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The David Yurman boutique on the main level of the new Holt Renfrew Ogilvy in Montreal.Handout

From outside on Sainte-Catherine Street, the Holts-ification of historic Montreal department store Ogilvy is still very much a work in progress, but step inside and you’ll see some glittering signs of what’s to come. Recent luxury unveilings include a sparkling new David Yurman boutique on the main level. Sitting at 1,200 square feet, it’s more than four times larger than the city’s previous David Yurman space.

The store’s design is emblematic of the American jewellery brand’s classically elegant approach, but with a new sustainable bent, including fixtures made up of 90-per-cent repurposed material. The interior features a wall of black concrete, live-edge walnut, travertine counters and antique bronze touches. Like many David Yurman boutiques, the store’s displays include artwork by husband-and-wife co-founders David and Sybil Yurman, the latter of whom made the brand’s very first cable bracelet design by hand in 1978. On one wall, find a display of paintings by Sybil, who moved to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in the late fifties and befriended beatnik greats Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. The store also houses Mother & Child, a sculpture created by David himself.

Stocking all categories, including women’s, men’s and wedding, this David Yurman boutique is conveniently just a short elevator ride to the new Four Seasons Hotel Montreal, which is connected to Holt Renfrew Ogilvy at the third level. What better way to toast a new bauble than with cocktails at an equally stylish lobby bar?

David Yurman, Holt Renfrew Ogilvy, 1307 Sainte-Catherine St. W., Montreal, 514-842-7721 ext. 10613, davidyurman.com.

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