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 / 15 Jan 2019

David Collins Studio completes art deco-inspired Harrods’ Superbrands department

‘Menswear has experienced a quiet revolution over the past few years,’ states Michael Ward, managing director of Harrods, reflecting on the London store’s ongoing revamp of this long-overlooked department. ‘Menswear within Harrods has gone from strength to strength, and we...

Fashion / 10 Dec 2018

Bottega Veneta opens expansive futuristic boutique in Tokyo

Positioned on a street corner in Tokyo’s Ginza, Bottega Veneta’s brand new six-storey flagship store features a material palette that pays homage to the Italian brand’s roots while nodding to its local surroundings. Occupying 800 sq m over six...

Fashion / 15 Nov 2018

1970s design inspires David Thulstrup’s retail vision for J.Lindeberg

In the past year, Swedish clothing brand J.Lindeberg has been undergoing an evolution. Leading this new direction, that bridges sports and fashion products in a nod to the brand’s roots, is its recently-appointed creative director Jens Werner, who says...

Yves Salomon London Conduit Street boutique

Fashion / 9 Nov 2018

Yves Salomon’s London boutique mixes midcentury design with art deco accents

It’s not surprising that when Yves Salomon conceived its latest boutique on London’s Conduit Street, it foresaw a space which would rival an art gallery. The French fur house specialises in pieces of impeccable worth, so naturally it was a...

Fashion / 5 Nov 2018

Dover Street Market brings ‘beautiful chaos’ to Los Angeles Arts District

The gritty, industrial and transitional Los Angeles Arts District has become the home for the first West Coast Dover Street Market and the 6th outpost by the brand. The collective community of avant-garde designers and artists that make up each...

Fashion / 31 Oct 2018

Assemble designs Ace & Tate’s new Soho store in London, inspired by peep shows past

Turner-prize winning architecture and design collective Assemble has collaborated on the new Ace & Tate boutique in London’s Soho. Hailing from Amsterdam, the eyewear brand is improving vision (and high streets) throughout Europe, with five additional stores in the UK...

Fashion / 17 Oct 2018

Peter Marino creates exquisitely tailored interior for Chanel’s new Kensington boutique

Chanel had the concept of playing house in mind when conceiving the interior design of its latest light-flooded 750 sq m boutique in Brompton Cross. The new space is merely a short walk away from its previous South Kensington location...

Fashion / 12 Oct 2018

MSGM brings Italian pizzazz to London with new boutique

For MSGM’s A/W 2018 women’s collection, founder Massimo Giorgetti celebrated his brand’s home city of Milan, with exuberant foulard silk shirts, fluffy knitwear and football scarves emblazoned with names of its eating and drinking landmarks, like Bar Basso and Jamaica...

Fashion / 6 Sep 2018

10 Corso Como, Milan’s iconic concept store, opens in New York

The historic South Street Seaport district in New York City has not exactly been known for its high fashion sense, but the arrival of the iconic retail destination 10 Corso Como is about to change all that. The first (and...

Fashion / 4 Sep 2018

Matchesfashion’s experiential five-storey townhouse opens in London’s Mayfair

The rise of e-commerce has made retail therapy as private a gratification as other digital distractions. It is also tearing into the foundations of traditional bricks-and-mortar stores, with household names permanently shuttering. But something interesting is happening in the world...

Fashion / 30 Jul 2018

Martial arts: Gentle Monster opens a kung fu-fighting London boutique

Every three minutes on the ground floor of a boutique on Argyll Street in Central London, a large gong sounds. The sound of its tremors reverberate around the space, causing the arms of mop-haired and pinecone-like warrior aliens to jolt...

Watches & Jewellery / 17 Jul 2018

Lecoadic Scotto brings French finesse to Boucheron’s Moscow boutique

In 1897, four years after it had set up shop in a Hôtel Particulier on a corner of the Place Vendôme, Parisian jewellery maison Boucheron opened its first boutique abroad in Moscow. The store – which catered to the cravings of...