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Monday, August 25, 2008

[Rendering courtesy 212box; click to expand]

It's been some time since we've discussed the retail situation at the Plaza Hotel, mostly because the building's new crop of stores isn't filled with names that thrill and excite. The list, according to WWD, includes Assouline, Vertu, Marlise Dekkers and Qiviuk, "a knitwear brand that uses the inner down of the Canadian Arctic musk ox." Well, we wouldn't want the Russian billionaire residents getting cold, would we?

But there is one store not involved in the Canadian Arctic musk ox fur trade that we are anticipating: the uptown outpost of Nolita boutique Seize sur Vingt. Scheduled to open in a month, the 700-square-foot will feature an "exotic Wenge wood floor" and "bronze-toned lacquered millwork" (whatever that is) and will be stocked with the brand's well-tailored suiting and shirting. A shiny new rendering of the boutique is above.
· Retailing at the Plaza [WWD, subscription req]
· Now Open: Warren-Tricomi Takes Root at the Plaza [Racked]
· Plaza Hotel Kicks Out the Old, Brings In the Shoe [Racked]
· Meanwhile, at the Plaza [Racked]
· The Plaza Struggles To Sign Big Name Retailers [Racked]

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

> Meanwhile, at the Plaza —

The first store to open in the revamped Plaza Hotel will be British mobile phone brand Vertu. "The 500-square-foot boutique in the Plaza is designed with polished black glass walls, marble floors and a signature white 'features wall' to accommodate the full range of handsets. There is also a 'craft unit' featuring components from the handsets, including the bespoke farmed crystal quartz used for the screens, and samples of the precious metals forming the body of each Vertu phone." Only the fanciest of cell phone stores for the Plaza. The boutique will bow tomorrow. [WWD, subscription req]