In Milan neighbourhood Brera, this is retail for anyone bored of rails and logos: a tight edit of fashion, beauty and objects arranged as “chapters” you move through. Chapters is founded by Federica Montelli, formerly Head of Fashion at Rinascente with earlier roles at Prada and Sergio Rossi. Each chapter runs like a limited-time story where product, food and art collide, built to shift, disappear and restart. On the brand’s own shelves, ‘Vacanza’ and ‘Minimalista’ set the tone: clean wardrobe pieces, small design hits and gifts with an editorial spine.
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Chapters
Milan, Italy
Chapters
Via Tommaso Grossi, 6
Milan
Italy
Milan
Italy
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Photography courtesy of Chapters
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Salotto Retori
Milan, Italy
In Milan’s Quadrilatero della Moda, fashion brand Retori has opened Salotto Retori, its first global flagship. The 400 square metre, two-storey space was designed by Massimiliano Locatelli’s Locatelli Partners and keeps Tadao Ando’s studded concrete wall as the anchor. Think mid-century warmth, Japanese clarity and gallery light over woods, stone, aged bronze and ceramics. Programming is part of the pitch: exhibitions, workshops, dinners and performances, starting with Brazilian self-taught painter Manuela Navas and Polish sound artist Antonina Nowacka. Retori’s signature on the rails is draped outerwear, especially the shawl-collar coat, plus wrap dresses, Saharan jackets and linen suits, all made in Italy. Downstairs, the new Milan HQ stays visible.
Salotto Retori
Via della Spiga 48
Milan
Italy
Milan
Italy
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Photography courtesy of Piergiorgio Sorgetti and Retori
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