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If the showroom for Rachel Cohen and Andres Modak's home-goods line, Snowe, looks an awful lot like an actual living room— that's because it is. Welcome to a new level of experiential shopping. More From In the Mag 20 articles Aug 15, 2017 A couple of months ago, Rachel Cohen and Andres Modak threw a dinner party at their New York apartment to celebrate Cohen's birthday. The spread was what one would expect from a design- conscious, well-heeled, thirtysomething Manhattan couple : The 35 guests were served buffet-style at the dining table—a sleek ebony wood affair outfitted with chic, no- frills white serving platters and meticulously lined stacks of matching dinner plates . A friend came over beforehand to mix a special cocktail , which was doled out in on- trend stemless cocktail glasses . The only difference: The plates, the glasses, the napkins, and every fork and knife were all for sale. The couple's dining table set with Snowe tableware Advertisement - C...

Inside The Kingdom in Calabasas. Photo: courtesy The city of Calabasas, Calif. is something of an anomaly. Despite being home to countless celebrities — namely the Kardashians, Wests and Jenners, who arguably ignited a celeb migration to the hilly enclave — as well as the inspiration for an entire Yeezy collection and the setting for Dior's latest Cruise show , it's a somewhat unremarkable Los Angeles suburb .  Sure, it's wealthy — the median income was $124,583 in 2010, and it's likely gone up since — pretty, and rife with gated communities , making it appealing to famous people like Drake and Justin Bieber who want privacy. But unlike, say, Beverly Hills or Brentwood, there aren't many places for wealthy inhabitants to gather, "see and be seen" and spend their money. Development on this front has been slow: In 1998, Caruso, the company behind The Grove, opened The Commons at Calabasas, an outdoor shopping center whose tenants were always pretty basic....