Perched above Rodeo Drive in a 1930s Art Deco building, The Vintage Project doesn’t feel like a store so much as a Parisian dream remembered. Designed by Studio Keeta, the Beverly Hills boutique combines the intimacy of a Haussmannian apartment with something ornamental and inviting.
An iron door opens to a tumbled-marble mosaic floor inscribed with the store’s namesake, a 1920s mahogany bar cabinet, and a blue Murano chandelier. Within, a world of moiré silk curtains, hand-carved moldings, and patinated mirrors unfolds as powdery blue unifies every room—a deliberate shade designed to feel “as if it used to be bluer, but years of cigarettes have dulled it,” studio founder Kristina Khersonsky says.
The appointment-only atelier comes from the collection of stylist Sarah Jordan Buss—an archive and living room in one. “The Vintage Project is an emotional experience, rooted in the joy of finding something special and giving it new life,” says Buss. The boutique builds on her ongoing partnership with Khersonsky, who also designed Buss’ Silver Lake home. “When Sarah came to us with the idea for a boutique, she wanted it to feel like your cool older sister’s closet—not a store. It needed to be romantic but real, cinematic but lived-in.”
