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We were sort of expecting them to open last Fall, but having just visited the new Roger Vivier boutique on Madison Avenue, we can see why they took so long. The new shop is an opulent multilevel affair befitting the legendary brand that has been recently resuscitated by Diego Della Valle, the man behind Tod's and Hogan. The space at 65th and Madison was once home to luxury linen purveyor Léron has been transformed with suede paneled walls and blond wood floors.Vivierexterior The first floor is small, showcasing the brand's new handbag line, and a small mezzanine displays sunglasses and small leathergoods. It's the upper level which sprawls luxuriously with leather upholstered benches and ottomans and shoes displayed in lightboxes set into the tufted walls. At the rear is a separate room with a desk that was graciously set this morning with chocolates and macaroons. Normally we would have tucked right into free sweets, but it seemed rude to disrupt their careful arrangement on the trays. The room was otherwised filled with the most luxurious of the brands offerings, satin boots studded with crystals, and stiletto sandals festooned with feathers or explosions of ribbons. The new Vivier collection is designed by Bruno Frisoni who has skillfully culled styles from the archives and adapted them to contemporary designs. The most prominent of these iconic pieces is the pump with a big square buckle ornament which has been made in versions with every heel height, while the buckle has been turned into a signature of sorts for the brand, most notably as a prominent decoration for their new handbags and even the oversized pulls for the shop's front doors. The store should please shoe fiends everywhere. Vivier was the couture chausseur in the 50's and 60's, reaching a peak with his 10 year collaboration with Christian Dior when he developed his slender underslung and comma shaped heels. Frisoni has cunningly recreated these looks in updated versions without skimping on the opulence that made Vivier a legend. As we overheard a salesperson explaining to another customer, they rushed the opening of the shop to take advantage of fashion Week publicity, and you will see the same shoes displayed repeatedly all over the store until more stock comes in, but we predict that by the end of Spring, the Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik faithfuls will be tempted to defect to the revived Parisian rival.

Roger Vivier 750 Madison Avenue, Upper East Side

Comments

where can you find the overside suede handbag shown in "In Style" magazine page 24? Thanks!

I want to purchase the roger vivier suede grey oversized handbag that was pictured in last months "In Style". Do you have it in stock? Let me know ASAP. Cheers.

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