New York-based Saks Fifth Avenue will unveil the new look of its New York flagship’s third floor this September. Following a yearlong renovation, the 50,000-sq.-ft. space will house 23 designer shops, as well as the only leased department in the United States to feature the complete collection of Louis Vuitton, and a new Fifth Avenue Club.

A central area of the floor is reserved for up-and-coming designers, whose collections were recently added to the New York store for fall. The redesigned Fifth Avenue Club offers new fitting rooms, a VIP suite and views overlooking Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Highlights of the third-floor renovation include onyx walls and a Swarovski installation.

Architectural firm Mancini Duffy collaborated with Saks on the floor’s design elements. Artist Michele Oka Doner designed the lacey, gold-leaf-gilded screens separating vendor shops, and contributed the floor’s three illuminated tree-limb chandeliers. Other furniture and display pieces throughout the floor were designed by such famous architects as Zaha Hadid and India Mahdavi, as well as by other artisans and artists, including Kathy Moss, Stephanie Odegard, Linda Stojak and  Sidonie Villere.
—Nielsen Business Media