The interior of Oscar de la Renta at South Coast Plaza.
Photo By JONNY VALIANT
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Dab a bit of orange onto Oscar de la Renta, as in Orange County, Calif.
The designer has opened his second West Coast store in a 2,700-square-foot space at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
"We've been looking at Orange County for some time, and it was the only location we were serious about," said Alex Bolen, chief executive officer of Oscar de la Renta. "It took some time because there's a long line of people waiting to get in there. Shopping centers are not typically our strategy, we like to have our own space and be a destination." He described the new store as a destination within a destination.
The store is in a new area on the upper floor of South Coast Plaza dubbed "The Penthouse," which devotes 22,000 square feet to luxury retailers. Others slated to join the lineup include St. John and Canali.
The boutique, which opened this month, was celebrated at a cocktail reception and fashion show on March 13, attended by about 200 people, including Bolen and his wife, Eliza, who is de la Renta's stepdaughter.
The 2.8 million-square-foot shopping center owned by the Segerstrom family recently completed a $30 million overhaul that began in summer 2006 and added upgrades like travertine marble, bronze fixtures and new elevators. South Coast retailers also took the opportunity to spruce things up: Bottega Veneta reopened this month after two months of remodeling. In addition, Calvin Klein, AG Adriano Goldschmied and jeweler Harry Winston will be joining the upscale center.
Oscar de la Renta has stores on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and at The Americana Manhasset in Manhasset, N.Y., Bal Harbour Shops in Florida, NorthPark Center in Dallas, the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas and on Melrose Place in Los Angeles, as well as an outlet store in Woodbury Commons in Central Valley, N.Y. An Atlanta boutique is planned for fall 2009.
"If I had the capital we could open 15 stores, but if we added three to four stores in the next year that would be a lot for us and we're certainly not going to do more than that," Bolen said.
The store will stock a range of items, including a navy cashmere silk sleeveless sweater for $1,990, cream silk crepe pants for $1,350, a white embroidered tulle dress for $8,590 and crisscross strap sandals for $655.
The designer has opened his second West Coast store in a 2,700-square-foot space at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa.
"We've been looking at Orange County for some time, and it was the only location we were serious about," said Alex Bolen, chief executive officer of Oscar de la Renta. "It took some time because there's a long line of people waiting to get in there. Shopping centers are not typically our strategy, we like to have our own space and be a destination." He described the new store as a destination within a destination.
The store is in a new area on the upper floor of South Coast Plaza dubbed "The Penthouse," which devotes 22,000 square feet to luxury retailers. Others slated to join the lineup include St. John and Canali.
The boutique, which opened this month, was celebrated at a cocktail reception and fashion show on March 13, attended by about 200 people, including Bolen and his wife, Eliza, who is de la Renta's stepdaughter.
The 2.8 million-square-foot shopping center owned by the Segerstrom family recently completed a $30 million overhaul that began in summer 2006 and added upgrades like travertine marble, bronze fixtures and new elevators. South Coast retailers also took the opportunity to spruce things up: Bottega Veneta reopened this month after two months of remodeling. In addition, Calvin Klein, AG Adriano Goldschmied and jeweler Harry Winston will be joining the upscale center.
Oscar de la Renta has stores on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, and at The Americana Manhasset in Manhasset, N.Y., Bal Harbour Shops in Florida, NorthPark Center in Dallas, the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas and on Melrose Place in Los Angeles, as well as an outlet store in Woodbury Commons in Central Valley, N.Y. An Atlanta boutique is planned for fall 2009.
"If I had the capital we could open 15 stores, but if we added three to four stores in the next year that would be a lot for us and we're certainly not going to do more than that," Bolen said.
The store will stock a range of items, including a navy cashmere silk sleeveless sweater for $1,990, cream silk crepe pants for $1,350, a white embroidered tulle dress for $8,590 and crisscross strap sandals for $655.
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