To clarify: It did not disappoint from the standpoint of being an astonishing archive of the group’s creative output over the past two decades, even if I couldn’t wrap my head around a lot of the fashion collaborations.
Again, not personally not being a trust fund hypebeast, I couldn’t pull off really any of the styles there. The walls were lined in officially authorized merchandise, but for the most part, it wasn’t anything that couldn’t be purchased from Daft Punk’s website itself, although there were certain items that pre-dated the formation of the site, such as the Medicom action figures (which have never been sold there), and the skateboard collaboration with Hervet Manufacturier.
Speaking of Hervet Mfg, the company revolves primarily around stunning furniture design for stunning prices that are stunningly worth it if you have that kind of stunning money. The brainchild of Cedric Hervet and his brother, Cedric is the creative third leg of Daft Punk, responsible for working Thomas and Guy-Man with the visual and story-related aspects of most of their endeavors.
Okay, that’s enough about sofas and skateboards, back to the Pop Up: