Some more news from the Twilight Zone, the Concrete Couture District. There’s a new Louis Vuitton flagship store for Japan. The concept is signed by the Dutch UNStudio (Ben van Berkel, Carole Bos and many others) and there’s no available information about where this store it’s going to be placed or when.
This won’t stop [...]

Versace is going for the billion building on Madison Avenue. The Clock Tower building was bought last year in a $200 million deal and now is in high renovation said to be worth $110 (just for the fun of it - what would anyone do in a 10,700 square feet penthouse announced for the renovated [...]

If one day I’ll hear that they’re building the Moon in Dubai, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit!
Later this year, a new project will begin setting its first stones (sort of speaking) – Isla Moda. A Fashion Island. Literally. Involving fashion designers from allover the world will mold the new resort into an exclusive fashion [...]

And another one bites the luxury concrete! Gianfranco Ferré is going Dubai residential. The Dubai mirage is no comparison to the catwalk, they’re all going to sign something over there.
Gianfranco Ferré Stresa will combine residential, commercial and hospitality spaces worth more than $1.2bn. The complex is named after the town where Gianfranco Ferré has his [...]

It doesn’t surprise me one bit to see that more and more, designers are migrating from the catwalk into some other “fashion” related fields. Geographically, this pattern records high concentration in the Dubai area.
The hotel designed by Elie Saab is in direct relation with the Tiger Woods designed golf course, in an exclusive gold community [...]

Who can say fashion industry has its strictness? Giorgio Armani is now a hotel designer. He has designed 160 guest rooms and 144 luxury residential apartments for the world’s first Armani Hotel.
The Armani Hotel will open this year in the luxe Burj Dubai development and it’s announced to be “ultra-spectacular”, especially designed and thought [...]