Dolce & Gabbana entrusted French designer and Tokyo resident Gwenael Nicolas with the task of their latest boutique. Gwenael’s studio, Curiousity, is known for their use of rare marble, and warm metals, like bronze, in their designs, all perfect in the interpretation of Dolce & Gabbana’s ideal of baroque luxury. The opened in Tokyo, and the second in Milan. The 550 square meter temple is dedicated to fine leather accessories, and both the architecture and decoration emanate a sort of Sicilian luminosity due to the use of chiaroscuro throughout. Four hundred spotlights spread over the ceiling create a warm, Mediterranean glow that starkly contrasts with the products’ silhouettes and garments almost photographic placement against black and white backgrounds. Jewelry is displayed in glass boxes spread over a gold desk. The stairs have also been covered in gold. The rare prestige is created through purified luxury, free of decorative trappings, and instead based on plays of light and shadow, and precious elements that extend to every angle of the space.