Maison Kitsuné and Café Kitsuné Tokyo
Category: Boutique and Coffee Shop
Address: Maison Kitsuné: 3-15-13 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 107-0062
Café Kitsuné: 3-17-1 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku
Tokyo, 107-0062
Tel: 03 5786 4841
Website: www.kitsune.fr
Email: shop@kitsune.fr
Owner: Masaya Kuroki, Gildas Loaëc
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Masaya Kuroki, FHC
Spaces: Boutique, Coffee Shop
Details: First Maison Kitsuné´s stores in Tokyo, located in the super-chic
Aoyama district
As in Paris, Maison Kitsuné Tokyo consists of two different shops - Maison
Kitsuné and Café Kitsuné
Maison Kitsuné features ready-to-wear collections
Café Kitsuné offers an experience composed by fashion, music, design
and lifestyle featuring Kitsuné Label Records, Kitsuné Tee and Parisien
Café Kitsuné serves one of Japan´s best coffee by baristas trained by
Kunitomo Eiichi, Omotesando Koffee´s founder
Interior: Inspired by the Haussmann-style stores in Paris with touches of
traditional Japanese materials
Some areas were inspired by traditional Japanese houses, decorated
with tatami handcrafted by an expert house in the Shinbashi district
The path to Café Kitsuné is covered with checkerboard-shaped stones
and lined with bamboo
Café Kitsuné´s space is traditional, with low ceilings, fusuma-style
sliding doors, monogramed Japanese cedar parquet floor and
furnished with antiques that contrast with the boutique´s offerings
Maison Kitsuné
Category: Fashion, Music and Design Brand
Address: 52 Rue de Richelieu
Paris, 75001
Tel: 1 42 62 64 63
Website: www.kitsune.fr
Email: shop@kitsune.fr
Owner: Masaya Kuroki, Gildas Loaëc
History: 2002 - Creation of Maison Kisuné by Gildas Loaëc (former manager
of Daft Punk) and Masaya Kuroki, launched at colette
2003 - Collaboration with A.P.C.
2005 - Release of the first Kitsuné Maison Compilation
Kitsuné´s first ready-to-wear collection launched at Palais de Tokyo
2007 - Collaboration with Pierre Hardy
2008 - Opening of the first Maison Kitsuné store in Paris, in a
neighborhood that symbolizes the real Paris, honoring the
‘Classical French Boutique’
2009 - Collaboration with Petit Bateau
Opening of a Pop-Up store in colette
Signing of licensing agreements with Cooperative Music, etc etc,
Love Da, Traffic
Creation of Kitsuné Japon
2010 - Opening of the second store in Paris - Kitsuné Parisien
Opening of a Pop-Up store in Montoak, Tokyo
Release of the album ‘Tourist History’ by Two Doors Cinema Club
Signing of licensing agreement with Downtown Music
2011 - Creation of Kitsuné Club Nights
Collaboration with J.M. Weston
Release of the album ‘Native To’
2012 - Opening of Maison Kitsuné New York
Release of the album ‘Citizens!’
Release of the album ‘Beacon’ by Two Doors Cinema Club
2013 - Opening of Maison Kitsuné and Café Kitsuné Tokyo
Details: Maison Kitsuné defined the ‘New Classic’ style with the highest
quality clothes for everyday life
Kitsuné uses artisan methods combining tradition and modernity with
materials from France, Japan and Italy for durable and timeless
garments
Maison Kitsuné collections revere Japanese architecture and clean
design
Sale points: colette, 10 Corso Como Seoul, Barneys, Le Bon Marché,
Browns, Lane Crawford, Opening Ceremony, Storm, Antonio Uomo,
Beams, Arrows, Isetan, Surrender, Bergdorf Goodman among others
For some Temporary Stores, Kitsuné collaborates along creative locals
for exclusive products and events
Past Temporary Stores: Bonjour Records, Go Gallery,
The Shop at Bluebird, colette, Montoak, Barneys, Le Bon Marché, Isetan,
Galleria, Heartschallenger/Kitsuné Ice Cream Truck
Kitsuné has collaborated with a variety of brands and individuals to
share values and savoire faire for the creation of products
Collaborations: A.P.C., Swarovski, Flouzen, Olympia Le-Tan,
Pierre Hardy, Heeley, E15, The Hansen Family, United Bamboo,
Petit Bateau, Mackintosh, J.M. Weston, Porter, Monocle, Loopwheeler,
Pernod Absinthe, Brooklyn We Go Hard, Yasmine Eslami, Surrender,
Corto Moltedo
Kitsuné Tee is a design t-shirt label focused on showing Kitsuné´s identity
with artist friends collaborations
Kitsuné Tee´s collaborations: André Saraiva, Purple Magazine,
Olympia Le-Tan, Two Doors Cinema Club, La Roux, Carine Brancowitz,
Heartsrevolution
Kitsuné compilations gather exclusive tracks by the hottest new talents
like Phoenix, Hot Chip, Digitalism, Klaxons, Gossip, Wolfmother, A-Track,
Simian Mobile Disco
Kitsuné compilations collaborations: Ponystep, Petit Bateau,
Digitalism, Phoenix, The Twelves
Along Petit Bateau, Kitsuné organizes four times a year
Kitsuné Maison En Vrai, an event with three or four promising bands for
a very exclusive crowd
Kitsuné Maison Parties are club nights that offer DJs and live shows
around the world
Kitsuné Club Nights bring together DJ teams, strong image and solid
promotion in order to create the coolest, warmest and most exciting
atmospheres in cities around the globe
Maison Kitsuné and Kitsuné Parisien, Paris
Address: 52 Rue de Richelieu
Paris, 75001
Tel: Maison Kitsuné: 1 42 60 34 28
Kitsuné Parisien: 1 40 15 09 71
Website: www.kitsune.fr
Email: shop@kitsune.fr
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Masaya Kuroki, Gildas Loaëc
Details: Maison Kitsuné Paris boutique is decorated with moldings,
vintage furniture and enables obtaining an elegant atmosphere
Kitsuné Parisien, adjacent to the boutique, features Kitsuné´s
collaborations, music compilations, every season collections and
collector´s items
Maison Kitsuné and Kitsuné Parisien form the ‘Passage Beaujolais’, the
passage of Kitsuné Universe
Maison Kitsuné New York
Address: 1170 Broadway
New York, 10001
Tel: 212 481 6010
Website: www.kitsune.fr
Email: maxime@kitsune.fr
Architects/ Interior Design/ Artwork: Masaya Kuroki, Anna Vignale,
TBD Architecture & Design Studio
Details: Located at The NoMad Hotel
Maison Kitsuné New York was inspired by Haussmann-style architecture
of the 7e Arrondissement and evokes the ambience of a Parisian
apartment
The boutique pays homage to the heritage of American and French
cultures
Maison Kitsuné is decorated with polish marble, mosaic tiles,
patterned wood flooring, silk carpets and custom made furnishings
Alongside their collections, the boutique features products from
WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie, Monocle, Michel Vivien and Aesop