Shanghai’s largest traditional lanehouse complex Jianye Li on Jianguo Xi Lu is home to the Capella Hotel, and it’s also the place where new contemporary menswear brand, GENTSPACE, decided to establish its first flagship store.
Designed to resemble a gentleman’s home, the exterior of the shop retains most of the original features of a traditional shikumen-style lanehouse. Past a quaint courtyard, GENTSPACE’s expansive ground floor houses a large selection of products that define the ethos of the brand. Smart casual blazers, vests, shirts and trousers (a majority of which are designed and produced under the store’s eponymous private label) are neatly displayed along with accessories like leather shoes, ties and pocket squares, as well as lifestyle products such as headphones, coffee table books and magazines on arts, photography and travel.
Half a floor above, one will find a change in tone with a more formal selection of classic business suits aimed at a more mature crowd. But the most interesting part of the shop lies on the second floor. A large whale statue hanging from the ceiling of the staircase welcomes you to a ‘living room’ adorned with a fun selection of lighthearted, more colorful wool-based menswear items, and other high-end personal care products like Marvis toothpaste, as well as stationeries by the famous Italian paper maker, Fabriano.
GENTSPACE currently only offers ready-to-wear options, but they’re also planning to add on some semi bespoke suits in the near future.
GENTSPACE, 494 Jianguo Xi Lu, by Yueyang Lu 建国西路494号,近岳阳路 (5401 0580, WeChat ID: GENTSPACE)
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