Shohei Shigematsu from the famed OMA architectural firm discusses his striking installations at the temporary Louis Vuitton store on 57th Street.

Louis Vuitton 57th Street, which opens to the public on Friday, boasts a restaurant, chocolate shop and towering stacks of trunks to rival the Manhattan skyline.

In a five-story landmark building right across from its 57th Street flagship, which is currently undergoing a multi-year renovation.

After years of rapid growth, luxury purveyors in Australia appear to be flatlining, finally caught up in the cost-of-living crisis confronting the nation’s shoppers.