Haute Coffee: Luxury fashion brands choose Saudi for boutique cafes

Haute couture fashion brands are successfully dabbling in the coffee scene.

The Prada Caffè opened in the iconic Harrod's Department Store in London, whilst Cannes has the Armani/Caffè with view of the Cote d'Azur and New York has the recently renovated and reopened, Tiffany's Blue Box Cafe.

And now, the cafe-fashion movement is spreading to Saudi.

These brands have found the sweet spot: combining caffeine and fashion influence, both of which are important to fashion followers, tourists and Saudis alike.

Cafe ELLE

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Influence: ELLE Magazine

Saudi Location: Via Riyadh

Opened by women, with women in mind, Cafe ELLE aims to combine women's love of brunch, photogenic plating and copious amounts of caffeine with perusing the pages of fashion magazines. An exciting collaboration between the prestigious French fashion magazine, ELLE and the former Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Décor, Whitney Robinson, this is a boutique cafe experience. Just four other ELLE magazine led cafes exist, all of which are located in the Far East.

Aiming for understated elegance with a French patisserie feel, each dish served at Cafe ELLE has a hint of colour adding to the vibrancy of the cafe's atmosphere.

Cafe ELLE is open now.

@cafeelle.sa

Ralph's Coffee

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Influence: Ralph Lauren

Saudi Location: TBA, Expected to open 2023

Ralph's Coffee is a much-loved, caffeinated spin-off of iconic all-American fashion house, Ralph Lauren. With more than twenty locations around the world in major cities like New York City, Hong Kong, London and Qatar, this cafe will be the brand's first foray into the Kingdom.

Together with Al Moajil Hospitality, Ralph Lauren will open Ralph's Coffee in Saudi, which will be just the second location in the Gulf Region.

The smell of freshly brewed coffee evokes so many memories for me, mostly of time spent with friends and family, the people I love. I wanted to develop these coffee blends in that spirit, and create a place where people could come together and take a break from their busy days.

Ralph Lauren

With relatively understated and traditional coffee house branding in forest green and white, Ralph's Coffee is also well known for their aesthetically pleasing merchandise. From insulated on-the-go coffee mugs, tote bags, caps and t-shirts, this is a coffee house brand you'll actually want to wear.

@ralphscoffee