Chanel's Takashimaya Boutique Is Looking Fresh This Season
Chanel devotees, rejoice! Come home to the maison's newly revamped Takashimaya boutique.
For much of the year, Chanel's boutique at Takashimaya S.C. has been under wraps. The Maison's fans will be glad to hear that the boutique is now reopened, with a newly renovated and expanded space (at 9,310 sq ft).
Chanel's newly reopened Takashimaya S.C. boutique houses ready-to-wear, bags, accessories, shoes as well as a selection of fine jewellery and timepieces.
The architect for this project is Chanel's go-to designer, Peter Marino, who has been collaborating with the house on the design of their boutiques for more than 20 years. The Takashimaya boutique draws inspiration from founder Coco Chanel's storied apartment at 31 Rue Cambon – translating the latter's sumptuous decorations into a contemporary and refined space outfitted in the house's classic colour palette of white, beige, black and gold accents.
Below, we take you quickly through some highlights of the newly revamped space.
The first thing you'll notice is the striking, double-storied facade – outfitted in the house's synonymous black and white palette, it's meant to resemble pleated fabric.
The first floor space is dedicated to accessories – here's where Chanel's most famous bags, as well as small leather goods, eyewear and costume jewellery can be tried on, alongside more elevated offerings such as the Coco Crush fine jewellery range and timepieces.
Further within the first floor lies the shoe salon, which comes decorated with a pair of iron, glass and granite tables by feted French designer Christopher Come.
The second floor of the boutique is dedicated to ready-to-wear, as well as plenty of commissioned artworks and furniture, such as gold and enameled stoneware pieces by leading sculptor Johan Creten in the fitting rooms, paintings of the camellia (Chanel's favourite flower, of course) by New York-based artist Peter Dayon as well as eye-catching sculptures hanging from the ceiling crafted with cut vinyl records by the contemporary German artist Gregor Hildebrandt.