For those of you lucky enough to be in Paris ATM, it’s time to get excited: Louis Vuitton is opening a brand new store tomorrow – 4 October – and it’s offering the most luxe shopping experience, like, ever. With couture, Ready-to-Wear, jewellery, watchmaking, leather goods, shoes, fragrances, accessories, and artisanal workshops (pause to take a breath) all under one roof, it’s a one-stop shop for everything that your heart could possibly desire, apart from maybe a pain au chocolat…
Situated in the Place Vendôme, a neighbourhood that throughout history has homed couturiers and princesses alike, the new store marks a sentimental return to the very same streets where a young Vuitton honed his craft and opened his first store in 1854. The building itself is a dreamy example of the quintessentially Parisian architecture that we all know and love. Originally designed and built by the very same man responsible for the Château of Versailles, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, and updated by distinguished architect, Peter Marino, this place is basically a contemporary palace for fashion royalty.