Louis Vuitton's new Toronto store is in Yorkdale Shopping Centre.Michael Muraz/Supplied
French luxury house Louis Vuitton has expanded its Canadian retail presence with the October opening of a new store at Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre. The location is making a splash at the mall with its striking façade featuring a two-storey LED screen lit up with colourful animations.
With two separate entrances, one leading to the men’s section and the other to women’s, the store carries all of Louis Vuitton’s extensive product categories including leather goods, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, watches and jewellery, fragrances and publishing. Anchoring the space is a travel room where clients can shop the brand’s luggage, duffle bags and accessories such as dog carriers. Unique art pieces can be found throughout the store ranging from a smiling cherry sculpture by Japanese artist and frequent LV collaborator Takashi Murakami to Canadian creations including a ceramic tile art piece by Vancouver-based artist Rebecca Bayer.
To celebrate the opening, Louis Vuitton gave Yorkdale shoppers early access to its first fine jewellery collection centred around house mascot Vivienne, a whimsical personification of the brand’s monogram flower motif. Other collections available include the women’s Since 1854 ready-to-wear capsule collection, the men’s LV2 capsule designed in collaboration with Japanese artist Nigo and the LV Volt jewellery collection. Launching Oct. 30 is the ArtyCapcuines Collection, which sees six artists apply their unique visions to the Capucines top-handle handbag style released in a limited and numbered edition of 200 each.
Louis Vuitton, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 3401 Dufferin St., Toronto, 866.884.8866, louisvuitton.com.
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Louis Vuitton Vivienne Pendant, $14,700.
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Louis Vuitton Petite Boite Chapeau, $47,000.
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Louis Vuitton ArtyCapucines Capucines Bag by Beatriz Milhazes, price on request.
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