The brand’s first brick-and-mortar in over a decade, Nautica opens a modern yet nautical-inspired flagship in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. Natural oak wood beams overlook the 2,000 square foot space that was designed as part of the clothier’s new global positioning, “Inspired by the Sea, Designed in the City.”
Image: Nautica.
Image: Nautica.
Inside, a style bar spotlights seasonal key pieces with a focus on consumer service: digital tablets with editorial lookbooks, custom tailoring, and same day home delivery. Inventory includes the brand’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection along with lifestyle products curated specifically for the store. “We are thrilled to open the doors to the Nautica flagship store in one of the world’s top shopping destinations,” said Nautica President Karen Murray in a statement. “It is exciting for our brand and consumers to have a retail location in the city that we have called home for over 30 years.”
Nautica is now open at 101 Prince St, New York, NY 10012.
After a year and a half of looking for the ideal location, STAMPD’s first-ever retail space is located in South La Brea, an area known for its centralized focus on men’s contemporary fashion in Los Angeles. Designed in partnership with Brooklyn-based firm Snarkitecture, the space was meticulously transformed from a former theatre and acting studio into a sleek retail vision influenced by minimalism and strong textural design.
Image: STAMPD.
Image: STAMPD.
The 1,350-square-foot store features flooring made from raw Turkish travertine, re-contextualized walls (creating a museum feel), stripped down ceilings engaging sunlight, and a cash wrap made of grained white oak and raw travertine—most of which were inspired by designer Chris Stamp’s recent travels. The finished space outlines a high-end boutique blended with an art gallery, accentuating the transcendence of the product categories of ready-to-wear and home goods with design and art focused pieces.
Julien David has completely transformed his flagship Jingumae shop. Located in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, the remodeled space resembles a gallery more than a clothing store.
Image: Julien David.
Enlisting the help of French architect firm Ciguë, the new space, with ample natural light and floor to ceiling glass windows, is painted all white, with exposed wires and AC, to create maximum surface. With the majority of fixtures in monochromatic neutrals, glass, and aluminum, the sleek new store offers a contrast to the brand’s bold and colorful designs.
Image: Julien David.
Image: Julien David.
Image: Julien David.
Central to the new space are totems: mobile units that house the collection. From specific angles, the structures conceal their contents, forcing shoppers to wander through the store to discover them. While individually each piece serves a specific purpose—one has hangars for clothing, another a hidden glass box to display jewelry—they speak a similar architectural language. The aluminum blocks act as both display cases and installation pieces, which quickly can be rearranged to create an entirely different store layout. This marks the second collaboration between David and the architecture firm, who previously worked together on his Quiksilver collaboration.
Julien David is now open at 2-7-15 Jingumae Shibuya-ku in Tokyo.
Image: Scott Frances, courtesy of Barneys New York.
It has been nearly 20 years since Barneys closed the doors to its original New York location on 7th Avenue and 17th Street in Chelsea. Momentously, this week the high-end store has once again claimed its rightful place downtown.
The just-opened flagship, at 55,000 square feet, takes up nearly a block on 7th Ave, wrapping around the corner of 16th street and stretching nearly to 17th Street: just steps shy of the original storefront, where the company’s founder and namesake, Barney Pressman, founded his men’s shop in 1923. The store’s exterior is marked by a striking 170-foot long stainless steel marquee running the length of the building’s façade.
Image: Scott Frances, courtesy of Barneys New York.
Enter the ground level of the five-floor complex, and your attention is instantly drawn to the atrium, which includes an exquisite spiral staircase—a direct nod to the original store’s design—which rises from the foundation level to the third floor. Recognizing its new downtown clientele, Barneys has partnered with barbershop and lifestyle brand Blind Barber, to create a special alcove located in the foundation level, dedicated to men’s grooming. The barbershop offers a full range of services, as well as beers, cocktails, and specialty treatments exclusive to the new location.
Image: Scott Frances, courtesy of Barneys New York.
Image: Scott Frances, courtesy of Barneys New York.
Moving up, the ground floor, with steel clad beams and brass furnishings, highlights leather goods and accessories, while the plush second and cozy third floors feature women’s and men’s ready-to-wear and shoes, respectively. The fourth floor offers a private dressing rooms for a more intimate shopping experience. Alongside the men’s shoes and ready-to-wear on the third floor, a new Fred’s location offers a fresh spin on its uptown sibling’s iconic lunch. The updated menu, acknowledging a new nightlife and restaurant heavy locale, focuses on drinks and small bites.
Barneys New York Downtown is now open at 101 7th Avenue in New York, NY.
