After opening up shop in Williamsburg and Nolita, French womenswear brand Sézane has landed on New York City‘s swanly Upper East Side. The flagship store, or L’Appartement in true Sézane parlance, occupies a street level unit on the premises of The Benson, a newly built luxury residential structure on Madison Avenue. The brand’s founder Morgane …
Fourteen years after its last renovation, the Dior retail space on Milan‘s prestigious Via Montenapoleone shopping artery has seen another major revamp and upgrade, becoming House of Dior. Timely inaugurated for Milan Fashion Week‘s latest edition, the flagship store is housed on two expansive floors of a historic building on Via Montenapeoleone. The interior design, …
Following its longtime outpost in SoHo, Acne Studios has recently inaugurated a second retail space in New York City. The Stockholm-based brand has secured a spacious unit in a historic building situated directly across from the Whitney Museum of Art. The stately façade with its large floor-to-ceiling glass allows passers-by ample peeks of the collaborative …
When it comes to the Chinese consumer market, Shanghai remains the country’s epicentre on almost any level, including fashion and lifestyle. It’s not surprising that ZARA, which has been present here with multiple stores across town, continues to seek opportunities to raise its profile. Well, it has just done so with a brand new design-led …
MVRDV-designed Urban Revivo flagship store in Beijing blends local architecture with global aspirations.
Only a few weeks after declaring its independence from parent company ASICS, sneaker brand Onitsuka Tiger makes its biggest retail statement in the homeland with a new global flagship store, its biggest worldwide, in the bustling Shinjuku district of Tokyo. The retail space is expansive, measuring no less than 1,837 sqm. 919,337 sq.ft.) spread across …
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Forward Japanese fashion brand kolor has had a presence at Shinsaibashi PARCO in Osaka since the latter’s opening in 2020. Aligned with the department store’s major revamp, the brand’s shop-in-shop has relocated to the second floor, featuring a new interior design by DAIKEI MILLS, an acclaimed architecture and interior design practice based in Tokyo. Although …
H.Lorenzo‘s boutique in West Hollywood has been a fixture in the high-fashion retail landscape of Los Angeles for quite some time. As of late, the preferred address of the city’s most discerning shoppers, founded by entrepreneur Lorenzo Hadar, has revealed a brand new interior design, securing its place for the next decade with a sleek …
Human Haus TN transforms a traditional townhouse in Tainan into a contemporary retail space driven by architectural sequence. Responding to the existing structure through minimal intervention, the design preserves exposed brick walls, timber roof framing, and the original proportions of the townhouse while inserting a crisp white volume as a new spatial layer. Selective removal …
Pieter Mulier‘s five-year tenure as ALAÏA‘s creative director has not only put the brand in the global limelight, but also boosted demand, and consequently, a rapid expansion of its retail network. Hot on the heels of a store opening in Beijing, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, ALAÏA has set its sight on …
