From the 4th until the end of July, an experimental 16,000 square-foot store will be opened in Milan on Corso Vittorie Emanuele with clothes for newborns, young boys and girls and maternity. It’s the perfect occasion to test the fall winter collection for 2008-2009.
Not to mention there will be a team of hairstylists and a [...]
United Colors of Benetton Temporary Mum And Child Store
June 4th, 2008 by kpriss — Motherhood
Comptoir Des Cotonniers New York
I practically grew up with mothers and daughters philosophy from Comptoir des Cotonniers! I love that idea so much that I’m thinking maybe, one day, give it a try with my baby girl..
Eh, until that day, so you know, Comptoir des Cotonniers opens a store in New York, in Soho (155 Spring Street) in September. [...]
May 27th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Motherhood
Valentino Fashion Group Global Approach
Mr Valentino was a very modest man, it seems. Word is that Permira, the giant company behind Valentino Fashion Group is aiming for global domination.
Not only recessions rumors don’t matter back at Permira, but their future plans are mind freezing – 35 stores by 2013? If you do the mathematic you’ll reach a stunning 8 [...]
May 12th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Shoes
Armani Storezilla On Fifth Avenue
47,000-square-foot store for Armani in New York. It’s like luxury can’t breathe no more in small store spaces, it absolutely has to have a space to turn the helicopter in…
Of course, when doing the Met with dame Wintour requires a bit of big thinking. Not to mention he’s going to dress (for tonight’s special superhero [...]
May 5th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Luxury
Alexander McQueen Store Melrose Avenue, LA
You remember that fashion big names only come in large spaces? Well, the new Alexander McQueen Store from Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles has a 3,100-square-foot space filled with 70% air.
Of course the store looks clean and slick, a new sci-fi hospital where you get to cure your clothing urge, but it’s wasted space if you [...]
April 12th, 2008 by kpriss — Designers, Luxury
New Fendi Store Opens in Paris
…or how many square foot one needs to feel luxury floating all over?
In a city where living space seems to be created in the fiercest of economies, where parking lots are most likely to have created the very definition of claustrophobia, a new luxury store opens for everyone’s delight.
Fendi moved his store into a 5,400 [...]
February 29th, 2008 by kpriss — Luxury
The Desert Prada Store
This is one fashion paradox explained by architectural conceptual symbolism: a store in plain desert, store under the proud flag of Prada.
..the combination of a vast, open desert landscape in an un-populated area and a luxury goods store is completely unthinkable. nature suits fashion as a visual backdrop, as one often sees in advertisement. [...]
January 9th, 2008 by kpriss — Art & Deco
The Best Looking Store in the World is Tom Ford’s
We knew he was a deco-superfreak (remember the 10 years he spend at Gucci that he personally signed, approved and verified all the display windows from all the Gucci stores worldwide?).
Now we have official confirmation that Tom Ford is still Tom Ford, even Gucci-less.
According to “Interior Design” magazine, Tom Ford’s Madison Avenue Store is the [...]
January 7th, 2008 by kpriss — Art & Deco, Designers, Luxury
















