Just in time for the summer season, Bottega Veneta has moved into a small store location not far from the lobby of the Rosewood Miramar Beach hotel.
The 900-square-foot space at the five-star luxury resort in Montecito, Calif., has an Italian Mediterranean feel with beige stucco on the outside. Large windows filter in the California sun. Inside is an array of men’s and women’s products, including handbags, jewelry and clothing. The store will be showing the luxury brand’s pre-fall 2024 collection as well as the Summer Solstice collection unveiled earlier this year with handbags, jewelry, shoes and swimwear.
The new location’s interior takes inspiration from the coastal architecture found in the Mediterranean seaside villages of Italy and extends it to California. There is Venetian marmorino plaster, containing natural limestone, powered marble and fine sand. The space is accented with organic slabs of stone, called Palladiana terrazzo, often found in Italian villas, while teak wood elements and white terracotta tiles add depth to the space’s earthy texture.
The Italian company, founded in 1966, said it set up shop at the popular spot because of the constant flow of tourist traffic throughout the year at one of the most exclusive resorts in Montecito, home to Oprah Winfrey as well as British royals Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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Since the resort was developed by shopping center magnate Rick Caruso and opened five years ago, it has been a draw for high-end tourists who don’t mind paying $1,400 a night to stay at the seaside hotel with 119 rooms and 34 suites covering 16 acres. Bottega Veneta joins other luxury retailers at the hotel including fellow Italian label Brunello Cucinelli as well as jeweler Laykin et Cie, the Webster and Goop Sundries.
Across from the Bottega Veneta location is a separate retail building occupied by Los Angeles contemporary label James Perse.
Two years ago, Dioriviera took over the pool area and bocce court for a summer pop-up store and installation.
Bottega Veneta, which is owned by Kering, has a number of Southern California stores on high-end retail streets and shopping centers in the area. It has a Beverly Hills store on Rodeo Drive, a venue on Melrose Place in Los Angeles and a location at Palisades Village, a Caruso development in the affluent Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
In 2023, Bottega Veneta had $1.72 billion in revenues, a small portion of the $21 billion in revenues that Paris-based Kering recorded last year. Kering’s other labels include Gucci, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen.
