Imagine wandering into an environment with wonderful sensory overload. A place to learn French, inspect global and varied patterned products and chat with a sweet and knowledgable owner.

I had this experience on my last trip to Melbourne on Fitzroy Street at Dagmar Rousset’s concept store, The French School. The items are sweet and quirky and the language learning hours, accommodating. The perfect mergence of two worlds cast down under. I’d love to see this idea pop up round New York and all over the world.