Retail interiors - which ones do you dig?

[artificialsky]

Bodega in Boston is the definition of mad corny

FIXED IT FOR YOU...

[ruach]

Mr. Hollywood:

Also Richard Kidd and L'eclaireur Japan.

[down4nyhc]

haha its true that it smells like they pipe fragrance straight into A&F stores, well in actuality they have some toolbag spraying the shit outta every popped collar shirt in the store, running around like crack junkie looking for his next fix in a despearate attempt to ensure every square inch any douchebag's purchase is covered in the scent..

anywayyyyyyyyyy back on topic

i agree with SoS, holts in toronto is shitty for sure.. most of the holts suck now that i think about it..

Bodega in Boston is pretty fucking cool, real working bodega in front, streetwear and sneakers when u open up the snapple door

here's a pic

inside

there are actually stores in queens where they have a fake hair salons with one dumb twat sitting and acting as a hair stylist while you proceed to go through the door to find treasures queens folks love at discount prices such as gap and banana republic. now thats design at its best.

oh and comme de garcons in chelsea is interesting.

[HisPiffness]

what 45 RPM store are you guys referring to? Last time I checked there were a number in the city - I've only seen the one that's in northern SoHo (Mercer, maybe?) Anyway it was sick - a real wide space, and near the entrance they had these coconuts that had sprouted. For some reason I thought that was really cool. The presentation of the jeans was kind of ehhh...just laid out semi-messily on a table.

Has anyone been to the Tom Ford store? I know the Times ripped it to shreds, but nonetheless it sounds like a pretty cool experience--or at least an interesting one, given that the sculpture in the entrance is a vagina (no joke).

This might be cheating a little, but I like Pinkberry. I just get a cool vibe from it, and I like the plastic toys that they sell. It's cheap but they make it work.

[chromesquared]

Off the top of my head,

APC (Harajuku)

F.I.L. (big open space)

Chrome Hearts (Kobe)

Lad Musician (Harajuku, I loved the dressing room)

[stayhandsome]

Chicago RL

Union Square Diesel

The old stylelab soho

Supreme LA (killer ramp)

[Servo2000]

Mr. Hollywood:

Also Richard Kidd and L'eclaireur Japan.

Woah, where is this?

[aapoli]

Yamamoto and Undercover.

[ruach]

Woah, where is this?

Mr Hollywood/N Hoolywood, around Harajuku.

[joey_formal]

a couple off the beaten path:

shop gentei, baltimore always a rotating great interior space

ubiq, philadelphia new built looks great albeit maybe a little multiple personality disorder

nyc:

45rpm is something to behold, it is intense

apc is basic and i love it.

bblessing...holy crap great store.

opening ceremony love the feel up stairs like you're in someones attic, all cramped and ill lighting.

[Tiranis]

richard kidd is (mad) overrated.

Hmm, not really. I agree that Richard Kidd is generic in it's appearance, but it's the contrast of the store (and the building) to the rest of gastown that makes it such a cool store. If you were to put that store in any other place though I wouldn't mention it, ever.

[Guest Chocodove2]

I'll say Dior Homme in NY just because of the fitting rooms. There is this wierd reddish light source, and then the walls are this crazy wavy psychedelic pattern. I was in there the other day and if you look at the walls too long it will make you sick (I'm not kidding). The door to the store must weigh like 150 pounds. If the security gaurd isn't there to help you you may have problems.

Rest of the store is pretty nice, too.

[Guest StuckOnStupid]

Boston is the definition of mad corny

fixed it for you....

[RAISED BY WOLVES]

Margiela in NYC is definitley one of the more innovative designs I have seen in a while. Plus the employees are far nicer than I would expect given their pricepoint.

KCDC in BK also does the trick for me.

[sohoADDICT]

bodega is the shit

[RAISED BY WOLVES]

Oh yeah......

Fuck Boston.

[triniboy27]

Richard Kidd

Cloak

And I'm really liking the RL section of Holts.

[misterpretender]

I don't think there are any nice looking store here in SF:(

[broneck]

i love the vintage equiptment and wooden doors, etc, they've acquired at nomad...

i fucking hate goodfoot, minimalism at its shittiest.

there's a really well laid out and designed menswear store in Waterloo called Paul Puncher, set up in an old train station. If i had billions i'd shop there more often.

[superBobo]

very much not well-travelled, but one of my favourites is Sivletto in Stockholm http://www.sivletto.com/sve/store/about.asp (pics really doesnt do it justice though)

A tiny spiral staircase leads to a huge basement with a bar/coffe shop and a custom bike corner. Everything in 50s style, new and vintage clothes mixed. Alot of young rockabilly kids just hanging out at the coffe shop part.

[notesee]

KCDC in BK also does the trick for me.

Yeah, I really like this store too, the location is really random and I think the skate ramp is a good idea. I haven't been there in ages.

[yuljo]

Harry Allen is the designer of a bunch of streetwear shops and such

http://www.harryallendesign.com/

The steel desk in Nomad is probably my favourite piece of furniture in any store.

[onemancult]

Rivington Club for pioneering the old-fashioned steez that many NY streetwear stores have bitten, chewed, swallowed, and shit out. (Chop Shop y que?)

Bblessing for the atmosphere and secrets.

Turntable Lab wins "How much more stuff can we jam into our tiny space?" award.

Reed Space for the magazine/book wall.

Opening Ceremony for making me feel comfortable except until someone looks at me askance and I feel uncomfortable until someone who actually works there is nice to me and I feel comfortable again.

[JustHaja]

Evisu is going to look awesome i cant wait for it to open.

[Guest StuckOnStupid]

not exactly a retail space, but has anyone been to frank's chop shop, the frank151 barber shop? i saw a few pictures and it looks really nice, on some old boy's clubhouse shit. i really really like the idea a lot, and if i had a couple bucks i would definitely steal that idea and do something similar..."He-Man Woman Haters Headquarters"...all fine cigars and snifters of brandy and straight-razor shaves and closed to the public...id have the barbers in those white smocks and shit.

[dakkaisbabel]

Related:

Does anyone know what architect/interior designer does the F.I.L. stores?

[Guest StuckOnStupid]

. (Chop Shop y que?)

ahh i didnt see that. do they actually sell shit there? i thought it was a for real barber shop...

[cmykhustla]

The architect/designer who did the aNYthing store also did UBIQ in Philly . . . he also did the HBO store in NYC - www.architectureatlarge.com

[onemancult]

ahh i didnt see that. do they actually sell shit there? i thought it was a for real barber shop...

they sell fitteds and random shit and i think theyre amping up the whole retail aspect and doing collab fitteds and blah blah fitted caps for your balls, fitteds as art, cap this, cap that, cap back...

[readytoignite]

frank's last two fitteds were pretty nice but i can't connect to the place seeing as i only shave twice a week and am not into grooming-as-ritual. i like the idea of neo-masculinity is the new metrosexual though.

anyway, retail interior-wise - 100% Het Modepaleis hands down. it's the dries boutique in antwerp, in an old two-story townhouse which looks like the flatiron building of the 16th century. you have the feeling of browsing the biggest, most elegant-yet-unfussy walk-in closet in the world. sort of what paul smith is aiming for.

nyc has the worst retail interiors ever, though i do get a kick out of the portal window that supreme's architect converted to a box logo at the back of the store. pure genius that. the koolhaas prada store would be pretty great if they only let 20 ppl in at a time.