This lovely small street runs through part of central Lausanne, with Rue de La Paix on the east and Place Saint-François on the west. One of the city’s premier high-end shopping locations, the street is bustling with cafes, shops, alleyways, charming buildings, and cobblestones. It’s a pleasure to walk through and a nice place to rub elbows with locals. Many stores on this street, which is one of the oldest in the city, sell goods from international luxury brands.
Launched in 1987, Maniak is a cavernous clothing store that carries mostly trendy workwear and costumes and costume accessories. There’s an alternative rock hipster vibe to the place, and it’s just as likely to stock work wear as it is to carry band t–shirts and leather jackets. Think Carhartt and Schott jackets, Dickie’s jeans and shirts, and Freitag shoulder bags. Several rooms are dedicated to costumes, where visitors can find masks, feather boas, faux leather, angels wings, and pretty much anything one would want to create any kind of costume.
Manor is one of the main department stores in the center of town. You can find everything here, from clothes to stationary and electronic goods. There is also a general bookshop. In the basement, a supermarket offers a wide range of fresh produce (fish, meat and vegetables), together with all the usual products. There is also a desk called the Ticket Corner, which sells tickets for various shows throughout Switzerland.
The Aubonne Outlet is the largest discount carrier of major international brands in French-speaking western Switzerland, and a place where shopping for name brands can be had guilt-free. Here, more than 50 boutique shops offer collections of fashion items, shoes, accessories, jewelry, sports equipment, and household items at reduced prices. In addition to the shops, the outlet has relaxation spaces, a printing terminal and photo booth, and several restaurants and cafes. The main draw is the line of clothing brands offered at significant discounts.
Métropole is a shopping center in downtown Lausanne and the largest of its kind in the city and the surrounding region. White-walled, air-conditioned passageways here run past 50 shops on five storeys, including a supermarket, health and manicure salons, pet shops, and dozens of others. The facility is vast and contemporary, and it occasionally coordinates promotions with parallel community activities like circuses, sporting events, and concerts. The retail mall hosts Recyclub, a series of free courses for families on reducing domestic trash.
Lausanne sometimes seems over-run with department stores, but this one is a bit more upmarket than the rest. Like Globus, the building itself is not particularly appealing, but once you enter, though, you feel right at home. While not as extravagant as Harrods or Harvey Nichols, you still feel like you have walked into someone's flat. The store's elegance is subtle and understated yet there are enough enticing displays to remind you that you are there to shop. With designers such as Max Mara and Armani every age range is catered to. The BG Cafe is located on the third floor where customers love to relax after an evening of shopping.
Charles-Emile Moinat is an antique dealer and interior design store that has been a family business for several generations. The store, which is inside a pretty building near the waterfront of Lac Lèman, has an impressive collection of antiques including beds, clocks, outdoor furniture, lighting, paintings, mirrors, and many one-of–a-kind items. There a sort of regal elegance to the shop and the aesthetics of the furniture. Visitors are more likely to find a sophisticated 19th Century former family heirloom than a mid-century gem. The store draws antique hunters and designers form Lausanne and abroad, and also offers interior design, carpet and curtain installation, and picture hanging services.
This gallery calls itself a “cultural concept store” that mixes modern design with contemporary art, and carries an impressive collection of 20th Century furniture, lighting, and vintage design. The gallery is a taste-maker in international design, and often a stopover for collectors. Midcentury designs from Europe and the United States seem to dominate the collections, and the gallery is the perfect place to find an Eames or Barcelona chair, Danish tables, or industrial desk lamps. There are also exclusive pieces from top designers, and licensed recreations of 20th Century design icons.
Launched in 1987, Maniak is a cavernous clothing store that carries mostly trendy workwear and costumes and costume accessories. There’s an alternative rock hipster vibe to the place, and it’s just as likely to stock work wear as it is to carry band t–shirts and leather jackets. Think Carhartt and Schott jackets, Dickie’s jeans and shirts, and Freitag shoulder bags. Several rooms are dedicated to costumes, where visitors can find masks, feather boas, faux leather, angels wings, and pretty much anything one would want to create any kind of costume.
This lovely small street runs through part of central Lausanne, with Rue de La Paix on the east and Place Saint-François on the west. One of the city’s premier high-end shopping locations, the street is bustling with cafes, shops, alleyways, charming buildings, and cobblestones. It’s a pleasure to walk through and a nice place to rub elbows with locals. Many stores on this street, which is one of the oldest in the city, sell goods from international luxury brands.
Manor is one of the main department stores in the center of town. You can find everything here, from clothes to stationary and electronic goods. There is also a general bookshop. In the basement, a supermarket offers a wide range of fresh produce (fish, meat and vegetables), together with all the usual products. There is also a desk called the Ticket Corner, which sells tickets for various shows throughout Switzerland.
The Aubonne Outlet is the largest discount carrier of major international brands in French-speaking western Switzerland, and a place where shopping for name brands can be had guilt-free. Here, more than 50 boutique shops offer collections of fashion items, shoes, accessories, jewelry, sports equipment, and household items at reduced prices. In addition to the shops, the outlet has relaxation spaces, a printing terminal and photo booth, and several restaurants and cafes. The main draw is the line of clothing brands offered at significant discounts.