Ceramic surfaces, collectible furniture, and global craft define the new Paris flagship
On November 6, Loewe opened a new Casa Loewe on Avenue Montaigne in Paris. Located on one of the city’s most established luxury thoroughfares, the 562-square-meter store presents the full selection of men’s and women’s ready-to-wear, bags, shoes, small leather goods, jewelry, eyewear, and soft accessories, alongside a dedicated home collection of blankets, cushions, and scents.
The Casa Loewe concept merges the precision of luxury retail with the intimacy of a private art collector’s residence. Ceramic tiles in shifting greens, blues, oranges, and silver animate the walls with subtle variations in texture and light. These surfaces are framed by expanses of marble, brass detailing, and turned iron, while large windows bring daylight into the space and underscore the contrast between concrete surfaces and warmer, handcrafted finishes.
Furniture elements deepen the store’s domestic character. Utrecht armchairs by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, George Nakashima’s Mira and Conoid Cushion chairs, and delicate Isamu Noguchi lighting appear throughout, positioned alongside Berin club chairs and Loewe’s own signature designs. These include tufted leather puffer benches that highlight the house’s leather craftsmanship, marble plinths, and the black terrazzo Loewe coffee table. Underfoot, custom rugs woven in Spain reproduce vivid textile landscapes by British artist John Allen, adding saturated color and abstracted views to the interior.
An eclectic display of art, craft, and design from Loewe’s international anthology fills the space. Among the highlights is Franz Erhard Walther’s Gelbe modellierung (1985), a monumental cotton wall work composed of fused sections of trouser legs and jackets, originally used as a backdrop for the Fall/Winter 2019 men’s show. Large-scale ceramics from Zizipho Poswa’s Baobab and Umthwalo series (2020) reflect the South African artist’s ongoing exploration of Xhosa rituals, traditions, and matrilineal heritage. On another wall, Henry Moore’s relief panel Two Standing Figures (1948) anchors the space, while works by American artist Walter Price—Through both defiant and poetic means (2018-19) and Fell Into the Sun 1 (2020)—introduce his characteristic mix of vivid color and abstracted form.
Other works underscore the exhibition’s focus on materiality. Takayuki Sakiyama’s stoneware piece Chōtō (2017), which received a special mention in the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2021, appears alongside a woven bamboo and leather basket by Hafu Matsumoto, a vessel by 2017 Craft Prize winner Ernst Gamperl, and several jugs by British potter John Ward. Sculptural function also recurs throughout the space, including Domingos Tótora’s Black Terrao Bench (2022), crafted from recycled cardboard, and Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley’s Curved Block Seat (2018), highlighting the intersection between utility and form.
