3.1 Phillip Lim is making a comeback to the Los Angeles retail scene — its previous L.A. store on Robertson Boulevard closed last year — with a new concept opening in the buzzy downtown L.A. Arts District at the end of April. The 5,000-square-foot store, located at 734 East 3rd Street, will carry the women’s and men’s ready-to-wear and accessories and footwear collections.
The “new concept” part of it isn’t the collections being carried, but rather a residential-meets-gallery-meets studio vibe that has been a retail trend of late. Lim’s store was designed in collaboration with New York-based retail designer Kate McCullough and New York-based architecture firm MR Architecture + Decor to reflect its surroundings and harness the prized L.A. light.
Wen Zhou and Phillip Lim
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In addition, the store will feature partnerships on non-fashion items designed by like-minded brands including Apparatus, Patrick Parrish Gallery, M. Crow, and Li Inc. It could be an end table, a light fixture or tabletop items, designed or curated with the residential feel of the space in mind.
“This is a concept store where conversations can happen. It’s different from a lifestyle store as the curation is the opposite of ‘everything you need in your life.’ In the times
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