from rummaging through couture to sitting in first class, there's still more to do and see this month. we can't just sit around smoking in cafés all day.


window shop.
nan kempner: une americain a paris, at the foundation pierre bergé, shows off all the goods that yves saint laurent made for the legendary clotheshorse and society dame. she purchased 373 of his outfits. now that is love of couture at first sight. 3 leonce reynaud.
ysl-hautecouture.com


canned.
the new paint store gem, the little shop, specializes in the finest wall paints, wall painting kits, pigments, and fabrics including zuber, a line of historic paints that have donned the walls of the white house, the victoria & albert museum, and the louvre. interior design services are also available to decorate your paris pied-a-terre. 1 rue de jarente. 01.42.71.3675. www.the-little-shop.com


double trouble.
pierre et gilles, the original bad boys of "art" photography, are showing off again at jeu du paume. double je, covers over 30 years of the duo's collabs with 130 works including celebrity portraits of jean paul gaultier, iggy pop, and nina hagen. the exhibit coincides with a new taschen book. 1 place de la concorde, 8E. 01.47.03.12.50. www.jeudepaume.org


lighten up.
summertime calls for lighter fare, like the delectable new salad of mozzerella, melon, and mache at one of our favorite marais bistros, chez janou. arrive by 7 p.m. for dinner on the pretty-as-a-paris-postcard street setting. reservations are a must. 2 roger-verlomme. 01.42.72.28.41. webzak.free.fr


sell out.
at the lobato summer sale, you may have to fight over that fabulous jamin puech bag, but it's worth putting up your dukes. look for shoes and bags from designers like marc jacobs, charlott vasberg, martin margiela, balenciaga, pierre hardy, chloe, and more. 6 rue mahler. 01.48.87.68.14. www.lobato-paris.com


sit-in.
cinema en plein air a la villette is the answer to a drive-in, sans car. the annual summer outdoor film festival with a giant screen looming over park la villette is showing such classics as my fair lady and newbies like marie antoinette. this year's theme is "première classe et strapontin." literally, "from first class to folding chair." july 17 thru august 26. 01.40.03.75.89. www.villette.com