Let’s welcome the newly remodeled, expanded and reopened Marc by Marc Jacobs Provincetown store. I just love the marc by marc branded branded blue bench, and really who doesn’t love a five foot tall gigantic swan…
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Tag Archives: Boutique Design
Couture Gallery Boutique
Melrose’s newest addition, REVOLVE is a welcome one. Designed by LA’s very own multidisciplinary architecture firm Standard, the new boutique for online couture retailer REVOLVE is a beautifully configured spaced conceived from a gallery typology. The 2,600 sq.ft. space at Melrose and La Cienega is designed to be a flexible space as destination for art, [...]
Architect: Joseph Dirand
After reading an article in Man About Town #5 about Rick Owens and artist Andrei Molodkin the name Joseph Dirand came up several times as the two artist’s mutual architect. Now, I’ve come across Dirand’s work a few times, but it wasn’t until I recently investigated further into his work that I became thoroughly obsessed. [...]
Boutique Archives
Every so often I fantasize about what my boutiques would be like if I had my own label, or was creative director of one. So, amidst my thinking I was though, why don’t high fashion labels have a miniature archive museum at their flagships, like a mini retrospective museum? They could rotate with seasons, even [...]
Architectural Hedi ‘Slimaniac’
If you’re anything like me then you may hoard magazines with any hint of Slimane photography and pray for the day that Hedi Slimane makes a full comeback to fashion design. Us Slimane-iacs (Slimaniacs) hold on to Dior Homme desires of the past and luckily there are holy relics of the left behind for us [...]
Boutique Daily #2
New Miami Martin Maison Margiela
This month Martin Maison Margiela opened the doors ‘temporarily’ to its 19th location in Miami, Fl. The new store is only Maison’s second location in the U.S., the other in New York City. Located in the Miami design district, the boutique is certainly a welcome and fitting addition, even if it’s [...]
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Vivienne Westwood MAN
So, last week many little boys dreams came true, a Vivenne Westood MAN store opened its doors and for the Vivienne obsessed it was heralded as quite a paramount achievement. From a design standpoint….a little disappointed, as a guy I’ve come to grips with the reality that our stores are rarely top notch, [...]
