Double the FUN

摘要

Jewelry designer irene neuwirth and retail entrepreneur Laura Vinroot Poole have a friendship that spans nearly two decades. But it wasn't until last spring that the two creatives collaborated on a store, opening a Los Angeles outpost of Capitol, Poole's beloved Charlotte, North Carolina, boutique, in the Brentwood Country Mart— replete with an Irene Neuwirth fine-jewelry shop-in-shop. Poole's architect husband, Perry Poole, who was the mastermind behind her North Carolina flagship, designed the 2,500-square-foot boutique; the two locations share much of the same decorative sensibility. "It should be warm and welcoming," she says. "It should feel like our home." Vintage midcentury-modern furnishings and herringbone floors offer a subtle and elegant backdrop for a curated assortment of designer ready-to-wear—including fashions by Peter Pilotto, Rosie Assoulin, and Johanna Ortiz. Within the boutique lies Neuwirth's 300-square-foot jewelry micro-store, which was crafted by ED A-Lister Pamela Shamshiri.