logo

This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • BEST OF WARSAW
  • News
  • Events
  • Eat
  • Drink
  • Shop
  • Neighborhoods
  • More…
    • Features
    • Best of Summer
    • Food Halls & Hubs
    • Going Out
    • Education
    • Culture
    • Hotels
  • Magazine

18.04.2015

Features

Cool As Ice(land)

As one door closes another one opens: after four years in Powiśle, cult label Reykjavik District touchdown on edgy Burakowska…

While gentrification might have stalled its creative revolution, you don’t have to go far back to the time Powiśle was being talked about as the definition of urban cool: a place of bars, boutiques and maverick ideas. And nowhere captured the zeitgeist more than Reykjavik District, a cult menswear boutique created by Icelandic fashion designer Olly Lindal and his Polish wife, Ania.
But what happens when an area reaches its artsy zenith? That’s right, everyone wants a piece of it – developers included. With their former venue bulldozed (“To make way for apartments or something,” shrugs Olly), the Reykjavik team have packed their bags and settled north. Repeating the raw style of their previous digs, this boutique finds itself operating in a one-time car garage, with the industrial leftovers acting as a natural foil to all the antique chests and eccentric details. Taken on its own, this is a space that bristles with energy and endeavor.
The interiors are reflective of the collection. While there are heavy hints of ‘Scandi-cool’ meets classic, those plucking through the racks note that there’s much more going on with Lindal’s designs: elements of avant-garde, rock star chic for the causal clothing, and suggestions of ‘debonair dandy’ in the more formal attire. The whole shebang feels like a celebration of the unconventional. But most of all, it feels
like fashion that works: clothing that fits all environments and scenarios whilst making an impression. Is that not the whole point of fashion?

Reykjavik District
ul. Burakowska 15, reykjavikdistrict.com

STAY IN THE LOOP!
For more Warsaw news, reviews, and tips, sign up for our weekly newsletter

This field is hidden when viewing the form
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Read more

15.07.2025

Summer in the city

27.06.2025

Warsaw’s Forest Green Terrace is your new favorite hangout

10.06.2025

Vote for Warsaw’s Tree in the Polish Tree of the Year 2025 Competition!

Read more

15.07.2025

  • Features

Summer in the city

27.06.2025

  • Features

Warsaw’s Forest Green Terrace is your new favorite hangout

10.06.2025

  • Features

Vote for Warsaw’s Tree in the Polish Tree of the Year 2025 Competition!

logo

Guide to good living
and fast times in Poland’s
capital

  • News
  • Insights
  • Events
  • Eat
  • Drink
  • Neighborhoods
  • Features
  • Culture
  • Best of Warsaw
  • Magazine

Magazine

  • Editorial Team
  • Newsletter Signup
  • Policy

Advertise With Us

  • Insider Media Kit
  • Guidelines
  • Distribution

Contact

  • Subscriptions
  • Career

VALKEA MEDIA S.A., www.valkea.com ul. Ficowskiego 15, Warszawa, Poland; tel. 22 257 75 00; e-mail: insider@warsawinsider.pl
All information ©2022 Warsaw Insider.