Loro Piana Speaks Its Cloth in Terracotta
A fabric house renders textile in brick — roughly 1,400 Tuscan terracotta tiles on a new Jun Aoki flagship on Tokyo's Omotesando.
English
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A California Studio Takes Root in a Shanghai Lane
Alo opens its first mainland China store inside Zhangyuan's heritage houses — an online-only name choosing an address over a launch.
W-Brand
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John Galliano Takes Zara's Archive Apart — and Rebuilds It
The couturier reworks Zara's own past into 35 looks, unveiled in Paris as the first instalment of a two-year partnership.
W-Brand
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Ruohan Comes In From Wholesale — With a House Built Like Barragán's
A Chinese label steps out of wholesale and gives itself a face on a Shanghai street, in architecture borrowed from Luis Barragán.
Shanghai
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Tokyo Lays Design Across a Dead Expressway — and Eight Neighbourhoods
DESIGNART Tokyo 2026 threads some 150 creatives through the city, with its flagship on a decommissioned elevated road.
English
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Spotify Plants a House in Seongsu
"Spotify House Seoul" ties world-class DJs to K-pop artists
W-Brand
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Ecko Lands Its First China Pop-Up on the West Bund
The '90s New York streetwear label leans on idol Wang Junkai to restart with Gen Z China
W-Brand
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Made Turns the Barbican's Brutalism Into 23 Homeware Pieces
A mass-market furniture brand meets a London architectural landmark
English
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Lacoste Takes Over The Plaza as a Café, Tea Service and Sneaker Boutique
A heritage crocodile brand, a Gilded Age landmark and a local sneaker shop in one room
English
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JO1 Wraps All of SHIBUYA109
An idol brand merges identity with Tokyo's youth-retail tower (with Osaka Abeno rolling out too)
W-Brand
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"The Pangolin Shield" Rises on the Strand
Studio Saar wraps a bamboo gridshell in Indian riot and farmer shields
English
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