When in Paris...

Last weekend I was so ready to spend plenty of time shopping in PARIS! I couldn't wait. The first full day spent there, my friends and I walked around and came to shops such as Chanel, Dior, and Versace to name a few. Yeah... way out of my price range.
On the streets everyone wore black, it was worse than in London. I spotted some younger girls wearing fun street fashion, but it was kind of rare in all honesty.
After my observations, I realized that the people of Paris are classic, staple item sort of people. Not really what I was expecting.
This made me realize that there is a huge difference, that I was not aware of, between London and Paris fashion.
In London, shopping is a lot easier to access for people of all price ranges. On one end of the spectrum is Primark that offers dirt cheap clothing that is not necessarily going to last you very long and then there is Harrods which offers all high end designers. In between there are MANY stores offering different styles, brands, and target customers.
In Paris, there are high end designer stores, big department stores (like Harrods), and that is about it. We were talking to some friends from Paris and they told us that if we want to go shopping to visit this one department store which they claimed to be excellent. Upon our arrival, our first glance was "Hey, this looks like a great place," but once we actually looked around, we realized that this is just a department store with high end designers in different sections. It made me think: does the young crowd of Paris really think that "average" clothing consists of Vivian Westwood and Chloe?
Another difference is that in London, certain areas are designated to be shopping streets such as Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus and all different stores can be found on these roads. In Paris, there are areas called Operas which are their shopping districts but still the clothing is for customers willing to pay higher prices.
I could be wrong though, maybe shopping is just more difficult to spot in Paris.
Either way, I would much rather go shopping in London being a twenty year old woman who loves shopping.