St Tropez Shopping

Shopping in St Tropez

  1. Atelier Ivan Hov

    Origami sailing boats are the forte of Hungarian-born artist Ivan Hov who fled Budapest for Paris in 1956 and studied art in the capital before moving to St-Tropez in 1968. Today, it is hundreds of tableaux - monumental to minuscule in size and featuring at least one (but invariably thousands) of his signature paper boats - that reflect his life. View them (or buy them - his works range from a pint-sized pice to a wall-sized work) at his twinset of workshops.

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    Atelier Rondini

    When Colette returned to St-Tropez from Greece, she brought back a pair of sandals, which she took to her cobbler to replicate. That cobbler was Atelier Rondini, open since 1927 and still making the same sandals for about €120. You can only get them in town, and they can’t be shipped. If you don’t find any that fit they can be made to order, but it takes a week and you must come in person for the final fitting and pickup.

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    Place des Lices Market

    The massive place des Lices Market is a jam-packed kaleidoscope of everything from fruit and veg to antique mirrors and slippers. It's truly legendary (as the horrendous traffic coming into town on these days attests!). It is studded with plane trees, cafés and (when the market's not on) pétanque players.

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    De Puta Madre 69

    Buy a skimpy black bikini with 'playmate' emblazoned in pink sequins, a belt for your jeans with digital display flashing your very own personalised logo and other rebel-yell designs in the brand created by a Columbian drug dealer in a Spanish jail from De Puta Madre 69, next to Papagayo.

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    Vincent Dupontreué

    Buy a T-shirt starring your portrait in Swarovski crystals, a pair of Dupontreué jeans with a crystal-studded parrot down one leg or a crocodile-skin bikini by fashion designer Vincent Dupontreué.

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    Le Temps des Cerises

    Buy jeans with a 'cherry time' label from the St-Tropez boutique with the most disconcerting entrance (no, you won't get wet): Le Temps des Cerises.

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    Poterie Augier

    Buy a giant Provençal urn way too big for any suitcase or another piece of clay craftmanship from Poterie Augier.

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    K Jacques

    St-Tropez’ sandal-maker supplies many celebrities because it exports and does internet business.

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    VIP Dog

    Buy a fluffy pink sweater emblazoned with a rich bitch logo for your pampered pooch.

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    Fish Market

    A morning Fish Market packs out the archway behind the tourist office.

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    Galerie des Lices

    Among the plethora of art galleries, Galerie des Lices is outstanding.

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    Librarie du Port

    This bookshop has newspapers, mags and guidebooks in English.

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    Le Dépôt

    Pick up second-hand designer fashion at Le Dépôt.

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