The View from Fez reporter, Helen Ranger, was sauntering down Tala'a Kebira and dropped into Made in M, a recently-opened shop with a distinctively different feel.
The interesting thing about this shop is that it stocks what it calls new Moroccan craft. There are the usual tagines, the leather handbags, the tassels, the argane oil products, but all in a new and exciting range of colours and textures. And the shop-fitting is a new departure for the Fez Medina.
The most striking products are the exquisite leather bags, which don't come cheap at Dh1750 each. There's a wide range of scented candles in metal-worked glass jars as well as pretty little betassled tadelakt boxes in a range of colours that start at Dh85. Argane oil is scented with flower waters and essential oils such as neroli, patchouli and jasmine. There are beautiful, shiny dark red or charcoal tagines and teapots for Dh220, and various candleholders. Passementerie curtain tie-backs start at Dh110 each. Presented in an elegant box is Les Delices du Saiss Phenicia extra virgin olive oil made from hand-harvested olives from the Fez region, at Dh200 per 750ml.
Find the shop at 246 Tala'a Kebira, just up the hill from Ain Azleten.
No doubt Helen will go shopping again soon, to report on another new shop about to open in Rue de la Poste, Batha ... watch this space!
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