Dover Street Market fashion store opens in New York
Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons has opened a branch of its London store Dover Street Market in New York City (+ slideshow).
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The new Dover Street Market store on Manhattan's Lexington Avenue opened just before Christmas, and displays garments and accessories by both established and emerging fashion designers among a variety of installations.
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"I want to create a kind of market where various creators from various fields gather together and encounter each other in an ongoing atmosphere of beautiful chaos - the mixing up and coming together of different kindred souls who all share a strong personal vision," said Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo about the concept for the stores.
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A selection of artists and designers created graphics and 3D pieces for the interior to form different environments across the seven storeys.
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On the ground floor Kawakubo arranged wooden sticks haphazardly across part of the ceiling above scaffolding poles, which are used to support the rails displaying Comme des Garçons' own designs.
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White beams are clamped together to create angled shelves for Dover Street Market merchandise.
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More scaffolding is used to form the section for Japanese designer Junya Watanabe on the floor above, where a kiosk for Moscot sunglasses is also located.
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A globular tunnel painted purple on the inside covers the staircase connecting levels three and four.
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Wooden structures and lattices are dispersed across the fifth level, some large enough to walk through.
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The top two floors are decorated with a mix of patchwork wall hangings, illuminated lettering, translucent display units and metal columns.
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American designer Thom Browne's apparel is presented in a glass room modelled like an office.
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As well as New York and London, Dover Street Market also has an outpost in Ginza, Tokyo, which opened in 2006.