Exotic Destinations Shopping Guide: Orient Express

By The Inside Source
July 27, 2010

A trip aboard the Orient Express recalls the ultimate in luxury travel: exotic scenery by day and nights spent dining and dancing mere steps away from your sleeping car, all with a whiff of forbidden trysts (and maybe just a little danger). Remember, the journey is every bit as important as the destination. Today’s Orient Express route only shuttles between Paris and Austria, and although the famed train is no longer a passport to the near east, romance is still in the old school amenities. No ticket? The next best thing, these luxurious items will transform your boudoir into the ultimate Orient Express sleeping compartment.

1. 1950s Black Velvet Kimono Boudoir Slippers One needs elegant velvet slippers to find the bathroom in the middle of the night. (buy it now price, $28)

2. Vintage 30’s Peach Brocade Silky Lounge Pant Pajama Set Swan around your room in a swanky pajama set made for a laydee. (buy it now price, $150)

3. NEW Set of 6 Riedel Vinum Bordeaux Wine Glasses Plus Decanter In days of old, you could open your compartment window and purchase wine from vendors along the platform. (from $44.99)

4. Vintage Brass Orient Express Paris Istanbul Train Lamp Remember your romantic journey with a little brass lamp direct from the train. (buy it now price, $35)

5. Old Cast Iron Footwarmer W/ Light Blue Enamel Color Evenings in the mountains can get a little chilly. A charming foot warmer is old fashioned but fun to use. (buy it now price, $199)

6. Magnificent Vintage Hermes Ashtray 1950 Grykar Mosaic A glamorous porcelain ashtray for meditative cigarette breaks or a catch-all for assorted trinkets. (buy it now price, $499.95)

7. Auth Black Goyard Ambassade Briefcase Messenger Tote Luxury brand Goyard for your important papers and such. (buy it now price, $2,250)

8. NEW Fracas by Robert Piguet 1.0 oz.30ml EDP Spray Perfume A classic scent made for adventure. (buy it now price, $38)

9. NEW Pair of Antique French Metis Linen Sheets c1910 After a long day of gazing out as the Alps whisk by, you'll want to rest your weary head on the finest linens. (from $45)

10. NEW Alaia Paris Pink Satin Nude Crocodile Heels Trot of f to the dinner party in the dining car with a pair of satin shoes. (buy it now price, $299.95)

(Photo Credit: British actor Albert Finney stars as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the film 'Murder on the Orient Express', 1974; Paramount Pictures/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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