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Architecture

Outer space

By adding satellites to its distinctive 1960s spaceship design, Nouvelles Galeries has reestablished connections with its host city.

  • Issue #164
  • 7 min read
Modern interior with curved metal sculptural installation overhead and people walking through bright open space
Food & Drink

For starters

Paris's iconic Galeries Lafayette has transformed its top floor into an incubator for emerging culinary talent, housing seven promising restaurants under one elegant roof.

  • Issue #161
  • 4 min read
Two smiling staff members in black uniforms posing together behind the counter at Starving Club restaurant
Fashion

Ringing the changes

Venerable French institution Galeries Lafayette is ripping up the retail rulebook with the opening of its bold new Champs-Élysées branch.

  • Issue #121
  • 6 min read
Ringing the changes
Retail

Young and in luxe

Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.

  • Issue #112
  • 6 min read
Young and in luxe

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