The first adidas by Stella McCartney store has opened in London, with an interior designed by architects APA.

Located on Fulham Road, the boutique is the first standalone retail collaboration by fashion designer Stella McCartney and sportswear brand Adidas.

The store uses colour, texture and materials in a way not usually associated with sportswear shops.

Shop fittings by Italian shop interiors company Buzzoni are designed "to emphasise the tension between aspiration and performance".

Photos are by Ed Reeve.

Related: earlier this year Adidas and McCartney unveiled the official Team GB Olympic kit (above), which will be worn by all British athletes at the London 2012 Olympics this summer.

APA Architects have worked on several stores for McCartney, including one in Las Vegas that features a suspended crystal horse (above) and another in Milan that has a multi-coloured herringbone floor (below).

Here's some info about the adidas by Stella McCartney store from Adidas:

adidas by Stella McCartney opens global flagship store

adidas and long term collaborator, Stella McCartney are delighted to announce the opening of the first adidas by Stella McCartney stand alone store on Saturday 26th May, 2012 in London, UK.

The opening of the store, which is next to the new Stella McCartney mainline and kid’s store, which opened in April 2012, is the final addition to the ‘World of Stella’ retail experience. After a successful eight year relationship between sportswear brand and acclaimed designer, opening the first store seemed a natural next step, further cementing the relationship between them, leveraging both brands expertise and continuing the brand’s legacy to make women look great at the same time as keeping an active and sports lifestyle.

adidas has worked in collaboration with Stella McCartney to create a bespoke concept and fit, challenging preconceptions of sports environments. The space combines both traditional and modern materials in innovative combinations, with new colours and textures sought for sport. Throughout the store, artistic composition balanced with functional simplicity, creating juxtaposition is prevalent. Colour and lightness are explored with delicate wall hanging, sculptural simplicity and block colour walls.

Stella McCartney was intimately involved in every aspect of the design, material selections and store layout. The focal point at the stores centre culminates to boast a chain link sculptural element in laminated timber, which encircles a display of lightweight athletic clothing; sculptural form is combined seamlessly with material and crafted quality. The shopping environment provides a premium experience whilst still using the product as the central focus.

Stella McCartney comments, “This store is a real celebration of what we have been building for the last 8 years together with adidas and hopefully it is going to be the home for women to go to and find everything they need for their sports and at the same time not having in any way, to sacrifice their style. It’s very much part of the world of Stella McCartney store that we have opened in Brompton Cross, and it’s really the icing on the cake, as far as it is expressing the different facets of the brand.”

Nick Craggs, adidas UK Marketing Director comments, “The vision was to create a great and unique store concept that positions the adidas by Stella McCartney label as a premium sports collection. This store will enforce our connection to deliver great product for woman in the one and only store dedicated to only selling adidas by Stella McCartney collections. This store will also launch our next generation of store design for presenting the adidas by Stella McCartney label worldwide.”

Notes to editors:

On September 8, 2004, adidas and Stella McCartney announced a long-term partnership in New York, presenting the adidas by Stella McCartney sport performance collection. For the first time ever a high-end fashion designer created a functional sport performance range for women. The first collection became available in stores across the U.S., Japan and Europe in spring/summer 2005.

Offering products for Running, Winter sports, Weekender, Studio, Yoga, Cycling, Tennis, Golf, Essentials and Swim including Surf, adidas by Stella McCartney was truly a first and a genuine innovation in the women’s sportswear market.

In 2010, adidas, official sportswear provider for Team GB and ParalympicsGB, appointed British designer Stella McCartney as Creative Director for the British team kit for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games. The British designer has overseen the creation of every aspect of the national team’s performance kit and the announcement is a first for the British team whose competition wears has been provided by adidas since 1984. The partnership between McCartney and adidas, means that for the first time a fashion designer is involved in the entire look of the national team.

Store Fact Sheet

LOCATION: 97 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6RH

STORE HOURS: Monday-Saturday 10am-6.30pm, Wednesday 10am-7pm, Sunday 12pm-6pm

RETAIL SPACE: 800 square feet on two floors

LINES CARRIED: adidas by Stella McCartney SS12, Stella Gold, My 2012, Team GB replica kit and Villagewear, adidas by Stella McCartney AW12 will launch in store from July

FEATURES: Acclaimed designers Buzzoni Shop Interiors in Bosaro, Italy were used for the development and production of all of the store fixtures and consumer elements such as seating, fitting rooms and cash desks

adidas has worked in collaboration with Stella McCartney and her architects APA London to create a bespoke concept and fit

Forms have been crafted to emphasise the tension between aspiration and performance

Design and craftsmanship are combined in the project – the artistic simplicity of endeavour with the complexity of technical materiality and form

MATERIALS: By using both traditional and modern materials in innovative combinations, new colour and texture languages are sought for sport

Materials have been selected to challenge the preconceptions of sports environment

ARCHITECTS: APA (London)