It is impossible to miss: the grand façade of the new Louis Vuitton at Yorkdale, wrapped in an illuminated two-storey LED screen, featuring animations of LV’s iconic signature flower motif in ever-changing colours, punctuated with dramatic double-height display windows. The façade alone is rumoured to have cost more than $1 million.
Two separate entrances at different elevations lead into dedicated women’s and men’s boutiques, converging in the travel room decorated with a luggage-tag wall arranged in locally inspired colours.
Louis Vuitton Yorkdale – Toronto, ON
The massive store spans more than 8,000 square feet filled with art, designer furniture and architeture that wows. Columns throughout the store are wrapped in emblematic Louis Vuitton stitched leathers. (Note to self: I should consider wrapping the columns in my home in leather.)
Takashi Murakami fans will love the larger-than-life “cherries” sculpture by the Japanese artist, which serves as a whimsical centrepiece. Completing the decorative interiors are sculptural tables by Floris Wubben, rounded Pierre Paulin chairs, petrified wood tables from Andrianna Shamaris, a display table by Carlo Mollino, and seating from the famed fashion house’s archival collection.
Do you remember the Cerises collection for Louis Vuitton, designed by Takashi Murakami under the helm of creative director Marc Jacobs? Now you can pose with the gigantic cherries sculpture at the store.
Some of the art, furniture and historical objects are sourced from LV’s rich archives. However, many are commissioned locally, like a bespoke ceramic tile art piece by Canadian artist Rebecca Bayer and wall art inspired by Toronto-based street artist BirdO.
The Yorkdale store sets itself apart with a full offering of all LV’s product categories and collections, including women’s and men’s leather goods, ready-towear, shoes, accessories, watches and jewellery, travel, fragrances and publishing.
This is also where exclusive products and pre-launches of upcoming collections and capsules will be introduced.
You can also experience LV’s historic tradition of bespoke items and handcrafted personalization. The bespoke offerings include a selection of exceptional hand-crafted trunks, exotic leather goods and pieces from the Objets Nomades collection.
An on-site hot-stamping service offers clients the opportunity to personalize a variety of leather goods, and a fragrance engraving service allows for the customization of an assortment of fragrance bottles within the Les Parfums Louis Vuitton collection.
An on-site hot-stamping service allows clients to personalize a variety of leather goods.
