A careful collar, a coffee table that doubles as a designer installation… Doctor West, I presume?
Yes. Give Dokter and Misses, the interior design duo, and couturier, David West one door each, and a frame, and you have the entrance to a new concept store in Long Street focusing on fashion and furniture.
The frame is actually Dokter and Misses’ Co-op – a “platform for new and emerging work in the fields of contemporary art and design” in Johannesburg that facilitates exhibitions, events and exclusive collaborations. As good ideas can only do, the concept expanded till it touched Cape Town’s arty, sartorial shores and made friends with West. What emerged was one of an emerging trend of multi-functional consumer spaces that make multi-modal shopping chic and quick.
David West’s Summer 2010 collection “How to find true love and happiness in the present day” is currently in-store, fresh from Cape Town fashion week and full of Spring.
In addition to ready-to-wear clothes, you’ll also find choice pieces of contemporary furniture and lighting, all boasting clean cuts and curves, and calm tones. Well placed, it sits comfortably amongst a bevy of fashion, interior and antique stores, around the corner from the vintage arcade and Church Street’s collectables and quaint eateries. Good products keeping good company? Good idea.
113 Long Street
021 801 4733
David West
Dokter and Misses
*Also new in town
Damascus Gate Coffee Shop at 39 Adderly Street, Cape Town. Tel 021 469 3732.
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