Big names in retail are having a big week. Brand magnet IstinyePark now houses two more brands: Michael Kors and Chanel. 

New to the scene is the American luxury goods brand Michael Kors, which opened its first branch in Istanbul in the upscale IstinyePark shopping mall. The store carries the Collection, MICHAEL Michael Kors, and KORS Michael Kors lines, as well as handbags, shoes, small leather accessories, sunglasses, and watches. A second Michael Kors store will be opening at the end of June in the Nişantaşı neighborhood.

The revolutionary glamour-gal Chanel launches its third store in Istanbul, also in IstinyePark. Designed by the famous NY architect Peter Marino, the store is decorated in black and white, and goes for the classic Chanel look with its beige marble floors, tweed armchairs, sleek black walls, black leather shelves, and a wide-screen plasma TV looping their latest runway-show footages.  At the elegant store, you’ll find the ready-to-wear collection, bags, shoes, accessories, and watches as well as Karl Lagerfield’s Métiers d’Art collection, which was inspired by the Byzantine Empire.