Kicking Assouline

ASSOULINE, a name synonymous with beautifully illustrated books on fashion and travel, art and architecture, epicurean arts and viticulture, has just opened a new concept boutique at South Coast Plaza. Unlike any other store in OC, you can find an elaborate array of ASSOULINE titles and rare volumes, carefully chosen vintage classics and collectors’ items. It also carries ASSOULINE’S personally curated vintages tomes and the brand’s extensive luxury gift line of leather bags, vintage bookends, limited edition luxury libraries, museum quality art, stationary, and candles.

Toward the back of the store, you’ll be awed by framed limited edition prints: large-scale iconic Slim Aarons photographs, images of Baccarat clad vintage cocktails, as well as heirloom inspired crests and animal prints personally selected by founder Prosper Assouline. If you’re on the hunt for a gift for the person who has everything choose from museum quality art including rare sculptures, one-of-a-kind bookends, vintage globes, telescopes, and the full line of ASSOULINE luxury gifts and collectibles.

Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Level 1, Nordstrom Wing at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. 714.557.1882.