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1. 'The Taj Palace Marrakech offers
breathtaking views of the prominent snow capped Atlas Mountains. Opulent and
majestic, the Palace unfolds like a beautiful painting, featuring all the
splendours of Moorish, Indian and Venetian architecture. '
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This
group of beautiful people included artists, actresses, models, tastemakers, Vogue
it girls, and even rock stars. A perfect audience for our magical
Marrakesh bohemian shopping tour! Mohamed and our team of guides and bodyguards met everyone at ten o'clock at the Taj Palace. We piled into Mercedes vans & headed off
to hunt for haute hippie treasures in the Marrakesh Medina.
Here is our special curated list of our favorite shops for caftans, bags, jewelry, slippers and exotic home accessories:
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"The most becoming fashion ever invented: the languor of the seraglio clings to them; leisure and repose emanate from them. The classic robes of the Near East, they are now suddenly all over the contemporary map-the inspiration of great dressmakers and every woman's discovery in beauty. They go anywhere.” The Beautiful People in Caftans by Diana Vreeland VOGUE July 1966 |
Moroccan Caftans
Bouriad Karim
Medina
Rue Fatima Zohra R’mila, Dar El Bacha
212 (0) 24-38-65-17
Perfect caftans to wear to the beach or to a party. Real gypset style...
Dar Caftan
on Rue Mouassine
KIS Boutique
36, Derb Fhal Chidmi,
Marrakech Medina
Quartier Mouassine
+212 (0)675480018
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Moroccan Baskets
Souk al Ghaloul
The best area in the Medina for wildly
embellished Moroccan baskets
as well as simple plain straw
ones that are perfect for the beach or farmers market. We also dropped by tiny souks packed with embroidered
leather bags and embellished belts.
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Antique Berber Jewelry
El Abidi Nasser Eddine
At the south end of rue Semmarine in the medina, shop no. 9
Phone 0524/441066
{My favorite antique jewelry shop in Marrakech….}
+ we browsed the jewelry shops near the Mouassine mosque
Boutique Bel Hadj
21-23 Souk Founouk Ouarazi, Bab Ftouh
212-24 44 51 43
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Bel Madani for Moroccan Teapots
& the Bab Ftouh Souk for Moroccan mint tea glasses
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and everyone stocked up on
Moroccan Babouche Slippers
at Haj Ahmed Oueld Lafram
49-51 Souk Smata
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Exotic Home Accessories
Souk Foundouk Ouarzazi ( off Place Bab Ftouh)
Enter through the mosaic arch at #56
This cluttered courtyard holds a collection of tiny dusty shops filled with odd treasures: here you can sift through stashes of ethnic jewelry, bags, belts and vintage Moroccan tea-trays, rose-water sprinklers, handmade silk tassels and ceremonial tea containers in silver, brass and copper….
Soufiane
13 Souk des Tapis
Rahba Kedima
061 85 34 97
The best place to go for the exquisite white Moroccan wedding blankets with silver sequins.
A tiny shop but they also have a couple of secret showrooms filled with an amazing selection of Moroccan Beni Ourain carpets…
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We ended our shopping tour with sweet mint tea
and a spectacular Berber rug show at one of Soufiane's secret showrooms in the medina...
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“There is no guide-book to Morocco, and no way of knowing, once one has left Tangier behind, where the long trail over the Rif is going to land one, in the sense understood by any one accustomed to European certainties. The air of the unforeseen blows on one from the roadless passes of the Atlas.”
In Morocco by Edith Wharton
PHOTOS
1. Taj Hotel Marrakech via Lorre White: Guru of Luxury
2. Moroccan roses in marble fountain
3. Photo by Imports from Marrakesh
4. Moroccan Holiday Vogue Italia, May 2009
Model: Sasha Pivovarova | Photographer: Steven Meisel
5. L-Atitude shopping tour led by Mohamed Elmaarouf photo by Imports from Marrakesh
6. Moroccan Baskets via pinterest
7. Asmallworld members entering the souks... photo by Imports from Marrakesh
8. Moroccan Jewelry via moon to moon
9. Hippie chic in antique Moroccan Berber jewelry by Gestie Feltekatze
10. Tastermakers shoppping for teapots in a secret souk...photo by Imports from Marrakesh
11. Pink roses & mint tea via Tobi Fairley's instagram
12. Moroccan slippers covered in vintage caftan fabric via pinterest
13. One of a kind Moroccan tassels against a zillij mosiac tile wall via pinterest
14. Dianne Argon shopping for Beni Ourain carpets via Marie Claire
15. L-Atitude's founder Alisa Ng, Photo by Kym Canter via Marie Claire
16. more Moroccan mint tea with pink roses
17. Photo by Imports from Marrakesh
