When it comes to curating an aesthetic, no one does it quite like Wes Anderson.
This weekend, **Wes Anderson’**s Bar Luce opened its mid-century Milanese doors in the new art and culture complex Fondazione Prada. The café is, unsurprisingly, very Anderson-esque: color-blocked Formica tables, whimsical wallpaper, a perfectly modish WC, and there’s even a Steve Zissou–themed pinball machine.
This isn’t the first time the fashion house has shown its affection for the auteur; in 2013, Prada collaborated with Anderson on the mini filmEven though Bar Luce looks like it was plucked from a glossy set, the director said that the bar is built for real life. “While I do think it would make a pretty good movie set,” Anderson explains on the bar’s website, “I think it would be an even better place to write a movie.
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