CONCEIVED BY REI KAWAKUBO OF COMME DES GARÇONS, THE ORIGINAL DOVER STREET MARKET WAS FIRST OPENED IN LONDON, MAYFAIR IN SEPTEMBER 2004.
SINCE THEN A FURTHER FIVE DOVER STREET MARKET STORES HAVE OPENED IN GINZA (TOKYO), NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, BEIJING AND DOVER STREET MARKET LOS ANGELES IN FALL 2018.
“I WANT TO CREATE A KIND OF MARKET WHERE VARIOUS CREATORS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS GATHER TOGETHER AND ENCOUNTER EACH OTHER IN AN ONGOING ATMOSPHERE OF BEAUTIFUL CHAOS: THE MIXING UP AND COMING TOGETHER OF DIFFERENT KINDRED SOULS WHO ALL SHARE A STRONG PERSONAL VISION." BY REI KAWAKUBO