Cara&Co
Cara&Co is the first concept store in Russia - it was opened in Moscow, Russia in April 2007 by Australian Company Cara&Co.Pty.ltd. The owner of Cara&Co is Rosa Kamenev. Cara&Co's space was designed by russian architect and designer Alexey Oleshov who is now a Creative Director of the company.
Cara&Co is located on the grounds of the WINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center amongst art galleries and factory spaces.
It´s neither a boutique, nor a shop, nor a department store. But it combines these three elements into a concept store that contains intellectual fashion, art, food and music.
The “Fashion” zone combines collections of clothes and accessories by designers from Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, UK, France and USA.
The zone of “Books & Lifestyle” offers selections from publishing houses such as Assoulline, Thames&Hudson and Murdoch Books, cosmetics as Ginger&Smart beauty and SPA line, Goti perfume.
The “Vintage” zone has items, from houses such as Chanel and Lanvin, through to Andre Courreges and Gucci. For bag collectioners selections will range from the first leather bags created at the turn of the century, through to the French Bakelite bags of the 1920´s, and the early “mod” creations of Paco Rabanne.
The “Break” zone is Cara&Coffee Cafe at a balcony inside the store.
In an Autumn 2008 issue of O:Magazine issued as a quarterly fashion supplement to The Observer Magazine (Sunday supplement to The Guardian) there were published The 10 Best Boutiques in the World. The Top Ten included the legendary Paris' Colette, London's Dover Street Market, Tokyo's Restir, New York's Opening Ceremony and the Cara&Co Moscow boutique.
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