A high-end menswear boutique in Vancouver is closing its doors affect nearly a decade in business.
The Stefano Ricci Vancouver Boutique, located at 1139 West Georgia Street, will shutter in the coming weeks.
In an email sent to customers, the retail team confirmed the store would be closing permanently timed to the “conclusion of our lease.”
Opened on Jan. 23, 2017, the outpost is the only boutique for the store in Canada and one of just seven across North America. Store staff confirmed there is no information about the possibility of it being relocated to somewhere else in Vancouver at this time.
Founded in 1972 in Florence, Italy by Stefano and Claudia Ricci, the ultra-luxury brand has built an elite following for its wares, which include made-to-measure suits, sportswear, accessories including diamond-encrusted buckle belts and more. Celebrities such as Tom Cruise, singer Andrea Bocelli and Grammy-winning B.C. producer David Foster are said to be among the company’s famous fans.
At a custom clothing event held at the Vancouver boutique in 2021 that saw the CEO of the luxury menswear and lifestyle brand, Niccolò Ricci, fly in for the evening, representatives shared some price markers for the company’s designs, which included pants starting at $1,500 and custom sport coats start at $7,000.
Earlier this summer, another longtime luxury outpost in downtown Vancouver quietly shuttered its store. American brand St. John Knits permanently closed its location at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in July.
Located in the hotel’s main lobby level, the brand had been a fixture at the property since opening in 2003. The closer of the Vancouver location marks the full withdrawal of the brand from Canada.
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