Selfridges Shoe Galleries

March 1, 2011 2:05 pm 0 comments

Explore the Shoe Galleries

Where in the world can you buy a pair of Hava­ianas, a Dior shoe, in a space designed by a world class archi­tect and then have a glass of champagne?

 

With 55,000 shoes in stock at any one time and 4,000 shoes on dis­play from over 150 brands Sel­f­ridges’ new Shoe Gal­leries will change the way you shop for shoes forever.

Renowned archi­tect Jamie Fobert has cre­ated an area in which to visit, explore and indulge.

His vision trans­lates in to the biggest shoe depart­ment in the world, fea­tur­ing six unique shoe gal­leries, sur­rounded by 11 beau­ti­ful bou­tiques cre­ated by the world’s most iconic shoe brands, and one hang­ing garden.

Each gallery mas­ter­fully jux­ta­poses mate­ri­als you wouldn’t nor­mally find in a depart­ment store: vel­vet and glass, clay and steel, alabaster and silk, con­crete and rub­ber. Mean­while, the eleven sur­round­ing apart­ments have been designed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with some of the world’s most iconic labels, allow­ing cus­tomers a glimpse into the pri­vate worlds of their design­ers for the first time.

Imag­ine you are in a gallery”, says Sel­f­ridges’ Direc­tor of Acces­sories Sebas­t­ian Manes. “From the entrance you see a suc­ces­sion of door­ways, and at the end a huge win­dow flood­ing the space with day­light. Your jour­ney begins at the front, with shoes from the best of the high street. Slowly you begin to travel through dif­fer­ent gal­leries until you reach the end – the cou­ture designer gallery, flanked by Chanel and Louboutin, and a vision of Eden – the new sus­pended gar­den at Sel­f­ridges. Shoe heaven!”

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