Launched in 1981 as a diffusion line of Giorgio Armani, it’s actually one of many, Emporio Armani since grown into a forward style of its own, offering a full seasonal wardrobe for men and women. The line has numerous branded retail spaces across the planet, and it recently raised its retail profile dramatically in Tokyo …
In a major upgrade of its operations, Casablanca has recently inaugurated its first retail space at home base Paris. The fashion brand, founded only in 2019 by Charaf Tajer, has since gone leaps and bounds, garnering leading stockist across the planet with its fun-infused, luxed-up leisurewear styles. The Casablanca flagship store occupies no less than …
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 …
As a veritable jack of all trades, Ramdane Touhami has not only created a legacy in retail, but also in branding, marketing, and last but not least, style. A little while ago, the prolific self-taught entrepreneur and designer has embarked on a new retail adventure, one that’s close to his heart. Enter Words, Sounds, Colors …
After opening up shop in Los Angeles in 2020, things were somewhat quiet on the retail front for Dries Van Noten. Well, that was yesterday. This Spring season, it’s full throttle for the Antwerp-based fashion house, as a new outpost has opened its doors Brussels a little while ago, and now, the newest retail space …
Chinese fashion brand MASONPRINCE is known for its evocative retail spaces, and its newest outpost in Guangzhou, is no exception. Situated in Yongqingfang, a historic downtown area which has seen a dramatic makeover in recent years, the store occupies no less than 500 sqm. (5,382 sq.ft.) spread across three floors of an equally revamped mansion …
In sync with Saudi Arabia‘s accelerated modernisation in recent years, an increasing number of foreign brands have opened up shop in the country’s major cities, and A.P.C. is one of the latest to arrive. In collaboration with local retail group Beside, the Paris-based brand has opened a standalone store in Riyadh, its very first in …
It isn’t only in Italy where Fare la bella figura is an innate skill, the Japanese know a thing or two about keeping up appearances. Unsurprisingly, top-notch Italian brands have always resonated well in the Land of the Rising Sun, and Brioni is no exception. The renowned Rome-based tailoring brand has recently relocated its store …
Following last year’s store openings in Shanghai and Beijing, fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto has inaugurated a new boutique in another one of China‘s first-tier cities—Guangzhou. Situated at K11 Guangzhou, one of the city’s leading shopping centres, the retail space features an interior design by Tokyo-based architecture practice OSO. The material palette is inspired by traditional …
Since its inception in 2010 by friends Inwook Park, Nadan Cho, and Jonkyu Choi, fashion brand thisisneverthat has come a long, long way, expanding its business on home turf, but also increasingly overseas. The company has cleverly paired the growth with design-led standalone stores of which many can be found across Seoul – mind you, …
