In 1996, Brigitte de Cuyper opened a shop in Montmartre devoted entirely to angels. She still runs it.
“She transports us to a world full of gentleness and kindness where the angel is king.”
18 Les Nouvelles, March 2026 (translated from French)
“You go in for an object, you come out lighter.”
Nadine Adam, Prestige’S, 28 November 2025 (translated from French)
“In this world of angels, there are no scams, no arrogance.”
Nadine Adam, Prestige’S, 28 November 2025 (translated from French)
A place, a symbol
The premises were a gift from her father. Antiques and bric-a-brac used to be sold there. Brigitte created the shop there “in her forties”, around “a lovely theme, with a symbol behind it” (Prestige’S, 2025, translated from French).
Everyone reads this symbol in their own way: a messenger, a guardian, a smile. Here, the angel takes every form: figurines, cameos, postcards, pictures, books, incense.
“The righteous promise little and do much; people without faith promise much and do not even do a little.”
After the Talmud, Baba Metzia 87a
“The source of sadness is pride, when a man thinks that everything is owed to him.”
Baal Shem Tov
Brigitte’s welcome
As early as 2003, Le Parisien spoke of her “welcome with Flemish inflections” (translated from French). Customers, for their part, describe it in their own words.
Some have been coming for twenty or twenty-five years. Others arrive from far away, many from Japan. They describe a place “out of time”, “a little corner of paradise”, “a hidden gem” at the foot of the Sacré-Cœur. They also talk about gifts “wrapped with love”.
In the press and on television
Since 2002, newspapers and television crews have come to see the angels of Montmartre. Here they are, from the oldest to the most recent. Article and programme titles are translated from French.
- 27 March 2002 France Soir, “Paris Le guide”: “Gift ideas: the angel shop”.
- 15 July 2003 Le Parisien: “Angels, a taste of paradise”.
- 13 March 2007 Le Monde: “Religious objects as decoration”.
- October 2007 Le Jour du Seigneur, on France 2: a report on the shop. Watch the France 2 report on YouTube (in French)
- February 2008 C dans l’air, on France 5: a report on the theme of the angel. Watch the France 5 report on YouTube (in French)
- September 2008 Aladin, no. 243: “Angels”, on the workshop, its moulds and its lamps.
- February 2013 Japanese television: a visit from the singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Watch Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s visit on YouTube
- October 2014 Japanese television: a report on the shop. Watch the 2014 Japanese report on YouTube
- 2017-2018 L’Internaute, “A stroll in Montmartre”: “An angel passes”. Read the L’Internaute article (in French)
- 16 June 2020 Les Soirées de Paris: “Angelophany”. Read the Soirées de Paris article (in French)
- 28 November 2025 Prestige’S: “Angels in Paris-Montmartre”. Read the Prestige’S article (in French)
- March 2026 18 Les Nouvelles, “Rencontre” (“Meeting”) section: a portrait of Brigitte de Cuyper for the shop’s 30th anniversary.
The foreign press has taken an interest too, from Germany to the United States, by way of Japan.
And today
The shop is still waiting for you on rue Yvonne Le Tac, every day. Regulars find their angels again, travellers discover them. And some of these angels are still born on site, in the workshop, cast and painted by hand.