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In 2025, fashion retail had a renaissance. Here’s our favourite store designs of the year
2025 was the year that fashion stores ceased to be just about fashion. Through a series of meticulously designed – and innovative – boutiques, brands invited customers to immerse themselves in their aesthetic worlds. Here are some of the best
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At $31.4 million, this Lalanne hippo just smashed another world auction record at Sotheby’s
The jaw-dropping price marked the highest-ever for a work by François-Xavier Lalanne – and for a work of design generally
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NYC’s first alcohol-free members’ club is full of spirit
The Maze NYC is a design-led social hub in Flatiron, redefining how the city gathers with an alcohol-free, community-driven ethos
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Eclectic and colourful, Charlie Ferrer’s home reflects the interior designer’s personal and professional evolution
The New York interior designer invites us into his new Greenwich Village home: come on in
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Finnish Design Shop has unveiled an interiors collection inspired by the modernist art of Helene Schjerfbeck
The collection’s serene colour palettes and refined finishes draw directly from Schjerfbeck’s paintings, translating her Nordic modernist sensitivity into contemporary objects
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Matthieu Blazy takes to the New York subway for his joyful sophomore Chanel show
At the disused Bowery station in downtown Manhattan, Blazy channelled New York’s distinct energy for his first Métiers d’Art show – an astute balance of fantasy and reality
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Tour Aflalo’s first retail space, a gallery-like studio in New York
Light-filled and elegant, Aflalo has opened its first retail space in a classic Soho loft, reimagined by Nordic Knots Studio
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The Architecture Edit: Wallpaper’s houses of the month
From wineries-turned-music studios to fire-resistant holiday homes, these are the properties that have most impressed the Wallpaper* editors this month
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New York art exhibitions to see in December
Read our pick of the best New York art exhibitions to see in December, from Vincenzo De Cotiis’ sculptural works at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, to Ron Norsworthy’s ‘American Dream’ collage at Edwynn Houk Gallery
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The W New York, Union Square gets a grown-up revamp by Rockwell Group
The noughties hotspot has reopened with a more mature – yet never muted –new look. Wallpaper* checks in
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Clad in terracotta, these new Williamsburg homes blend loft living and an organic feel
The Williamsburg homes inside 103 Grand Street, designed by Brooklyn-based architects Of Possible, bring together elegant interiors and dramatic outdoor space in a slick, stacked volume
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
It’s been a week of escapism: daydreams of Ghana sparked by lively local projects, glimpses of Tokyo on nostalgic film rolls, and a charming foray into the heart of Christmas as the festive season kicks off in earnest
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Extreme Cashmere’s New York store is a haven for knitwear and furniture lovers alike
Designed to evoke a ‘luxurious home’, the Amsterdam-based knitwear label’s sophomore store on New York’s Mercer Street features an enviable interior curation – from poppy-print Milo Baughman chairs to a hot-pink Sabine Marcelis ‘donut’
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An around-the-world art tour with Rosewood
Bespoke Partnership
From London to New York, Amsterdam and São Paulo, the hotel group showcases curated art that reflects the unique local context
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MillerKnoll's renovated flagship in New York opens doors to design experiences
The new MillerKnoll New York gallery space makes its debut with Keiji Takeuchi’s ‘Walking Sticks & Canes’ exhibition, supported by Triennale Milano
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The story behind rebellious New York fashion label-cum-art collective, Women’s History Museum
Mattie Barringer and Amanda McGowan’s multidisciplinary label has been challenging fashion’s status quo for the past decade. As they open a new exhibition at Amant, Brooklyn, the pair sit down with Wallpaper* to discuss their provocative approach
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USM and Alexander May Studio present a monochrome meditation on the modern workspace
These six flexible workspaces ‘encourage clarity of thought, calm, and self-definition’, says New York designer Alexander May of his partnership with the modular furniture brand
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Once overrun with florals, this old Hudson farmhouse is now a sprawling live-work artist’s retreat
Built in the 1700s, this Hudson home has been updated into a vast creative compound for a creative, yet still exudes the ‘unbuttoned’ warmth of its first life as a flower farm
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New York's iconic Breuer Building is now Sotheby's global headquarters. Here's a first look
Herzog & de Meuron implemented a ‘light touch’ in bringing this Manhattan landmark back to life
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At Café Zaffri in New York, history is served with a rebellious streak
The team behind Raf's unveils a new Union Square haunt that dishes up redefined Levantine cuisine in a reimagined Old New York dining room
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Faena New York just landed in the Big Apple – and it's an excuse for a good time
Argentine hotelier Alan Faena’s first New York address serves up high-octane hospitality with a dash of leopard print
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Inside Lily Allen and David Harbour's maximalist Brooklyn townhouse, now on the market for $8 million
The former couple have listed their Billy Cotton-renovated Carroll Gardens brownstone, which has been immortalised in Allen’s new album ‘West End Girl’
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This refined Manhattan prewar strikes the perfect balance of classic and contemporary
For her most recent project, New York architect Victoria Blau took on the ultimate client: her family
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Inside the work of photographer Seydou Keïta, who captured portraits across West Africa
‘Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens’, an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York, celebrates the 20th-century photographer
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the week
From sumo wrestling to Singaporean fare, medieval manuscripts to magnetic exhibitions, the Wallpaper* team have traversed the length and breadth of culture in the capital this week
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Ulla Johnson’s new Upper East Side boutique feels like a ‘glowing jewel box of treasures’
Design studio Valle de Valle took cues from the neighbourhood's historic buildings, from the Frick to the Carlyle, in designing this dreamy boutique
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At Duryea’s Sunset Cottages in The Hamptons, it’s all about stillness and open horizons
A beloved Hampton restaurant becomes a tucked-away retreat set on a windswept bluff above Fort Pond Bay in Montauk
