The Louis Vuitton shop-in-shop has relocated within the multi-storey Daimaru department store in Kyoto, and now occupies a sizeable ground floor unit, rubbing shoulders with the boutiques of AMI, Valextra and Comme des Garçons Pocket. Designed in-house, the retail space comes with a distinctive backlit façade adorned with the iconic Damier pattern. Inside, the retail …
As a highly developed consumer market, Taiwan has its fair share of high-end boutiques where style-savvy dwellers can splurge, even far outside the sprawling capital city Taipei. The ISSEY MIYAKE brand is well-represented in the country, operating a large number of standalone stores for many of its coveted lines. In Kaohsiung, one of the biggest …
The Bottega Veneta store at JK Iguatemi shopping centre in São Paulo, one of two in this sprawling megalopolis, first opened its doors in 2012. With a newly appointed creative director, British-born Louise Trotter, the luxury brand has seen an accelerated roll-out of a new retail aesthetic across the planet. Here, at one of the …
While China was previously hailed as the biggest luxury market on the planet by 2030, current prospects are downright bleak, and many a high-end brand is scaling down retail operations in the country. In stark contrast, a number of shopping destinations in the Far East, such as Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul and even Manila and Jakarta, …
The Acne Studios flagship store in Aoyama, one of Tokyo‘s achingly plush shopping areas, first opened its doors in 2012 as the brand’s first outpost in all of Asia. And now, it has moved to new premises situated directly opposite the iconic Prada Aoyama flagship store, which is pretty much the neighbourhood’s architectural icon, and …
The Louis Vuitton store at Matsuya Ginza, a luxury department store in Tokyo‘s Ginza district, first opened its doors in 2000. A dramatic renovation followed in 2013 when acclaimed Japanese architect Jun Aoki created a new building with a façade inspired by the Ginza neighbourhood’s history as an Art Deco town. The original façade is …
It has only been four years since Dior added a dedicated men’s boutique to the existing women’s store at Plaza Indonesia, one of Jakarta‘s leading luxury shopping centres. Meanwhile Indonesia‘s luxury market has seen a steady growth, and the Paris-based fashion house has anticipated this upward trend. Following a lengthy renovation, which took about ten …
Located in the heart of Guangzhou Tower, COSCIA Guangzhou Tower Boutique is a high-end fashion buyer’s store that blends Italian luxury with architectural inspiration. Designed by All Design Studio (ADS), the 1,000-square-meter space draws from the tower’s grandeur and mist-like aura, centered on the themes of “Foundation Stone” and “Mist.” The boutique is envisioned as …
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As Spain‘s top luxury resort where tycoons and royalty reside or fly in a few times a year to frolic in the sun, Marbella has quite a reputation to uphold. Being a household name in these circles, Roman fashion house FENDI has eagerly pitched in with a rather immersive takeover of the plush Puente Romano …
In Paris and London, OMA have designed the shops for the southern French fashion label Jacquemus, developing multi-layered design scenarios despite material self-restraint.
