Elysewalker Returns to Palisades With New Flagship Store

Elyse Walker is bringing her retail brand back to the neighborhood where it all began. Elysewalker is opening a new flagship at Palisades Village in Pacific Palisades, launching Saturday alongside the shopping center’s grand reopening. The store replaces the retailer’s former location, which was destroyed in the fires that hit the area. Towne by Elysewalker, the company’s contemporary sister concept, is reopening at the same time.

A Homecoming Nearly Three Decades in the Making

Walker, who grew up in Scarsdale, New York, and studied applied mathematics at Columbia University, relocated to Pacific Palisades in 1996 and opened her first namesake store there in 1999. Since then, the company has expanded into Newport Beach, Calabasas, New York and Napa. The new store spans 7,860 square feet and employs 22 people across both Elysewalker and Towne. Staff were kept on payroll throughout the 20-month closure, temporarily reassigned to the company’s warehouse and other store locations.

Betting Big on Brick-and-Mortar

The company projects the Palisades store will become its second-highest-grossing location within a year, with sales matching the former flagship’s volume within two to three years. Walker expressed strong confidence in the neighborhood’s recovery and its retail future. Designed by architecture firm Janson Scuro, the space merges three former retail units and borrows design cues from the brand’s Madison Avenue and St. Helena locations, reworked with a warmer aesthetic. The assortment spans established luxury names alongside newer, emerging labels, reflecting the retailer’s continued emphasis on curated in-person shopping experiences even as e-commerce dominates much of the industry.