Since its opening in March 1997, colette has been willing to be the place where fashion meets design, music meets publishing, beauty meets hi-tech and a place to discover art with its gallery or to relax at the water-bar.It’s a living space, in perpetual movement. Numerous makeovers have been made throughout the years, furniture changes, new organization have, until now, always been done at night or on Sundays to re-open as usual the following day…
Still young (11 years), colette closes from July 7thfor its first big renovation, let’s say “lifting”. The will indeed is to ensure the first floor a broadened out area, not only dedicated to fashion, and also a more accessible space for streetwear, so dynamic today. colette therefore contacted Japanese architect Masamichi Katayama /Wonderwall•to go over its ground floor and finally decided to let him redesign all three floors. A real challenge for him because of the limited time and existing space to work with. On the ground floor, clients will still find a selection of books, magazines, CDs, records, DVDs, hi-tech products, watches and accessories, and all these little fun objects we love. There will also be a space dedicated to streetwear culture with a wall of sneakers, a house of tshirts multi-brands and mini-shops Alife, A Bathing Ape, Billionaire Boys Club / Ice Cream, Original Fake (all exclusive).
On the first floor, find always mens and womens fashionwith our unique mix of established brands and newcomers, as well as accessories and precious jewelry. Beauty, “candles bar” and our favorites of the season will come to complete. The gallery remains were currently situated and a new space for temporary projects will be created below.
Finally, don’t worry, the Water-Bar won’t move, just like the rest of the boutique, it will just have its very own brand new look : Always getting better is our motto. While work is in progress, a colette Superette will be parked in front of 213 rue Saint-Honoré to continue shopping whatever happens, and save the date of 8/8/8 : lots of collections to be released !
On August 25th Colette will reopen, with Sølve Sundsbø photography and videos show.
In the meantime, colette will travel with colette x GAP, a special one-month installation store next to NYC’s flagship GAP at 54th & 5th Avenue, September 6th to October 5th, with many exclusive collab items.
