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Hermes' flagship store at Liat Towers is now open, after 15 months of renovation - and with it comes a bigger standalone section for furniture and homeware accessories and an additional floor.
Located at the corner of Orchard Road, the revamped store now has four floors, sleek interiors and a stunning facade. It has a total of 670 sq m of retail and exhibition space.
Gone are the distinctive metallic slats that previously clad its exterior. The new clean, minimalist facade features windows of different heights and sizes, with angled recesses to shield the interiors from the tropical heat. Custom-made tinted cedar wood Venetian blinds have also been put in for the windows.
On the first and second floor, Hermes shoppers can buy jewellery, watches and fragrances and browse through the men's and women's section respectively. One floor up, and it is Hermes' furniture and homeware collection. Previously, the store carried only small pieces of furniture, some tableware and decorative objects.
Now on display are bigger items such as sofas decorated with throws and a leather-clad mahjong table. Shoppers can also browse Hermes' wallpaper series and check out light fixtures and decorative items such as an origami horse in leather.
Art, a big part of the brand with the previous store having an art space called Third Floor - Hermes, now has a floor to itself. Multi-disciplinary artist Dawn Ng, 34, was picked to put on the first installation, How To Disappear Into A Rainbow.
Admission to the art space is free. Ng's work is on show till Aug 14.
This article was first published on Straits Times.