Timberland :: West Quay, Southampton

As autumn approaches, the allure of a warm jumper and stout pair of boots beckons. Take a trip down to West Quay Shopping Centre to sample  the wares at Timberland, where a welcoming smile awaits...

On Motcomb : Motcomb St, Chelsea.

ON Motcomb is the latest addition to the fashion scene on Motcomb Street. A show-stopping new boutique, it is the first London store to exclusively stock women’s eveningwear and gowns with some pieces created exclusively for the shop. Step inside the store and be dazzled by the masterpieces on display; dresses here can cost anything from £2,000 to £65,000 and beyond. Some gowns are so exquisite that they’ll never make it to the shop floor and are only shown to select clients.

Designed by interiors designer Ammar Bashir, the minimalist, all-white store has the effect of an art gallery with couture pieces curated for the fashion curious. Downstairs the changing rooms are a sight to behold – larger than the average London flat you could spend the whole day lounging in fashion land. The boutique is devoted to evening wear by Balmain, Carolina Herrera, Elie Saab, Erdem, Giamattista Couture, Valli Couture, Marchesa and Zac Posen.

There's a great review of this project on the Dezeen website -great photos and details of the shopfit and fitting areas.

Snog :: Islington

Summer is here, and if you are looking for a fresh and healthy boost, why not check out the latest SNOG in Islington.

The futuristic store offers frozen yoghurt in combination with fruit and nuts and is the perfect way to spend some time watching the streetlife.

You can't miss the seductive branding

"You'll never forget your first Snog"

Having tried it we have to agree "Less talk, more Snogging...!"

Emmett Jermyn St

There seems to be a strong demand for quality in these times of Fast Fashion. We all know that lowering the cost often creates a sale, but quality lasts longer, and ultimately makes for better value.

We have recently been working with those creative designers at Campaign design on a store for Emmett Shirts on Jermyn St, which raises their game another notch. The shirt displays are beautiful and the accented illumination works very well.

Take a tour of the Asics running club facilities at their flagship store in London, interior fit-out recently completed by Oracle Interior.

ZARA Kensington High Street

The Zara store on Kensington High Street is now open again after a 13 week refit by Oracle Interiors. Although Zara traded from this location previously, the store has been subject to a complete strip out and refit to the new international standard. The store redefines premium fast fashion, with a very strong luxury feel to the merchandise and shopping environment.

All the internal shop and display  equipment have been replaced, along with all the floor finishes, the ceiling and lighting coffers, not to mention all the electrical, mechanical and life safety systems concealed within the store as part of our contract works.

We like it a lot...

Emporia Mall, Malmo Sweden.

Another store almost ready to trade at the new Emporia Mall in Malmo, Sweden.  Some finishing touches, a thorough clean, and then the stock arrives.... This is one of two stores Oracle Interiors are working on at Sweden's hottest retail destination.

ASICS Flagship Store

Open ready for the London Olympics 2012 build up, Oracle Interiors were responsible for the interior fit out of this flagship store for ASICS on Oxford Street. Not just a store which sells footwear and all things running apparel, but an emporium that fine tunes the body and running shoe experience to the limit. The professionalism offered by this laboratory takes customer care to a whole new level. Check it out...

Hot off the press - ASICS Flagship store has been shortlisted for BEST Non-food Design of the Year in the Retail Interiors Awards 2013

ASICS :: Oxford Street

Opening it's doors for the Olympic trading period, we have completed the shopfit for the UK Asics flagship at 527 Oxford Street W1C 2QL.

The ASICS Flagship Store Oxford St offers the most extensive collection of footwear and apparel, as well as advanced services and professional advice for runners including an Asics Running Lab and Clinic.

Offering serv

ices way beyond mere fashion, you are able to get 3D foot mapping, gait assessment to ensure optimum performance - ideal if you should be running in the Olympics!

As they like to say Anima Sana In Corpore Sano which translates as “sound mind in a sound body”

 See more images on the Retail Design Blog

Juicy Couture :: Westfield London

We have just completed the latest store for Juicy Couture in Westfield London. It's a store that turns most fashion genres on it's head, and redefines what luxury is in the 21st century. The look and feel is not dissimilar to the flagship store we also completed in Bruton Street, Mayfair in 2008, but distinctly more modern. More like Malibu we think than Mayfair, and likely to go down very well in West London.

Zara :: Brent Cross

The first ZARA store in the UK to be fully refitted in the new look opens today in Brent Cross Shopping Centre with fit-out by Oracle Interiors. Featuring recessed lighting coffers and sleek retail fixtures, the store has a distinctly up market feel, with three main departments; womenswear, menswear and kids...

Carlo Pazolini - Brompton Road

The doors are open on our latest project in Knightsbridge for the upmarket footwear retailer Carlo Pazolini. Completed in conjunction with Giorgio Borruso Design who is renown for his innovative and experiential retail fashion projects.

Resembling the inside of a cocoon, with footwear positioned within elegant display pods, this is an amazing environment to engage the senses. Take a trip down to Brompton Road to sample the wares....

Zegna :: New Bond Street

One of our recently completed new stores on New Bond Street with beautiful Christmas decorations. The shop is an oasis of tranquility and refinement, the perfect man shop! Oracle Interiors undertook this project with Mark Pinney Architects.

Oasis, Argyll Street.

Over the last few months we've been busy with the Aurora Fashion team creating the new OASIS flagship store on Argyll Street. Working with Dalziel and Pow as lead Designer, and the in-house store development team, we have stripped out the old store, refurbished the fabric of the building and facade, completed alterations to structure of the building to enable the escalators to be moved, and also fitted out the new store interior.

The 5500 sq ft project was completed in ten weeks by Oracle Interiors - although you can watch the work take place in less than sixty seconds below!

Ozdilek, Westfield Stratford

Whenever you stay in a luxury hotel, and after showering, envelope yourself in their deep towels and bathrobes - what is the next thing you do before reaching for the gin and tonic? Naturally you read the label that says "100% linen - Made in Turkey"....

Now we all know that Turkish linen is probably the finest quality, but where do you buy such luxurious bathroom and bedding wares?

Take a visit to Ozdilek in Westfield Stratford where you can sample their product range at first hand. Oracle Interiors have just completed their flagship retail store for the opening of the new Shopping Centre.

Mango :: Regent Street now open

The UK flagship store for MANGO on Regent Street has just reopened after a complete refit by Oracle Interiors. Trading on two levels with a new menswear department, this store has cutting edge international design and very fashionable clothing. Watch out for other retailers updating their stores this end of Regent Street!

Massimo Dutti :: Regent Street

There's a good review of one of our recently completed store refits for Massimo Dutti on Regent Street in Retail Week. John Ryan covers the facelift project in some detail, interviewing Dilip Patel for a walk around.

"The idea that a store needs to be refreshed on a regular basis is as old as, if not the hills, then certainly the middle of the last century. The notion runs that, every so often, a store’s internal decor needs a bit of a facelift and that, if this doesn’t happen, like those of a certain age who have not enjoyed cosmetic surgery, things sag a bit and the cracks begin to show.
There’s been a branch of Inditex brand Massimo Dutti on Regent Street since 2002 and the road was, in fact, the first point of UK landfall for this retail format. Close to a decade later, it had reached the point where a number of minor alterations and mini-makeovers had been effected, according to Inditex UK and Ireland managing director Dilip Patel, but there had not been a full-scale rethink. Now the store has just emerged from a four-week revamp with a new look that Patel says is more in tune with the altered reality of Regent Street during the nine years Massimo Dutti has been in this country.

“The street’s changed a lot and there are a lot of new competitors,” he says. “There are still plenty of male shoppers, but now there are many female shoppers on Regent Street as well.”
It’s a view that signals a clear understanding of the gradual evolution of the street during the period. It has gone from a thoroughfare that for much of its length was filled with grand but somewhat timeworn shops that catered predominantly for men to a fully fledged fashion destination. And as such, the appearance of every retailer from Mango to Zara by way of, say, H&M has meant the gender balance of the shopper population along the street has also changed...."

Full story here

Mango :: Regent Street

We are currently undertaking a complete interior fit-out of the Mango flagship store on Regent Street, and will shortly unveil the new store design. This follows on from other projects in London and across the UK for the ultra-fashionable Spanish retailer. Watch this space....

Selfridges in Manchester

Our work with Cath Kidston continues, and the latest project to be completed is in Selfridges Trafford Park, Manchester. Having manufactured all the specialist joinery in preparation, Oracle Interiors stripped out the previous tenant's shopfittings, and completed the installation and fit-out in record time.

The enduring appeal of retro glamour just gets bigger and bigger. See other new stores we've completed in Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Marlow, and Chichester...

Timberland Bath

Opening very shortly in the new Southgate Development we are working on the latest Timberland store.

This comes hot on the heels of the Jones the Bootmaker store which we also completed recently at Southgate. I've had a report from a leading retail analyst this morning that the store looks fantastic.

Mango - One New Change

The new development in the City of London, One New Change opened yesterday, and Oracle Interiors completed the Mango store as Principal Contractor in time for the grand opening.

One of Spain's most contemporary fashion businesses, we have completed many stand alone stores and Department Store concessions for them across the UK.

There's some great shops at the development so check it out when you're in town.

ALDO Shoes :: Yes we can

One of the interesting aspects of being involved in shopfitting is that you are never sure of what you'll be asked to do next. We are currently working on a re-fit of a store for Canadian footwear retailer ALDO in Camden High Street, and in keeping with the vernacular architecture, we are also applying a beautiful bespoke artwork to the whole building shopfront depicting the subcultural life of Montreal.

"The Devil is in the Detail" we like to say at Oracle Interiors....!

Mango :: One New Change

Oracle Interiors are currently working on a new store for Mango at the Jean Nouvel designed retail and office development called One New Change in St Pauls. This follows on from a new store in Glasgow for Mango, and a refit of the York store earlier in the year.

There will be a fantastic line up of contemporary retailers and restaurant operators for the opening later this month. One New Change stands at 560,000 sq feet (52,024 sq metres) and is the equivalent area of just over 12 football pitches, with 220,000 sq feet of retail space and 330,000 sq feet office spac. The external cladding is made up of 6,500 glass panels of different sizes and shapes, of which 4,300 are individually hand crafted.

Retro glamour!

We're just putting the finishing touches to the latest Cath Kidston store which opens shortly in Chichester. The traditionally sign written fascia is something of a rarity, although we think it looks fantastic.

Cath Kidston has a great range of homeware, clothing, accessories and outdoor products. The home furnishings range is inspired by textured floral prints, and Chichester should prove to be the perfect location for this store.

How much?

It's hard to reconcile tough times on the high street with our latest job at Harrods. We've just fitted "the most expensive bath in the world" into Harrods for Baldi, the Italian luxury goods maker.  We also completed the fit-out of their showroom in Harrods Luxury Goods department some time ago. It's worth a visit if you are thinking of sprucing up your bathroom or living room...

Coast - Liverpool One

We've recently completed the latest standalone store for Coast at the Liverpool One development. Nestling amongst Karen Millen, Jones Bootmaker and Whistles on  Peter's Lane which offers some of the coolest fashion in Liverpool...

Juicy Couture Flagship in Bruton Street.

Interesting feature in Draper's Review on the shop that we recently completed for Juicy Couture in Bruton Street Mayfair....

"“Excess all areas” might provide an executive summary of the visual merchandising technique employed in this store, and for pure invention, this one really takes some beating.

.....The most visually merchandised store to hit London this year and a real shot in the arm for those who say that not much has been happening in the new stores world during 2009. The stock may not be to everyone’s taste, but this is an exceptional fashion"

Read the full article here

St Davids 2 Shopping Centre, Cardiff

The new shopping centre development in Cardiff is currently well underway, and Oracle Interiors are working on a number of stores for clients including Aurora Fashions and Crew Clothing. With an opening date of 22 October work is progressing in this demanding development.

For more information about the development see here

Also in Wales we have recently opened a new 17,000 sq ft store for ZARA on Princess Way in Swansea. This gorgeous new store brings the latest international fashions to West Wales... Oracle Interiors were also responsible for the ZARA on Queens Street in Cardiff, completed back in 1998.

Juicy Couture Bruton Street, London

There's been some great press for the new store that we've recently opened for Liz Claiborne Group in Mayfair. The new Juicy Couture is their flagship store for the UK and also houses their head offices for the wholesale business in Europe.

See here for more details about the amazing store...

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New Projects Spring 2009

We are about to start two new projects in the Bon Accord Centre in Aberdeen for Warehouse and Coast. Both due to open in April 2009.

We are also working on new UK stores for Zara, Mango, Crew Clothing and Juicy Couture at present.