Rome Etoile is the first Louis Vuitton Maison in Italy, housed in the city’s oldest cinema. We love Rome.

Some looks inside the new GQ x Park & Bond pop-up shop in New York City. These two have been working together since Park & Bond’s launch, so it should come at no surprise that their small landing in the city would come forth around the holidays. Shoppers will find goods and garments from A.PC., Common Projects, Etro, Filson, GANT, Jack Spade, Lacoste, Mackintosh, Oliver Peoples, Orlebar Brown, Paul Smith, Simon Spurr, Thom Browne and Vilebrequin, as well as highlights from GQ’s “Best Stuff of the Year.” We hope our TUMI collaborative duffle bag is in there a well.

The hours are tight on the new pop-up: OPEN from Wed-Sunday at 11am, CLOSED Monday and Tuesday. Find them at 414 W. 14th Street, between 9th Avenue and Washington Street.

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The FrenchTrotters shop is home to the France’s own store within a store Monocle Shop. Various products from the Monocle catalog and collaborative works are available now in-store. Yes, the magazine is also in stock. You can visit the FrenchTrotters shop in Paris at 30 rue de Charonne.

Thought Monocle was simply a magazine? Discover more products from Monocle now.

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HUH, the UK arts and culture magazine is now open for business. Their brick and motar shop, stocking a variety of goods from Orlebar Brown to Gestalten book does not try to be the high or the low in the market. HUH Shop simply offers unique gifts in both fashion and design that their readership would be fond of. HUH has men and women covered. Be sure to stop in for a hello in London at 56 Stoke Newington Road. I see an espresso machine in there… nice.

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The new consumer age in Asia shows no signs of let down in the luxury end. The latest player in the China space looks to be the Margiela line with their second build-out. Their newly opened shop in Beijing is their biggest. Inside shoppers will find a full offering from the collection as well as a uniquely designed interior and slide. Going big. (materialiste)

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We love sharing new retail build-outs done right. Duvetica’s new shop set to open next week in Milans keeps the focus on the garments while offering an open walk through. Designed by Japanese architect, Tadeo Ando, drew inspiration for the Duvetica shop from “from tangible materials and extremely linear and simplistic designs.” Inside shoppers will find LCD touch screens and a select number of their garments on display. The 220 square meter shop opens its doors on October 27.

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Many will welcome the opening of London’s very own RRL store on Mount Street with feverish excitement. Fans of the brand have had it hard, getting hold of this much protected label hasn’t been easy but with the Liberty concession, a shiny new web showcase and now a denim and canvas clad temple to finally worship at, many an addiction will finally be fed. The expansion continues. As if to get consumers truly hooked, goods are now available to buy online. Shop from the comfort of your sofa, browse at 4am, purchase while eating chicken noodle soup. We’d like to recommend this heavyweight shawl cardigan, taking Fairisle to a new level. 100% lambswool, this is the star of the show. So, wearing 7 year old sweatpants and a t-shirt you got free from the gym? Go ahead and hit the website, Ralph can’t see you now.

Now that The Hickorees brick and mortar shop has been open for a minute, now we take a moment to stroll through the interior. The Brooklyn based Hard Goods shop features a wide selection of goods found in their online shop as well as various small trinkets which are not. The selection and curation of the shop is well done. It is very nice to see that retail continues to thrive. Find them at: 109 South 6th Street (2nd Floor) in Brooklyn, NY.

Photography: Mathieu Vilasco/Selectism.com

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Nothing beats those small boxy Tokyo flagship shops. Switzerland’s Freitag enters the city with a shop in the Ginza district. This is their first shop in Asia – a massive market, we all know. “Stocked with 1,200 unique bags in award-winning FREITAG V30 SkId storage racks, the store will finally relieve Japanese recyclopolites of having to look long and hard to find an individual freewaybag of their liking.” Find them in Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

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Secret Forts leads us into the real life, bricks n’ mortar world of Hickorees. Brothers Emil and Sandy Corsillo have taken the leap to set up shop in South Williamsburg, sandwiched between their upstairs office and their favourite bar downstairs it contains all the usual suspects you’ve eyed up online as well as new products in the form of parkas by Owner/Operator, Poler tents and Epperson Mountaineering packs. A nice mix of fun products and seriously good garms.