LEMAIRE & DOVER STREET MARKET GINZA

LEMAIRE is opening a new pop-up store at Dover Street Market Ginza, starting from August 3rd, extending a long-standing collaboration with the concept store – it is the second time LEMAIRE inaugurates an ephemeral space there.

Before settling in Dover Street Market Ginza, LEMAIRE will be leaving Skwat in the Aoyama district at the end of July. To ensure a coherence between the two locations, the design of the new space has been developed by the LEMAIRE team with the help of architecture firm daikei mills who had also sketched the corner at Skwat, hence recycling the same display structures that will travel from Aoyama to Ginza.

The wood used for this installation comes from the frame of century-old traditional Japanese houses based in Osaka. The pillars and beams that form the main elements are assembled using the traditional kigumi technique, which does not require glue, screws, or nails. This savoir-faire has been used for centuries in Japan – a country with an abundance of wood and a rich history of carpentry – to build temples, especially in Buddhist architecture.

An approach, stripped of anything superfluous, that recalls the apparent simplicity of the lemaire wardrobe showcased there, beginning with garments from the Fall-Winter 2023 collection. In continuity with the first pop-up opened in Dover Street Market Ginza in April 2020, LEMAIRE invites Out Of Museum to enrich one more time the space with found objects and artworks. Out Of Museum is a store-atelier located in Hanegi, Tokyo,dedicated to the unique and eclectic artefacts gathered all around the world by its founder, MAKOTO KOBAYASHI. 

LEMAIRE at Dover Street Market Ginza
Ginza Komatsu West
6 - 9 - 5, Ginza
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
104 - 0061, Japan

From August 3rd
11am – 8pm
Monday – Sunday