Olivia Purvis

Paris with Claire's



Some of my earliest memories being a magnetic earring, elastic chocker and pink hairspray loving eight year old link back to Claire's Accessories. Before Claire's, I'd been known to drag people into Girl Heaven (where, of course, I had one of my early birthday parties- deely boppers and all) but as soon as I hit ten, it was time for the real deal. Although I was never brave enough to have my ears pierced at Claire's like all the other girls at school, the feeling of filling up those little purple elastic baskets was one I'd never tire of...

Fast forward a few years and I'm still a fan! When I headed across the Chanel with the team last week, both my inner pre-teen and twenty one year old self were pretty jubilant. With Katy Perry teaming up with the brand to create some of the cutest, most kitsch accessories ever (think popcorn, macaron and hot dog phone cases and burger shades)- we headed over to their two-day Parisien pop up, to meet the team, head to the stores and probably eat more pastries and French bread than may ever be socially acceptable...


Now, I know that there's a chance the last time you popped to Claire's was for a belly button ring (fake, duh), some gingham scrunches or even a boho style circle belt to parade around on your hipster jeans (secretly I'll always count Shakira as a style icon)- but let me promise you, there's more than just pre-teen goodness behind those doors. Picking up delicate gold pieces (which has even converted non-jewellery wearing me to bangles), nineties hoops and some of the cutest Grecian style festival headwear I've seen, I hit the home bound Eurostar with a new found love for a childhood favourite and a bloomin' lot of Katy Perry songs in my head. Never a bad thing though!

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