There’s a fair bit of dollar knocking around the Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore. A major player in gambling, oil-refinery and the world’s largest oil-rig producer; it’s ranked number 5 in the ‘global power city index’, and a bottle of 62-year-old single malt from our pals The Dalmore recently sold at the city’s Changi Airport for £125,000. Exactly the sort of place to plonk a great, whacking glass behemoth of a flagship store in the middle of a marina then! Shiny wood, expensive leather and a polite palette complete the bland aroma of over-opulence inside Louis Vuitton‘s Island Maison, but the exterior façade of this Peter Marino designed über-shop is undeniably impressive. The fact alone, that very few brands could bring forth an establishment of such decadence, such extravagance, is enough to ensure that LV’s Island Maison is one the most essential retail openings of the year…
