zaccharie touboul

Zaccharie Touboul is a fashion journalist whose work at Paris Select Book treats style as an entry point into the wider cultural and lifestyle landscape of Paris. Across his features and curated lists, he connects runway seasons and brand activations with hotel bars, brunch terraces, book clubs and media personalities, mapping how fashion shapes everyday experiences in the city. His coverage stands out for the way it turns fashion into a lived itinerary, rich in addresses, atmospheres and stories rather than only trends.

Fashion Week woven into the city

Touboul’s fashion reporting consistently treats Fashion Week as a citywide experience rather than a closed event. In his guide to “10 chic Parisian hotel bars to meet up with during Fashion Week,” he frames the shows through the places where people gather, anchoring each recommendation with precise districts and street addresses. He uses this format to position hotel bars as informal hubs for industry meetings and post-show encounters, blending the codes of luxury hospitality with the tempo of the fashion calendar. In his piece on Kenzo transforming Place des Victoires into a pop-up Japanese village during Fashion Week, he follows a major brand activation as it reshapes a historic square into an immersive fashion environment over specific dates. He also contributes to seasonal trend coverage, such as the Spring “7 tendances mode à adopter ce Printemps,” working alongside other fashion specialists to highlight key pieces while keeping a focus on how the looks integrate into daily wardrobes. Together, these articles show a reporter who treats Fashion Week as a moving backdrop for the city, where bars, squares and collections all participate in the same story.

Books, book clubs and literary style

Alongside fashion, Touboul devotes significant attention to books and literary culture, often with a strong thematic angle. In his guide to book clubs in Paris, he profiles spaces such as The Safe Page, which builds its sessions around themes like mental health, women’s voices, motherhood, roots and transmission, and Black women’s experiences in France, all through books written by women. He highlights feminist and antiracist currents through clubs like Overbookées, whose ambition is to promote feminist and antiracist literature via monthly meetings with authors. His book pieces range from emotional reviews of small-print-run works like “small sacrifices,” described as having “great emotional impact,” to seasonal selections of four standout titles presented as “coups de cœur de la saison.” Outside the magazine, he writes literary chronicles such as his article on Dominique Van Cotthem’s latest novel, which is publicly praised for its quality. This body of work shows a journalist who treats reading as part of the same cultured lifestyle as fashion, attentive to memory, emotions and the social questions raised by contemporary literature.

Luxury hospitality, terraces and discreet refuges

Touboul’s fashion beat regularly spills into luxury hospitality, where he covers the spaces that frame style culture in practice. His feature on “10 chic Parisian hotel bars to meet up with during Fashion Week” reads as both a fashion guide and a hospitality map, listing high-end properties across quartiers from Concorde and Place Vendôme to Montmartre and the Champs-Élysées. In his article on Magdalena, he focuses on the restaurant’s sun-drenched terrace, new summer menu and generous Sunday brunch, specifying times and prices while emphasizing the atmosphere and culinary heritage on offer. He extends this attention to the hotel industry itself, writing about Mandarin Oriental’s title as best luxury hotel brand in the world in 2025 and situating the award within the wider luxury segment. His profile of TV news anchor Gilles Bouleau’s discreet Paris refuge follows the same logic, showing how a media figure chooses a sober, authentic setting over a showy apartment, and linking privacy and taste to a broader understanding of status and style. Across these pieces, Touboul treats hotels, restaurants and homes as the places where fashion values are lived, translating aesthetics into architecture, service and ambience.

Media, sport, beauty and fashion-adjacent stories

Touboul also covers the people and debates orbiting fashion, from sports media to beauty pricing and connected accessories. His article on Adrian Wojnarowski’s departure from ESPN presents the move of a renowned sports journalist after seven landmark years, reflecting an interest in how media careers intersect with reputation and audience in a way familiar to fashion insiders. In his feature on the “taxe rose” at hair salons, he reports on paying €50 for the same haircut a neighbor receives for €25, and explores initiatives that challenge traditional pricing grids, bringing gender-based price disparities into the beauty and style conversation. He has written about Smartlet, a bracelet that combines a classic mechanical watch with a connected device on the same wrist, examining how a hybrid accessory can sit at the crossroads of traditional horology and wearable tech. Even when he writes about a medieval village classified among the most beautiful in France, or a quiet refuge in the city, the focus stays on atmosphere, detail and how a setting expresses taste. This range marks a reporter who does not stop at clothes, but follows fashion’s influence into media, technology and everyday services, always with attention to concrete examples and clear, accessible language.