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SHANGHAI — Le Labo‘s first China store opened last week in a stand-alone shikumen constructing in Xintiandi, a retail hot spot in downtown Shanghai. The 2-story constructing, a former historical Shikumen “Open House” Museum that showcased the life-style of Old Shanghainese within the Twenties, was transformed by the Estée Lauder Cos.-owned fragrance brand right into a Le Labo flagship, which showcases a big selection of Le Labo products and likewise boasts a vegan bakery and café. Staying consistent with Le Labo’s vintage-inspired wabi-sabi retail aesthetic, the shop preserves the constructing’s original picket ceiling and embellished window panels while displaying curiosities reminiscent of an old rotary telephone, a vintage protected and a typewriter. On the primary floor, purposely distressed tiled partitions, vintage cabinets and a...