The Store Across The Pond: The One Year Anniversary of Timothy Oulton

There is something to be said when British designer Timothy Oulton picks Dallas for his first stand-alone store. It’s an 8,000 sqft space that has everything from furniture, UK themed nic-nacs to apparel and an aquarium with a huge yellow submarine. It even boasts a full-service coffee and pastry bar, an in-house flower shop, and a giant working fireplace. Think of it as the ultimate “man cave” on sartorial steroids! So when it came time for them to celebrate their one year anniversary since opening here they pulled out all the stops. Complete with a live band, royal guards, bottomless champagne, and the unveiling of a new masterpiece from kinetic artist Didier Legros entitled "Chaos". Quite the contrary of something chaotic, the sculpture involves no less than fifty jumping marbles that are charged with kinetic energy and are then carefully choreographed to skip elaborately across five different vertically suspended panels. Not a bad way to spend your Thursday.