Moët & Chandon Champagne Bar, London

Champagne maker Moët & Chandon opened its first permanent space in Europe within the Harrods beauty halls in London on 7th July 2022. The centre piece of the space facing out onto Basil Street in Knightsbridge is an organic, hand-sculpted chandelier, that spans a curving bar and visually connects the bar with its environs. Poser tables in each corner of the space complete the seating, while Moët & Chandon branding and bubble graphics in the window will define the exterior view. The execution of the dramatic bar is a major milestone for umdasch The Store Makers in the 10-year grand renovation process of the world-famous department store.

The design began with Sybarite Architects conceptualising and capturing the four heartbeats of Moët: Pleasure, Prestige, Place and Philosophy. These relate to the four colours: red for Pleasure, gold for Prestige, white representing Place and black as “inked” in their philosophy. The grand gesture is the chandelier, a 21×5 metre structure, that hangs from the ceiling, made of nearly 60,000 disks of degrade golden metal disks and 240,000 brass rings. This dramatic feature immediately begins the Moët & Chandon experience with a magnetic ‘wow’ moment, uniting the champagne bar and the beauty offerings in this Harrods space together – it stretches the whole way over the department. Not only this, but the elegance of the design ensures the seamless coexistence of the two brands of Moët & Chandon and Harrods in one location. The chandelier is reminiscent of the great futuristic designers of the past: Paco Rabanne and Pierre Cardin.