The Red and Black

July 9th, 2008

The dressing room

Get this:

The dressing room was conceptual; it was simply not there, an open white area of mirrors and light without form. Mr. Silva abruptly moved a large white wall, suddenly caging me into a doorless hexagonal dressing apparatus where I was forced to confront myself on all sides with excruciating clarity.

From The New York Times’ Critical Shopper on Jil Sanders by Cintra Wilson.

A boutique is a success when it’s cognizant of crucial, oft-overlooked details, like the mechanics and logistics of the dressing room.

In Athens, Opulence downtown has attractive, heavily curtained dressing rooms that nearly make up for poor lighting with decadent furnishings.

Encore is awkward with its pull-chain-lit closets, and Fortsons is worse with surplus stock taking up half of a dressing room. Sabina fares well with good-sized rooms and a great big mirror just outside them.

Speak now if you’ve had a good dressing room experience anywhere in Athens.

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