Retail Directory

Today’s shopping superpowers know how to look good. Their retail temples, dressed up by master architects, designers and artists, offer more to worship than just their wares. Here, we bring you a global edit of the finest new store openings for your online browsing pleasure

Fashion / 12 Jul 2018

Roberto Cavalli brings Tuscan tones to its new Berlin flagship

Paul Surridge took the creative helm of Roberto Cavalli in May 2017, and since his appointment at the Florence-founded label, the designer has worked to reinforce the ostentatious brand’s Tuscan heritage. Take its new packaging, which has been updated with the name...

Fashion / 4 Jul 2018

Delvaux unveils museum-meets-store Brussels flagship

Leather goods sit alongside works of art at Delvaux’s new flagship store, Le 27, on Brussels’ Boulevard de Waterloo. Housed inside a grand townhouse, the store functions not only as a showcase for the Belgian leather brand’s collections, but also...

Watches & Jewellery / 1 Jul 2018

Rundell Associates gives Harrods’ fine watch room a majestic marble makeover

In April, Harrods unveiled Martin Brudnizki Design Studio’s refurbishment of its wine rooms, and last month, it opened the doors of its colour-coded toy department revamped by Farshid Moussavi. Now, as its interior design overhaul progresses, the London department store has...

Fashion / 19 Jun 2018

Stella McCartney gets green-fingered with sustainable Old Bond Street flagship

When Stella McCartney began design work on her eponymous label’s vast new flagship store at 23 Old Bond Street, it was clear from the outset that this store’s interpretation of luxury would be a little different to its neighbours. Where other...

Fashion / 25 May 2018

Roberto Baciocchi’s sumptuous redesign of Mytheresa’s Munich flagship

Despite covering 1200 sq m, there’s something snug and comforting about luxury retailer Mytheresa’s newly redesigned boutique in Munich. In fact, a sense of feeling ‘at home’ was central to Roberto Baciocchi, founder of Baciocchi Associates, complete renovation of the three-floor...

Fashion / 30 Apr 2018

David Chipperfield designs SSENSE’s first flagship store

SSENSE MONTRÉAL is a flagship boutique of firsts. Not only is the five-storey 13,000 sq ft space the first brick-and-mortar store of the avant-garde retail platform – founded in 2003 by brothers Rami, Bassel and Firas Atallah – it is also...

Fashion / 26 Apr 2018

Maison Alaïa opens its first London flagship

‘Azzedine Alaïa never wanted to have one interior designer and one architect as he wanted to design his world and he did not understand why one would. He liked to work with his friends – Pierre Paulin, Marc Newson, Konstantin...

Watches & Jewellery / 23 Mar 2018

Patricia Urquiola puts her tastemaker’s stamp on Panerai’s new London outpost

The opening of Officine Panerai’s brand-new boutique in London’s New Bond Street, presents the perfect moment to look back on the results of the brand’s fruitful interior design collaboration with Patricia Urquiola. Having first breathed new life into the Paris...

Fashion / 20 Mar 2018

Self-Portrait’s Mayfair outpost is a Cornish clay and aluminium marvel

When Han Chong was studying fashion design at London’s Central Saint Martins, he liked nothing better than perusing the luxury shops in Mayfair. Now, just five years after launching his cost-effective occasion-wear label Self-Portrait, the Malaysian-born talent has opened his...

Fashion / 19 Mar 2018

Issey Miyake opens a Kyoto boutique in a timber townhouse

From the roof tiles and walls to the pebbles that fill the courtyard, one colour takes centre stage at Issey Miyake’s new Kyoto store in a subtle myriad of shades: grey. The new Kyoto flagship, located on a low-rise lane...

Fashion / 28 Feb 2018

Block buster: New York architect Peter Marino on delivering the luxury goods

Nobody else on the Place Vendôme looks even remotely like Peter Marino. Standing in front of the square’s landmark column, he is dressed in his habitual head-to-toe black leather, dark shades covering his eyes. Around his neck hang silver blade-like...

Fashion / 12 Feb 2018

Playing house: Bottega Veneta’s Manhattan boutique looks to apartment living

If you’ve ever been tempted to immerse yourself in Bottega Veneta’s well-heeled world, the label’s new flagship boutique in New York City is your chance. Where three landmarked 19th-century townhouses once stood is now a five-storey behemoth that the brand...