From Forever Paris: "Marché Saint-Pierre is the largest fabric store in the world, and it sits at the foot of Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre. Seven floors, 3,500 square feet (325 square meters), creaking wooden floors, shelves stacked to the ceiling. Cotton, lace, tulle, upholstery fabric, ribbons, linings — the selection is overwhelming in the best possible way."
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"It started in the 1920s with a merchant named Edmond Dreyfus pushing a wheelbarrow of fabric up the Montmartre Hill. He and his cousin Moline bought up janitor's houses near Place Saint-Pierre to store their stock. The rest followed.
The store quickly became a supplier to major Paris fashion houses. Today it still draws an unlikely mix of professional stylists, film set decorators, design students, and first-time visitors who wandered in from the Sacré-Coeur steps.
The surrounding streets — rue d'Orsel, rue Charles Nodier, rue Livingstone — form a whole fabric district. Smaller, more specialized shops fill the gaps. It is not a flea market or a souvenir strip. It is a working trade district that has been at the center of French textile life for over a century.
The store is open Monday through Friday from 10am to 6:30pm and Saturday from 10am to 7pm. Closed Sunday."
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