Fashion designer Kiko Kostadinov is on a roll! Following standalone boutiques in Tokyo and Los Angeles, the Bulgarian-born creative has shifted his focus back to home base London to open his third retail space. Interestingly, the outpost in the British capital is situated right below the Kiko Kostadinov design studio on the premises of Adelaide …
Iconic jewellery house Bvlgari has just upped the ante in Beverly Hills by inaugurating a newly built flagship store. Situated on the area’s most prestigious shopping artery, the retail space measures 5,834 sq.ft. (542 sqm.) set across three-levels, oozing elegance, and unapologetically so, with a distinctly Roman touch. Entirely wrapped in handcrafted glass, which hints …
The NOSE SHOP was launched in 2017 by entrepreneur Yuki Nakamori and his company BIOTOPE INC at a time when the niche fragrance market in Japan was hugely underdeveloped. Offering a wide range of niche fragrance brands from home and abroad, the retailer changed the game, and now operates no less than fourteen multibrand stores …
ERRE Arquitectura and Francesc Rifé Studio designed the Andreu World Offices and Showroom in Valencia, harmonizing Mediterranean aesthetics with a flexible, light-filtering structure that enhances user experience and brand identity.
Founded in 2008 by Shaikha Alsaqer, chocolate brand Lavish has since gained a a loyal following at home base Kuwait, and so much so, it has now upped the ante, opening its very first retail space in the city. The Lavish store occupies a 35 sqm. (377 sq.ft.) ground floor unit at the recently inaugurated …
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.
On a busy street in Ampelokipoi, Vedalia Beauty Salon is conceived as a space of pause and retreat from the city’s rhythms. The architectural proposal reimagines the ritual of care, framing it not as a commercial transaction but as a process closer to a therapeutic retreat. Entering the space, the visitor is invited into an …
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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