From the top of the winding oval stair at Barneys in Beverly Hills, a curious quartet of glowing, sinuous objects, six stories down, inevitably catches your eye. As you discover at the foot of this dramatic marble stairway, they're perfume vitrines, curvy display counters lit from within. The luminous cosmetics floor they occupy was, until several months ago, a banal storage zone, a dark basement, off-limits to customers. Here and elsewhere in the building, Barneys' recent renovation opens up untapped spaces as it strategically ushers shoppers through the merchandise.
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