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Paris One Forty: Week Six

At the end of the Street of Good Children is a police station — just in case some children aren't actually that good. pic.twitter.com/Y7WYezAtm7
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 23, 2014

Always ready for their close-ups (and frequently being carried as they do so), the dogs of Paris are their own breed. pic.twitter.com/pBmVHrEpzd
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 24, 2014

Michel Heurtault is the umbrella whisperer: his eponymous "parasolerie" is part showroom, part hospital. All amazing. pic.twitter.com/j49UPM365O
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 25, 2014

There are Chain Stores and there are chain stores. This one is the latter — a store selling chains. And nothing more. pic.twitter.com/q7C2RfoOA6
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 26, 2014

Just another day — until you see it etched in stone. The astonishing power of typography: here, sad, solemn, eternal. pic.twitter.com/8KVxMACxhU
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 27, 2014

"S'aime" and "sème" do not rhyme in English — to love, to sow. Potent concepts individually, and especially together. pic.twitter.com/8dgXpcFTLO
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 28, 2014

In a shop window sits a perfectly formed stiletto. Not merely a visual confection, but an actual one: 100% chocolate. pic.twitter.com/z1ED1NZQ7M
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 29, 2014

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