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King Charles’ coronation is a great fit for London’s Savile Row tailors

Inside Retail

On Savile Row, the London street long celebrated for turning out sharp suits, tailors have been racing to prepare the red and gold uniforms that will feature in Britain’s first coronation for 70 years, adorned with the new insignia of King Charles. on the morning of the coronation to make any final adjustments.

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FOG Architecture adds playful tailoring motifs to Xiaozhuo boutique in Shanghai

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The 300-square-metre shop features tactile surfaces and playful motifs that reference the process of tailoring. Its design was informed by a skylight in the site's original building, and creates a light-and-shadow effect that adds animation to the wall. Packaging, inventory and other supporting functions are located on the east side.

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Art or design? Johannes Budde blurs the lines with LITE

Design Wanted

The LITE light installation and its “floating candle” playfully explores the limits of physics and breaks with our conditioned viewing habits. An industrial glass, a sandstone base and a “floating” candle are brought into experimental harmony with LITE, a creative light installation by German designer Johannes Budde. Lighting as art.

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Neri&Hu creates "wooden hut" and "cave-dwelling" interiors for Shanghai stores

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Neri&Hu has designed two adjacent stores in Shanghai According to the Shanghai-based studio , each store was tailored to its distinct brand identities and varying spatial requirements. These have been lined with translucent linen curtains and fitted with custom-built walnut cabinetry, contrasting the roughness of the concrete.

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What brands can learn from Banana Republic’s successful comeback

Inside Retail

Banana Republic was losing market share to brands that offered similar clothing lines that had a similar masstige appeal, including competitors like Abercrombie and Fitch and J. Safari meets tuxedo, formalwear meets casualwear, menswear meets womenswear, vintage meets tailoring, functionality meets imagination.”

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The wonders of Venetian glass come to life in classy ‘Ribbon’ of light by Oriano Favaretto for Masiero

Design Wanted

Sober lines and a decorative play of light define Oriano Favaretto Ribbon design, a lighting system worth the brands’ forty years of history. Designer Oriano Favaretto has created Ribbon, a new lighting system for Venetian brand Masiero.

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Edward Sexton returns to Savile Row with brand new flagship store

Retail Focus

Edward Sexton has announced the opening of its new flagship store located at the heart of Savile Row, the spiritual home of British bespoke tailoring. . In collaboration with renowned interior designer Daniel Hopwood this new store brings the Sexton story full-circle and represents a homecoming to the street where the tailoring house began.

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