Show room
‘Looking at references from outside the fashion world within the context of a shop is a beautiful way for things to evolve’
Approach the baroque-style façade of Celine’s new London flagship and you will be greeted not by handbags, shoes and clothes, but by a statement of material integrity and modernist rigour: taking pride of place in the window is a sculpture by the Danish artist Marie Lund featuring a copper wing set against blocks of clay. Perfectly disarming and seductive, this is a portal into an arena of exacting opulence as envisioned by the brand’s artistic director Hedi Slimane.
With its. It is a sculptural space, flooded with stone, granite, marble, reclaimed oak, concrete, polished stainless steel and brass. A carnival of materials, furniture and artworks that is elemental and awesome.
