High-end fashion and a sizeable HNWI demographic are inextricably linked, and Hong Kong has long been one of those few places on the planet where a plethora of upscale retail has catered to voracious community with deep pockets. The city took a few damaging blows in the political arena these past few years, losing much …
Since its inception in 1975, BESTSELLER has fully outgrown its rural Danish roots, morphing into a multi-brand fashion company with a large portfolio of affordable fashion brands that serve a young demographic in all corners of the globe. For almost each of these brands dedicated retail spaces have sprung up, dominating many a high street, …
Cult golfwear brand Malbon first opened a store in Los Angeles little over two years ago, and now, it has upped the ante with a second outpost, also on Melrose Place. Situated across the street, the store occupies a low-rise 1954 structure and measures 167 sqm. (1,800 sq.ft.). The interior design sees a renewed collaboration …
The orthogonal timber frame has long been the primary structural prototype for nearly all functional building types in the East—from halls and temples to dwellings. Shanxi, as one of the most important regions for the preservation of ancient Chinese timber architecture, retains many precious examples such as Nanchan Temple and Foguang Temple. These surviving entities …
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 …
Founded only in 2022 by entrepreneurs Alain Duruy, Oscar Fassenot and Joachim Piry, online retailer suuupply quickly established a solid client base for their contemporary urban menswear offerings. And now, the trio have upped the ante, opening a standalone store, suuupply‘s very first, in what’s generally seen as one of the most fashionable shopping grounds …
Located at the edge of Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, the Verish Anguk Flagship Store reinterprets the intimate nature of lingerie through calm architectural expression and tactile warmth. Guided by Cheong-yeon—blue-tinted smoke that softly spreads—the design conveys the brand’s sensibility through gradual spatial immersion.
The reach of Chonqing-based DJ CELL is one that goes beyond music, encompassing also style and fashion, initially thanks to his streetwear label WHOOSIS, founded in 2015, but as of late, also through spin-off brand theboyhasnopatience. The latter has been shifting gear, and following an ephemeral space in Shanghai, the undisputed lifestyle hub of Chinese …
Although based in Paris, it’s not on home turf, but in Seoul where fashion designer Marine Serre has inaugurated her very first standalone store. Why? Musinsa Trading, a subsidiary of the eponymous South Korean fashion brand specialising in wholesale of foreign brands, has been the driving force behind this venture. The move not only signals …
In 2009, the PLEATS PLEASE ISSEY MIYAKE retail space first opened its doors in Tokyo‘s upscale shopping district of Aoyama. Last week, the store moved a few doors down the road – Miyuki dori, to be precise – to bigger premises. Occupying three voluminous, light-filled floors of the brand new Palace Miyuki building, the store …
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