Shop Design and Displays

[vogue28]

does anybody know where I can find pictures of the dior shop in Paris?
No.30?
Thank you, much appreciated

 

[gius]

you're so persistent , vogue28
maybe you can find someone living in Paris and have them take photos for you

 

[travis_nw8]

hadid doin' the usual hadid...nice

unfortunately her greatest work is the large scale conceptual stuff

 

[lemeray]

Balenciaga Makes Debut in Los Angeles

Nicolas Ghesquière has launched Balenciaga's first store here, an expansive, stylized space in a location that he said fits the brand.

The 5,000-square-foot freestanding store across from the Pacific Design Center on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood is the only Balenciaga boutique in the U.S outside Manhattan. The other retail units are in London, Paris, Milan and Hong Kong.

"I fell in love with the building," Ghesquière said. "I always drove by it and always thought it would be a perfect place for a Balenciaga store. The fact that it was across from a landmark, the PDC, made it also very attractive. I like to be on a place where cars drive by. This notion of being visible from a car felt very Los Angeles for me."

Known for cutting-edge designs and celebrity fans like Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss and Jennifer Connelly — who is featured in Balenciaga ad campaigns — the Gucci Group-owned brand's debut has been a highly anticipated event here and the culmination of a process that took about three years.

Each of Balenciaga's stores has a distinct look and feel, a standard that creative director Ghesquière and his store design partner, French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, are determined to achieve. The elaborately designed, two-floor West Hollywood space looks like something out of a high-glamour, futuristic film.

Blue is a signature color, part of an elaborate lighting scheme that changes the look of the store throughout the day as the sun moves. There are shutter-like blue slats that run floor-to-ceiling along the walls.

"We have wanted to make every store different," Ghesquière said. "In the case of Los Angeles, we wanted the experience to be a cross between organic and science fiction. We tried to create an experience that was cohesive with the city, or at least with our vision of the city.

"The light in Los Angeles is very specific and we worked very hard on creating a lighting that evolves as the day goes by," he continued. "Dominique and I have collaborated for several years with lighting designer Benoit Lalloz."

A modern black lava rock garden spans the area between the sidewalk and the store's entrance, mirrors line the walls and LED lighting fixtures are installed throughout. There are custom-made display cases that open with touch-activated mechanisms and silver leaf lines some walls and display cases. Three shades of marble cover the floor in a geometric pattern and flat-screen displays are set within the store's walls.

There are plenty of opulent touches: a huge private dressing room with a bathroom, a minibar for celebrity clients, bathrooms concealed by a sliding door and dressing rooms for men and women that feature seating designed with each gender in mind. The VIP dressing room has its own point of sale setup.

Cash registers are off the sales floor and surrounded by silver consoles.

The collection housed within the store is wide-ranging as well, from $375 sunglasses and $3,000 handbags to apparel and gowns that sell for as much as $70,000.

Offices and a stockroom take up the second floor of the building, a former tile manufacturing space that took two years to renovate. After putting in all that work, don't expect Ghesquière and company to move out anytime soon: Balenciaga has a 10-year lease on a section of Melrose Avenue property that is increasingly popular.
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Found this in the Balenciaga thread originally posted by Kimair...I need to see more pictures of this, bigger, not sure if I really like it, the exterior looks inside is the same as usual...

 

[travis_nw8]

^ is it me or does the interior look like the stockroom/ warehouse for the real store...

 

[Marnii]

The Los Angeles Balenciaga store looks tacky as!!

The marble floor, the 60's decor, the colored lights all scream trashy nouveau-rich taste imo

The New York store and the Milan (?) store are the best. Understated. This suits Balenciaga.

 

[gius]

yes style-wise i don't feel it's the same identity as balenciaga ...?

 

[chessmess]

perhaps they realized the customer in los angeles?
they know they are alot trendier so maybe they decided to amp up the space

 

[taz]

Opium Express exhibition by Yves Saint Laurent

"Taking the Opium Express" by Pauline, Guest Contributor


To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent's most famous perfume, Opium, an exhibition or “espace ephémère” (lit. ephemeral space) as the French call it was created in the heart of the Marais neighborhood in Paris in order to rediscover this sensual fragrance through an artistic and sensory itinerary, meant to be taken at a leisurely pace. The exhibit proves to be a succession of unforeseen surprises and sensory delights. One is invited along the way to slide open the drawers of a mysterious curios cabinet and discover their exotic contents, sip fragrant tea in the tea room, and even take a relaxing massage. Opium was inspired by Yves Saint Laurent's numerous travels to Morocco, Japan, China, Mongolia, India and Turkey and these multi-cultural sources of inspiration form the theme of the “Opium Express” exhibit.......

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"Yves Saint Laurent by Artus" © Pauline/The Scented Salamander
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Please come visit the exhibit! © Pauline/The Scented Salamander
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Opium candles welcoming the visitor with the effluvia of their warm spices © Pauline/The Scented Salamander

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As soon as the visitor enters the space enshrining Opium, she or he is visually and olfactorily taken by sights and smells. Wrapped in the warm smell of Opium which emanates from different clusters of scented candles, the visitor is invited to board onto the Opium Express: each of two recreated train compartments shows a film by video artists that are projected onto the compartment's window. The first one by Roberta Nitsos, "Who is India," is made with pictures of people and places she took in Rajasthan, while the second one by Tanguy Loysance, "Through the window", shows the flaming red and gold hues of a sunset that echoes the signature red and gold colors of the perfume. Enthralling Indian and mystic Sufi melodies soar in the air (among others sung by the famous Pakistani singer of qawwali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) and transport you further away on this exotic journey.

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A compartment of the Opium Express © Pauline/The Scented Salamander

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In an Oriental boudoir-like setting called the "Salle de relaxation" (relaxation room) decorated with the visually striking pictures of a series of photographs called "Odalisks" by famous photographer and film director Seb Janiak, sensualists are invited to lie down on a mat where they will be able to sample the various Opium products (cream, lotion, dry oil, powder, a makeup line entitled Légendes de Chine) and experience a relaxing massage of their hands. Mint tea and rose-perfumed Oriental sweets, loukhoums, are offered for the gourmands in the mezzanine.

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Another of the odalisks by Seb Janiak
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View of the Relaxation Room ​

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The curios cabinet
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The various components of Opium and the various limited editions of masculine and feminine fragrances are on view in a black lacquered curios cabinet, emulating the 18th century European cabinets. Opium contains a blend of mandarin, bergamote, muguet /lily of the valley in the top notes; jasmine, carnation, myrrh in the middle notes, and amber, vanilla, patchouli, and opoponax in the base notes.

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The contents of one of the drawers: a brush, compass,....
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Another drawer reveals the main ingredients used in Opium
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The design of the perfume bottle was inspired by the Japanese tiered inro cases, which were carried by men to shelter their small personal belongings. The round opening of the lacquer case symbolizes the Japanese rising sun, as well as allows the fragrance lover to see, in anticipation of the pleasure to wear it, the warm amber-y color of the perfume.

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Opium perfume and makeup
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Red Chinese doors
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Some of the comments left in the guest book are: "lovely sensual experience", "Timeless experience, luxury and beauty", "A mix of Zen, perfume, and travels", "A very good marketing operation". I walk away from the exhibition having discovered a preference for the masculine version of Opium and its peppery (Sichuan Pepper) and woodsy notes, which I find more to my liking as the scent turns out to be less sweet and rich (capiteux) than the feminine version.

Look out for the new Eau de Toilette by Yves Saint Laurent, which will be available in a limited edition only, from spring until fall 2008! (A new version, which highlights one particular component, appears each spring)

Opium Express, Loft Sévigné, 46 rue de Sévigné, 75003 Paris.
Until 19 January 2008
Free entrance, 10h00-19h00 (except Mondays)

You can also watch a mini video put together by Pauline here.

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"Perfume of dependency" in "Reproduction" by Artus
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[izzie stevens]

^ i'm in love with it! all of it! it's so suave and luxe looking.

 

[seanutbutter]

Looks too messy to me, like there isn't a definite theme.

 

[dior_couture1245]

^^I agree...it looks kind of cheap for YSL!

 

[vogue28]

^^ yes, i agree.
It does looks sort of cheapish

anybody know where I can get pictures of the Dior store in Paris?
No. 30 Avenue Montaigne.

???

 

[.::teDDy::.]

Vietnam

I guess you haven't seen many things in VN yet, I mean different things than war docus on TV

Galerie Royale, Hanoi
Korloff, La Perla and Kenzo

Gucci, Ho Chi Minh City

Luxury Mall, Ocean Park, Hanoi
Gianfranco Ferre, Roberto Botticelli, Versace, Kiton, D&G, Jut Cavalli, Moreshi, C'N'C, Exté, Umberto Bilancioni, GF Ferre, Vicini Giuseppe Zanotti, Glass Robeto Cavalli, Roberto Scarpa, R.E.D. Valentino, 2DIE4, XXX Kisses Gai Mattiolc...

Louis Vuitton, Opera View, Ho Chi Minh City

Metropole Arcade, Hanoi
Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Mont Blanc, Salvatore Ferragamo

Dong Khoi Street (Saigon's prime shopping street)

source: E8Club Dong Khoi |

 

[lemeray]

I hate Asian or Japanese themes in interiors...it only looks good if it's in a Asian or Japanese restaurant...

 

[JuiceMajor]

Glad I discover this thread! Often like the look of beautiful shops design!

 

[JuiceMajor]

Balenciaga Makes Debut in Los Angeles




Nicolas Ghesquière has launched Balenciaga's first store here, an expansive, stylized space in a location that he said fits the brand.

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Thanx for this. I think this store that is designed to be sustainable. Luv to see a bigger picture as well.

 

[j´adore dior]

^^ yes, i agree.
It does looks sort of cheapish

anybody know where I can get pictures of the Dior store in Paris?
No. 30 Avenue Montaigne.

???

You need interior pictures (harder to find I guess) or exterior ones (available everywhere)??

Have you seen sex and the city, the first half of the last chapter?, Carrie visits it, maybe you can download it and take stills from it...

 

[lemeray]

Good idea...also look for candids of celebrities visiting the Dior store in Paris...

It would be hard to get interior shots...I would never take pictures of an interior store in Paris...they will think your up to something Maybe outside...

But don't all the stores have the same theme? I swear someone posted pics in this thread of a Dior store....

 

[j´adore dior]

New Fendi Store Opens in Paris

Fendi moved his store into a 5,400 square foot space simply because the older one wasn’t fashionably decorated anymore and, as the Fendi Chief Executive Michael Burke said:
“We were not up to our full potential” and now with the new store “I think this is really cool”.

So it’s a two floored boutique – for one you have accessories and upstairs ready-to-wear collection (and furs). The main level features a splintered vortex of balls (looks like someone put a silver Christmas Decoration in the wrong season so he kinda messed with it so no one would see that we’re a long way from December), a Loris Cecchini large scale silver sculpture and every store must – the scarf wall.

It may seem naïve, but does luxury has a specific surface? I mean like – when you’ve got a 500 square foot store – that makes it a low brand issue. When luxury involved, we’re thinking big! We’re thinking above 3,000 square foot? Why not 5,000? Of course, if we’re talking museum space, it’s completely comprehensible. But when talking commercial space, isn’t it too much already? You tell me – do you feel restrained under 5,400 square foot of store space? Or anything goes as long as you’re talking shoes and bags and stuff? (who cares enough to look around, anyway?)
(via wwd)