The newly reopened and refurbished Comme des Garçons Flagship on 56 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré features 4 floors and 7,500 square feet of everything from the Comme des Garçons universe. This is the only location in the world to also stock the brands furniture line, with an exclusive red re-edition made only for the Paris store.
Fashion has a tendency to suffer from collective amnesia. Trendy but questionable concepts tend to die a quiet death in order to free the industry from embarrassment of unfulfilled promises. One of these silent casualties is “experiential shopping.” The term came in vogue earlier in the last decade when the fashion industry decided that customers wanted more from stores than a convenient location, a cool interior, an assortment of desirable product, and great customer service. The specter of e-commerce was brandished before retail executives that spurred them into a do-or-die frenzy. Lounges, live events, interactive art, virtual reality changing rooms, digital mirrors were touted as remedies for failing brick-and-mortar retail. Needless to say, only retail conglomerates and corporate brands with deep pockets could afford to invest in such expensive toys.
If you are an avid reader of this magazine, you probably know that for us Aesop x Rick Owens is a match made in heaven.
Tomorrow, Dries Van Noten, the Belgian designer known for his mastery of color and pattern will launch a range of perfumes and lipsticks
The “Anatomy of Generosity” is Aesop’s 2021 gift kit set designed to encourage kindness and an equitable society.
On September 2nd, the iconic Belgian fashion brand Ann Demeulemeester is set to reopen its flagship boutique in Antwerp.
Eugene here. I am opening a store in Atlanta with my good friend Lauren Amos, called ANT/DOTE. I can finally reveal my new role as the store’s director. It’s a new and very important chapter in my life, one that’s been in the making for years. I wrote about the store below, but I wanted to add a personal note to say how incredibly exciting and interesting it has been to work on this project. I think that deep down every critic, as a tastemaker – and let’s face it, criticism is in part tastemaking – fantasizes about opening a store. I know I have. In a way a store is another way of testing one’s position, one’s ability, prowess, determination, but also one’s limitations.
As always, I would be nowhere without you, without the StyleZeitgeist audience, without likeminded people. I hope you come on this new ride with me. We are ANT/DOTE.
If you’re a frequent StyleZeitgeist reader, it’s likely that you live in a city or often travel to one so it’s fair to assume that hand sanitizer has become a common accessory in your life.
Well, f**k, if there’s been a year you and your loved ones deserve a nice holiday gift it’s 2020.
We are pleased to announce that Dries Van Noten has opened their first store in the United States, Los Angeles.