Factory Tours/Fashion shows

My family enjoys going on factory tours . The only one I was able to find on line was the Gobelins Tapestry Tour. Does anyone know of any others?

Also, on a previous trip I was able to go to a fashion show, held at a department store. Can someone direct me to where I could get tickets to go to another one? We will be in PAris in late February.

Thanks in advance for your response.

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For free Fashion shows:

GALERIES LAFAYETTE-- FRIDAY%26#39;s at 3:00 PM (you can pre-book via e-mail link)

…galerieslafayette.com/vdm/…

PRINTEMPS-- TUESDAYs at 10:00 AM

printemps.com/international/…

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I%26#39;m not sure if you%26#39;re aware of it or not but the GOBELINS tours have odd days and even odder hours. They%26#39;re usually only offered on TUESDAYs, WEDNESDAYs %26amp; THURSDAYs at 2:00 PM and 2:45 PM. I%26#39;d suggest you telephone before heading down there to make sure of availability and the days and times.

www.museums-of-paris.com/musee_en.php…

The general area of Butte aux Cailles is difficult to describe. It is certainly a %26#39;working class%26#39; neighborhood but it has more of the %26#39;..feel..%26#39; of an entirely separate %26#39;village%26#39; than a part of Paris. It isn%26#39;t always %26#39;pretty%26#39; but it%26#39;s usually %26#39;interesting%26#39;.

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Michel Cluizel has chocolate tours just outside the city.

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Thank you for your responses. Does anyone have any more information that might be useful, especially as to any factory tours?

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There is this tour of the Commercial Markets out at Rungis--http://www.rungisinternational.com/pages/gb/Com/visites.asp

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Would the champagne factory tour in Reims qualify?

There is not a lot of Mfg going on around here.

There are furniture ateliers in the 11th and you can visit those, or the clothing manufacturers in the sentier.

Another contributor asked to visit the kitchens of a local bakery and yesterday I got a visit of my new chocolatier%26#39;s laboratory.

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The Gobelins Tour is well worth the effort to organise -the only problem the day we were there was that the tour was only available in French.