Rafael de Cárdenas sculpts a stage for avant-garde brands in a Russian department store
ST PETERSBURG – Before the Russian Revolution, when luxury would fall somewhat out of fashion, even the tsar’s family shopped at Au Pont Rouge. One of the first department stores, the emporium opened in St Petersburg in an 80-stor
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