When Dover Street Market first launched in 2004 with a creative bazaar that deftly offered a mix of high-demand luxury fashion, niche independent labels, and in-store activations and art installations, multi-brand retail was changed forever.
In addition to being its last, the location in the City of Lights will serve as a proving ground for a new approach that flips the emphasis from a store with cultural programming to an experience-centric platform with retail integrated into concerts, exhibitions, film screenings, and more.
Museum authorities quickly banned them from the site in late October, sparking backlash and provoking the community to launch a petition to reverse the decision that has since been signed by 2,500 people.
“We have an obligation as architects to ask: what qualities exist in the building? The qualities of existing buildings can offer much more than what can be built from scratch from an economic framework but also from a historical, heritage framework as well,” he says.
As part of the nation’s push to become carbon-neutral by 2050, Thailand has crafted a $34 million solar facility in the Sirindhorn reservoir that spans roughly 410 miles.
The newly launched brand, called VTMNTS, intends to share “quality feeling that Hermès gives their sophisticated clientele” to its mostly Gen-Z client base through unisex staples that mirror the look and feel of Vetements.
“I’m confident that Blazy’s wealth of experience and broad cultural background will allow him to bring his creative impetus to the task of carrying on the legacy of Bottega Veneta,” Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of Kering, said in a statement.
The duo “ran a scheme that involved paying shell companies and misclassifying workers as independent contractors in order to dodge payroll taxes,” between 2010 and 2016 as recorded by attorney Damien Williams. Lemay was hit with additional evasion charges for avoiding personal income taxes in 2014 and 2015.