Maria Luisa

THE SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE AN UNCONVENTIONAL LUXURY. The boutique was established in 1988 by Maria Luisa and her husband Daniel Poumaillou. From the very beginning, it was conceived as an alternative to the then quite sleepy and conservative Faubourg Saint Honoré, the traditional neighborhood for luxury.

[l] Since then, Maria Luisa offers a selection of designers who have deeply influenced the next decades, such as the British Galliano, Westwood and McQueen, the first generation of Belgium designers (Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester), the Japanese (Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons), and even Helmut Lang… Their talents will be confirmed later on as many of them will take over the artistic direction of renowned houses. The shop has never stopped introducing other names into international fashion such as Olivier Theyskens, Rick Owens, Nicolas Ghesquière, Riccardo Tisci, Christopher Kane…Maria Luisa has always run her store the same way, pursuing modernity and seeking young talents. She follows her subjectivity and disregards simplistic, reductive trends. Her choices reveal a real commitment to the designers – she still buys some of them since their first season. They have grown up in the Maria Luisa store, next to the latest discovery. Total freedom is the only rule established within the buying process, giving the opportunity to search for a cutting-edge modernity which reflects into total elegance and the longing for a trademark radical chic.