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 …
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 …
The CalaQisya fashion empire was founded in 2010 by Malaysian sisters Farah, Azrina and Yana Khairuddin, and has since become a household name with its modern take on Muslim-style apparel for women and men. Last year, the latter sibling and her husband Hazwan Faiz launched ASAL, a spin-off brand specifically targeting a young male demographic. …
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 …
As China‘s consumer market, at least in its top-tier cities, has reached maturity level, the retail landscape is keeping abreast with an ongoing wave of new store openings catering to a more refined and diversified taste level of its savvy dwellers. Needless to say, Shanghai‘s retail arena has always been receptive to trends, and the …
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 …
In the final glory days of Jonathan Anderson‘s tenure as creative director at LOEWE, the fashion house has raised its retail profile in Sydney, opening a second standalone boutique. Situated on the premises of Westfield Sydney, the leading high-end shopping centre in the heart of the city, the LOEWE store occupies a double unit, measuring …
During this year’s edition of Milan‘s Salone del Mobile, the house of Missoni inaugurated a standalone boutique exclusively dedicated to its home collection. Situated in the leafy Brera district, on the lofty ground floor of one of the area’s many historic buildings, the Missoni store features an interior design by architects Rudy Faissal and Riccardo …
Thinking MU is a sustainable fashion brand founded in 2008 by Barcelona-based entrepreneurs Pepe Barguñó and Miquel Castells. Interestingly, the brand opened its first store only three years ago in the Catalan capital, and ever since, the retail network has gradually expanded in its home market. The latest Thinking MU store, its third, has recently …
Following last Summer’s high-profile store opening in Tokyo‘s plush shopping district of Ginza, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, Onitsuka Tiger has inaugurated a retail space on Omotesando dori, arguably the city’s most prestigious shopping artery. The store occupies four floors of a building erected in 1975 which has been fully revamped by …
