Bluewater has announced the signing of a new accessible fashion concept brand Vanilla, for its debut standalone store following the success of its established online and concession presence.
Located adjacent to H&M on Upper Thames Walk, the 3,616 sq ft Vanilla flagship store represents the first time ‘well priced’ fashion labels Blue Vanilla and Pink Vanilla will have a bricks and mortar home to showcase their collections in full.
Vanilla Bluewater will exclusively stock a new shoe and accessory collection, not available anywhere else.
Fashion-forward, on-trend womenswear brand Blue Vanilla aims to deliver stylish fashion. The London-based brand operates on a global scale, with their e-commerce site shipping to 150 countries globally, whilst the brand itself can be found in stores such as New Look and House of Fraser nationwide and on e-commerce platforms such as Next, Debenhams and Silk Fred. Pink Vanilla is a young fashion brand targeting the ages 14-24 and offers outfits for all occasions.
Bluewater has also celebrated the launch of two further specialist brands: Sleep.8, and ProCook.
The technology-led sleep brand, Sleep.8 has launched a 4,800 sq ft store on Lower Thames Walk.
ProCook, the cookware company, has taken on a 2,100 sq ft store adjacent to John Lewis on the Lower Rose Gallery.
Rob Hardie, portfolio director for co-owner and asset manager of Bluewater, Landsec, commented: “ The addition of specialist and unique retail brands Vanilla, Sleep.8, and ProCook, is evidence of our efforts to consistently deliver trend-led retail options to our visitors. These brands and other recent openings, such as ZARA’s global concept store, only strengthens Bluewater position as the retail industry rebounds post-pandemic.”
Michelle Burns, head of retail stores at Vanilla, added: “We were very selective when searching for the ideal location at which to launch our encompassed Vanilla flagship store, and Bluewater, with its impressive array of retail names and strong experiential offering, is the perfect destination for us to launch at.”
