Hedi Slimane Dazzles With Design for Celine Miami Flagship

Upon coming into French vogue model Celine’s latest flagship showroom in Miami, the unmistakable presence and magnificence of Hedi Slimane’s imaginative and prescient for Celine – since his debut as inventive, inventive, and picture director as of 2018 – permeates each element. A painstaking technique of curation between artwork, supplies, and furnishings comes collectively to create an opulent environment that serves as an ideal duet alongside the style statements on show. The house is impactful, but courteous to each its friends and objects, permitting room for each exploration and statement of its nuanced intricacies.

The shop’s design emphasizes a mix of timeless magnificence and the usage of premium pure supplies. It skillfully combines varied sorts of pure stones – gray travertine, arabescato, grigio carnico, and grande vintage marbles – with hotter textures like oak, brass, and vintage gold mirrors. This combine not solely enriches the house however situates it firmly inside a contemporary brutalist framework. The shop’s inside is additional enhanced by lounge areas dotted with classic and thoroughly crafted furnishings items by Hedi himself, every chosen for its sculptural high quality and contribution to the general architectural narrative.

Upon coming into the bottom flooring, guests are greeted with a number of girls’s leather-based items, alongside the model’s fantastic jewellery, maison, and haute parfumerie collections – all set towards a backdrop of vintage gold mirrors and strategic lighting. A notable function here’s a marble fragrance organ, central to the maison Celine space, surrounded by ornate coffered ceilings that spotlight key sections of the shop. A mirrored staircase accentuated by gentle results in the second flooring, presenting an enticing visible journey. This stage is devoted to the Celine Homme assortment and girls’s ready-to-wear, displayed in showcases product of glass and polished stainless-steel all organized on a basaltina tile flooring grid.

In alignment with the Celine Artwork Mission, the shop additionally contains a wealthy array of latest artwork, together with works by Simone Fattal, Maia Ruth Lee, and Soil Thornton, amongst others. This curated number of work and artworks by Elaine Cameron-Weir, Antonia Kuo, Eli Ping, Davina Semo, Marcelo Silveira, and Lucy Skaer add a layer of cultural depth to the purchasing expertise, reinforcing Celine’s dedication to mixing vogue with artwork.

Images courtesy of Celine.

Leo Lei interprets his ardour for minimalism into his daily-updated weblog Leibal. As well as, you’ll find uniquely designed minimalist objects and furnishings on the Leibal Retailer.