summer collections (Collection d'Ete) arrive in stores
October - New fall/winter collections (Collection d'Hiver) arrive in stores
Tour schedules 2010
January 10 - 17 ; July 4 - 11 (sales); March 14 - 21; October 3 - 10 (new collections)
Sunday
Early morning arrival in Paris; group welcome by GBT tour director at Charles de Gaulle Airport; transfer to hotel in private chauffeured mini van, check-in at hotel.
Free time until five o'clock, when we will meet in the hotel, to become acquainted and to be introduced to the week's schedule. We will also discuss the 'Beauty & Style' form each group participant has filled upon registering for this tour, to help our stylist help you select clothes and acessories.
Early group dinner. Tomorrow your full week's schedule begins...
Monday
Monday is your first full day of beauty and fashion. You will leave the hotel after breakfast, to be pampered at one of the city's most renowned salons, where top professionals will help you select individual treatments to bring out a new you - a haircut, color makeover or new makeup style. Some of Paris' most beautiful women come to this elegant 19th-century mansion for their beauty treatments; you will not be disappointed...
Free time after salon session.
Dinner at your leisure
Tuesday
Today you will start building your new wardrobe and to freshen up the one back home. Our stylist will help you individually to select clothes that suit you - French women wear what works for them, not for skinny teenage models on magazine covers. A liberating thought, we think...
Free time after shopping
Group dinner at a select bistro
Wednesday
Wednesday is the day for shoes and handbags. Acessories are very important to achieve a polished, Parisian-style look, and our fashion stylist will help you with basic rules you will never forget.
Free time after shopping
Dinner at your leisure
Back to the hotel after dinner, to freshen up and get ready for a late-night party scene in an exclusive restaurant/disco with a very international clientele.
Thursday
Today we will explore two of the best-known vintage stores in Paris, where we get fabulous designer pieces for less price. All elegant Parisians do that, and you could not leave town without visiting these paradises of savings and quality.
Free time until a 5:00 PM
Tea party in one of Paris' most prestigious maison de the, a local tradition of the elegant set
Free time after tea party
Dinner at your leisure
Friday
Today you will visit trend-setting boutiques famous around the world for innovation and design and will be introduced to the most exclusive shopping street in the world - it is not where Parisians-in-the-know shop daily, but these places need to be seen, as what you see on their windows will be duplicated around the world soon. Yes, it is where the world finds 'inspiration'...
Group lunch in the heart of the fashion district, the hangout of the fashion crowd.
In the afternoon you will shop for lingerie, a major item in Frenchwomen's wardrobe. We favor a small boutique where we find high-quality pieces with good prices and attentive service. You will love to end your week of beauty and fashion with this sexy touch.
Free time after shopping
Dinner at your leisure
Saturday
Free morning and afternoon. You may return to the places you liked best during the week, or embark onto new discoveries.There is a lot to see and do in Paris, and we will advise you depending on your interests.
Back to the hotel in the early evening for a surprise farewell dinner and burlesque show, one of the highest-rated in the world for its 'Cabaret Chic' style.
Sunday
Breakfast; check out by noon
Transfer to Charles de Gaulle airport for departures
Farewell and end of tour
Food & Fun
- You will not 'shop 'till you drop' - that is not the Parisian way. This tour is about pleasure, not pressure, and it would not be Paris without that other French treasure - glorious food. With that in mind, we have personally selected cafes and bistros where locals meet to relax, socialize and savor the best cuisine in the city. You will not find these addresses in tourist guides.
- The 'Cabaret Chic' burlesque show on Saturday night is likely to stay in your memory for a long time; it may not release the exotic dancer in you, but it will encourage you to keep in shape for the rest of your life!
- During this week, you will have free time to pursue your own special interests; we will help with suggestions - arts, museums, decoration, theater, movies, gardening, children clothing - if you let us know in advance what your interests are, when signing up for this tour.
