Mirror, Mirror: 5 Global Retail Projects
In the fashion and cosmetics world, who’s the fairest of them all?
Project: Julio de Mucha
Location: Mexico City
Standout: This company’s “shoe-room” shows off maple seating, shelving, and even signage, all held together with nylon thread dyed by hand.
2. RDAI
Project: Hermès
Location: Los Angeles
Standout: A staircase in marble and Venetian plaster spirals up through three levels of retail, toward a skylight softened by a polyethylene membrane.
Project: Kate Spade
Location: New York
Standout: Imaginative phrases, rendered in neon, complement the brightly colored women’s wear and accessories featured throughout the headquarters.
4. Gensler
Project: Coty
Location: New York
Standout: A glass feature wall back-painted the signature blue of this beauty and fragrance company ascends through all five levels at headquarters.
Project: Richard James
Location: London
Standout: Throughout this menswear emporium, even in fitting rooms, partitions are resin laminated with dichroic film and framed in brushed stainless steel.