Sad news - Il Bacio di Stile in Budapest is closing down tomorrow!  It's sad because it's such a beautifully renovated building, and the  variety of brands there has been absolutely amazing, more than 40 luxury brands.

There simply wasn't enough paying customers, which is actually nt a surprise as there are not so many millioners in Hungary and tourists are not really coming here for luxury shopping nor do expats have that plenty of money that they could shop there on regular basis.

This luxury palace of fashion was opened on Andrassy ut in September 2013. The building was commissioned by Zsigmond Bruhl between 1880-1881. The apartment building stayed emptu for a couple of years and was declared as a historical monument.  

End of an era.

Here more pics of this beautiful store and here of its famous window displays! 

Tom Ford In Budapest

 Big news!

Tom Ford has arrived to Budapest!

 Il Bacio di Stile, a new luxury department store on Andrássy út, will be open for public on Monday.

There're collections from Lanvin, Bottega Veneta, Valentino... altogether more than 40 different brands in 5.000m2 - wow!

The shop windows look promising...

The construction of the present Andrássy Avenue (before called Sugár street), registered as part of the world heritage, began 1876-1877 and within ten years most of the houses were completed. The eclectic apartment house No. 19 on the corner of the Andrássy Avenue and the Székely Mihály street was built in 1881as a part of the first section the Sugár street to the Octogon. The three-floor building with inner court, planed from Vilmos Freund, is structurally and formally a representative piece. This national monument was built for the middle class, the ornaments and details were formed accordingly. The couple of sculpture over the entrance, the high reliefs by the archcorners and the couple of puttos over the wall openings with arches has a highest importance.

So tomorrow is the day when this door will be open...