Loewe has been busy on the retail front. The Spanish luxury brand opened a new store in Atlanta at Phipps Plaza on Friday, on the heels of a Palm Beach store that opened earlier this month.
Located in the uptown district of Buckhead, the 1,238-square-foot Atlanta store offers a full selection of women’s ready-to-wear, bags, shoes, small leather goods, eyewear and other accessories.
The store draws inspiration from the Casa Loewe concept that combines product with art, craft, and design pieces. Ceramic tiles in peach and silver envelop the store’s facade and interiors. Glass, wood and concrete surfaces complement the space’s warmer textures like ceramic, brass and turned iron. The selection of contemporary furniture includes Utrecht armchairs, signature iron martini tables, and a tufted leather puffer bench. Three black-and-white reproductions of British textile artist John Allen’s Pink House Cumbria offset the store’s colorful palette.
Inside the Loewe store in Atlanta.
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The Loewe boutique also spotlights hand-selected artworks from the Spanish brand’s global art collection, including “The Thuringer” (2021) by Belgian-born artist Caragh Thuring and “Pouch on a bent branch” (2020) by Irish basket maker Joe Hogan, a finalist of the 2018 edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize.
On April 4, Loewe opened a new store in Palm Beach located within the Royal Poinciana Plaza. The 1,356-square-foot shop also showcases all the Loewe offering. The shop is reminiscent of an art collector’s home. Brightly colored walls composed of handcrafted blue and green ceramic tiles demonstrate a appreciation for craft.
Overall, Loewe now has 19 stores in the U.S.
The new Loewe store at Royal Poinciana Plaza in Palm Beach.
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Interior elements of the Palm Beach store include brass, turned iron, ash wood shelving, marble podiums and concrete flooring.
A selection of art furniture comprises a puffer bench of quality leather, an original Spanish antique ceramic vessel and Nakashima Conoid cushion chairs alongside signature black iron martini tables.
Inside the Loewe store in Palm Beach.
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Underfoot, two reproductions of British textile artist John Allen’s “The River Reaches the Sea Birling Gap” round out the space with an abstracted landscape.
Artwork handpicked from a global art collection include British painter Christina Kimeze’s “Taking Time” (2023) and New York-based painter Doron Langberg’s “Ilan’s Garden 4” (2022).
Loewe has been making a lot of news lately. Last month, designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, better known as the duo behind New York label Proenza Schouler, were named the new creative directors at Loewe, effective April 7. They succeeded Jonathan Anderson, who stepped down in March after an acclaimed 11-year tenure that catapulted the Spanish house into fashion’s big leagues. As reported last week, Anderson has succeeded Kim Jones as Dior’s menswear designer and will present his first collection for the French house in June.
At Loewe, Anderson had worked with ceramicists, wood workers, glassblowers, among others, to create one-of-a-kind pieces for both Loewe’s collections and the stores.
