R etail expansion in the luxury market — we’re talking brick and mortar stores with ever increasing square footage— seems to be a thing in Houston as Fendi has opened the doors on its reimagined boutique in The Galleria shopping center with 3,552 square feet of fashion opulence. The maison joins Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels which just debuted their own mammoth new stores in River Oaks District.

The Fendi expansion seems a fitting, albeit unintended, salute to the house’s centennial year. The Italian luxury fashion house was established in Rome by Adele and Edoardo Fendi in 1925. The legacy brand was left to the couple’s five daughters, who transformed what began as a fur and leather goods label into a potent luxury house with global reach.

Lest we forget, Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel

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