saint laurent renovates and reopens its boutique in milan

Saint laurent reopens its boutique in milan

Saint Laurent has renovated its boutique in Milan with works by local artists and designers, including Gaetano Pesce and Gio Ponti. Reopening on September 20th, 2025, the retail store at Via Montenapoleone, 8, introduces a third floor for the menswear collection, which was not present in the previous interiors. Colors, materials, and textures rooted in Parisian and Milanese designs harmonize inside the space. The Saint Laurent collections sit atop open shelves made of marble sourced from Italy, and the marble floor retains its gritty texture, complementing the industrial-sized carpets whose designs are inspired by pixelated images using threads and the paintings of Monet.

Vintage pieces occupy the same space as contemporary furniture and materials, the Maison’s hope to evoke modern classic design. Chairs from Italian architects Marcello Piacentini and Gio Ponti sit next to cherry wood and resin coffee tables made by the Austrian designer, Laurids Gallée, as well as the bubble-shaped glass coffee table shaped by the artisans in Murano, Venice. Inside the Saint Laurent boutique in Milan, there are pieces and furniture by around 70 revered and historic artists and designers, including Vincenzo De Cotiis, Marco Zanuso, Aldo Tura, Osvaldo Borsani, Carlo Scarpa, Joe Colombo, Paolo Buffa, Roberto Iera, and Giovanni Offredi, among others.

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Materials from hand-shaped ceramic to eucalyptus wood

The Saint Laurent boutique in Milan unveils three renovated floors: the first two are for the women’s collections, while the last one, the most recent, is dedicated to menswear. Art, fashion, and design meet in the same space. Visitors walk around and find Romanesque sculptures, such as the Antinous bust from the 1800s, spread across the first floor, adding a vintage touch to the seasonal collections by the Maison as well as the shifting textures of the walls and flooring. While the entire boutique feels like an open space, the use of different materials, from marble and ceramic to iron, separates the sections with a unifying theme of earthiness and opulence.

Signature design elements come through inside the Saint Laurent boutique in Milan. The stairs, a staple in the Maison’s master stores, are entirely made of polished and refined eucalyptus wood sourced from Italy, and the large circular mirrors, another classic fixture in the other boutiques, expand the already landscape-esque breadth of the store. On the second floor, one section dials down the use of light materials from the other rooms, as the walls, gleamingly reflecting the lights, are forged from raw iron. Here, there is another open shelf, but this time, it is made of hand-shaped ceramic that reinstates the Maison’s link to the city of Marrakech.

artworks by Ugo Mulas and Irving Penn, as well as a portrait of Lucio Fontana, adorn the walls | image © designboom

Fabrics recycled from the maison’s previous collections

The intended concept of the Saint Laurent boutique in Milan is an Italian palazzo that is open to everyone. The designers’ furniture is placed to be used and interacted with, and the sudden appearances of raw wood, from tables and counters to panels and shelves, allow for a reminder that the shop is not just a store. There is also a hint of futurism in the interiors, mainly brought about by the use of large square-shaped lights on the ceiling, lightly dimmed to allow the warm backlights coming from the marble shelves to illuminate the rest of the space.

In a few of the shelves, the background shows backlit panels made of onyx, the material that the Maison repurposed from its womenswear collections in 2024 and 2025. On the third floor, the home of menswear, there is a sofa wrapped with leather recycled from the winter collection of 2024. In the same area, the walls are made from the same marble used to construct the Duomo cathedral, a way for Saint Laurent to pay homage to the city of Milan through its renovated boutique. Across the floors, artworks by Ugo Mulas and Irving Penn, as well as a portrait of Lucio Fontana, adorn the walls, sealing the attempt of Saint Laurent to allow its boutique in Milan to become an open home. The retail store reopens to the public on September 20th, 2025.

colors and materials rooted in Parisian and Milanese designs harmonize inside the space | image © designboom