The concept for this shop was to give a “petit salon” atmosphere to customers as they entered. The shop do not sell “haute couture” clothes, but people are invited to feel individual and pampered.
The decoration is feminine and twinkely. Small panels with bathing ladies and swans, were painted above the cornice, swirling ornamentation of silver and gold spaced these cameo- like panels in the main area of the shop. The swans in the panels were adapted for the shop’s logo (and for labels, price tags etc.)
On entering an arcade with a grotesque painted ceiling, which leads you through into the “salon”, costumers are invited to sit in comfortable chairs and a round sofa under a painted dome.
Much of the decoration is inspired by Palladio and Robert Adams. Painter colleague George Dawnay did an outstanding job on some of the figures and Tina Gabriel was responsible for all the furnishings.
Outside the shop we painted a series of five panels with medallions depicting the four elements and of Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion. These panels were in gold leaf and glitter in the sun against the black background, giving an eye catching view to the exterior.
