The Dior flagship store or as the French fashion world refers to this, maison, opened to the public Friday June 3rd in London after a week of flurry of press and VIP events one of which was held in Blenheim Palace.
This was much awaited as Dior is one of the top fashion brands and the location is in one of the biggest cities in the most prestigious shopping street in London.
There was a special art installation hung as chandelier under a mirrored ceiling over a generous bouquet of Chelsea flower show judged peonies enclosed by a limited edition handcrafted bench by another exclusive artist done solely for this flagship maison.
That just rolled off the tongue didn't it?
Peter Marino was the architect of the store.
He is the rock n' roll architect -
the Yanis Varoufakis of the architect world.
Long gone are the days where his star power would have been enough to attract enough press and buzz...
No more.
The boutique was filled not only with Dior products but it doubled up as an art gallery.
This chinoiserie wall was all 3d porcelain vignettes done by the artist Beth Katleman.
I will admit I want this for my own home.
But considering I am still waiting now counting week 3.5 for my builder to fix leaks I must reset my home decoration goals.
You must try and see this in person if you are in London.
The new store is two store fronts combined into one.
There was an atrium that housed the new Dior homewares range.
All items are naturally exclusive to the Bond Street store and not available even in the Paris flagship.
It leads to another section that was like a French home with a courtyard.
