London Part Two

Hello there,

Following on from my last post about the Rigby and Peller Store in St. John's Wood, London, I then visited a store that was too in its final stages and waiting for stock and furniture. This is for a handbag designer called Kwanpen from Singapore. They craft luxurious goods of exoctic skins mostly from Crocodiles, but they also use Python, Ostrich and Monitor Lizard skins.

The site is Burlington Arcade which is in the heart of London and is famous for running from Piccadilly to Saville Row, as well as its many luxurious boutiques stores. The arcade was thriving with Christmas shoppers and I couldn't wait see the boutique. The grand height of Burlington arcade conveys the impression of luxury and wealth. Architectural details boast that it has a unique quality space, which is reflected in  the unique boutiques and products sold throughout the arcade. The red carpet that runs through the whole arcade aids the extravagant shopping experience.

 I reached the store and everything appeared quite secretive; there's no logos or product photos, nothing. This was probably unintentional method to tease the shoppers of a new store and to encourage them to visit again soon and ask questions about who/what is opening.

These three images are some of the details that caught my attention. The aid the sense of opulence to the store; I tend tot find its the little details in building thats overall make them great. (Above, left and right)

The boutique is 8.7m long and 2.4m wide; this is one tight space. There are 4 floors that include the 'shop floor', staff room,  storage and w/c facilities. There is  a sweeping staircase in the centre of the space causing a divide between the left and right hand side of the boutique.

Close up of hand made leather furniture.

Personally I'm not quite keen on the brown carpet and yellow/cream walls combined. However I do like the unique staircase as well as the spotlights that will highlight the products Kwanpen have to offer. From seeing some of that hand sticthed furniture this boutique will be screaming luxury goods at its customers and I would like to visit the store when its up and running to see the final product.

Views from the 3rd floor.

The smallest w/c I've ever seen!

Staff Office.

Staircase detail.

Beautiful sweeping staircase.

Looking up to the 2nd & 3rd floors from the arcade walkway.

Have you seen this store? What do you think? I would love to know.

Part three of my London trip will be coming shortly!

Today the CEO of Exeid gave me some very Important advice: smart goals.

Ive been working on a project at my internship but I wasn't set a deadline as they wanted to see how I would get along with eh tasks they set. Now my boss would like me to choose my own deadlines for upcoming tasks and this is when he taught me about creating smart goals.

So what is a smart goal?

Smart stands for:

Specific

Measurable

Achievable

Realistic

Time frame.

These are all components that are needed in order for me to achieve a goal!

                                  

                                          Thanks for reading,

                                                Hannah

P.s Wishing you a very merry Christmas!