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Dining Elegance: Cafes & Restaurants by Prestigious Fashion Houses

Explore the culinary ventures of luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Tiffany & Co, and Gucci as they unveil their exquisite restaurants in various countries across the globe. Discover more about these unique dining experiences here!

Courtesy of Louis Vuitton

Luxury fashion brands have made their mark in more than just one field. There are more and more fashion houses that are keen on experimenting into the venture of dining scene by launching their restaurants and cafés that capitalize on the correspondences between food, hospitality and fashion for the best all-encompassing luxurious experience. Their aim is to provide clients an enriching experience where they be all together for the love of fashion and food. And of course, each of these restaurants engenders provenance, quality and exclusivity. Its architectural style, décor and the culture they have taken as inspiration are quite easy to identify.

Below, check our picks of the five best restaurants that meet fashion and food.

Burberry: Thomas’s Cafe

Located at 5 Vigo Street, Thomas Burberry – founder of the fashion brand Burberry – has launched its Thomas’s Cafe in London. Serving afternoon tea and other British classics, the luxury fashion brand provides us with classic British taste and style at their cafe bar, also becoming an incredible space to spend some time there, meet friends, eat delicious pastries, or just read a newspaper while drinking a coffee.

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Vivienne Westwood Cafe in Shanghai

Vivienne Westwood Cafe presents the classics and core elements of the brand, bringing a brand new impact to the fashion world. The café is divided into two distinct areas, each one dedicated to a specific mood that reveals the concept of the new corporate. The first area, the “photoshooting panel”, is inspired by the backstage of a fashion show, while the second area relates to a colonial-style setting, a sort of tea room of the 19th century. The identity of the new corporate dedicated to VW café expresses the authentic Britishness creating twists through the use of elements of the brand.

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Louis Vuitton: Maison Seoul

Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has unveiled its highly luxurious restaurant in a joint venture with Michelin Chef Alain Passard, the world-renowned three-star chef. The restaurant is located on the 4th floor of Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul (Korea) and features a calm and relaxing atmosphere, enhanced by a flora and fauna theme. The ephemeral space is at the same time both balanced and complemented with garden-Esque decor and an impressive glass ceiling, which has been designed by architect Frank Gehry.

The restaurant focuses on serving a vegetarian menu that emphasizes seasonality and locality.

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Gucci: Osteria Seoul

Located in 223, Itaewon-Ro, Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Gucci has launched its restaurant, which is characterized by creativity, elegance, humour and sensuality. The restaurant is also a space that hybridizes modern Italian cuisine with a Korean-inspired twist. Chef Massimo Bottura follows Gucci’s culinary philosophy, embracing the culture of both Italian and Korean culture through his innovative creations of the menu.

Moreover, the Osteria Seoul restaurant blends the Italian Renaissance and the Gucci Osteria, which can be easily identified at the very first step inside the place. It is enhanced by green shades, parquet floorings, Gucci wallpapers, antique wall mirrors and stained glass doors.

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