The asymmetrical trend that’s dominating Spring 2009 fashion week has nothing on the pop-up store. This week one can shop the shows and then bounce to Target Bullseye Bodegas, which carries products from their designer collaboration connections. Then Gap and Parisian favorite Colette have come together to offer a variety of limited-edition merchandise.
To celebrate fashion week, Racked.com reports, OAK has added designers who created limited-edition pieces evoking the idea of bondage and kink. (Woo-hoo, but I’ve never even been to OAK.)
Then Comme des Garçons and Louis Vuitton are opening a store together for three months starting in September, where they’ll offer six bags designed by Rei Kawakubo in Vuitton’s signature monogram pattern. (Opps, that’s only in Tokyo. But you get the picture.)
Having a hard time digesting it all? Here’s a handy info sheet to make sure you don’t miss out on any of these now-they’re-here-now-they’re-not stores.
September 12 to September 15 from 10am to 10pm daily
Midown: 101 57th Street at 6th Ave
Union Square: 813 Broadway between 11th and 12th Ave
SoHo: 489 Broome Street b/w Wooster and W. Broadway
East Village: 325 Bowery at 2nd St.
September 6th to October 12th from 10am to 9pm Mon-Sat and 11am to 7pm on Sun.
Midtown: 5th Ave and 54th Street (adjacent to Gap’s flagship store)
OAK
24 Bond St.
12pm-4pm
Monday September 8th
The after party will be thrown at:
The Eagle
554 W. 28th St. at 11th Ave.
10 p.m.-12 p.m. cocktails by Belvedere
Music by DFA’s Justin Miller & Runaway (Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault)
RSVP: deeper@oaknyc.com
The Eagle
554 W. 28th St. at 11th Ave.
10 p.m.-12 p.m. cocktails by Belvedere
Music by DFA’s Justin Miller & Runaway (Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault)
RSVP: deeper@oaknyc.com
Dover Street Market in Aoyama Tokyo
The bags will only be available upon order, which is only to be placed at the “Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons store”. No telephone or Internet orders will be taken. In return, customers will receive a certificate inside a special card holder in Louis Vuitton’s traditional natural leather, embossed with the Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons signature. Only several months later (6 to 9 months!) will their bag be delivered to their chosen Louis Vuitton store. — Talk about not fronting inventory!
The bags will only be available upon order, which is only to be placed at the “Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons store”. No telephone or Internet orders will be taken. In return, customers will receive a certificate inside a special card holder in Louis Vuitton’s traditional natural leather, embossed with the Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons signature. Only several months later (6 to 9 months!) will their bag be delivered to their chosen Louis Vuitton store. — Talk about not fronting inventory!