1 · POSITION
Didier Gomez designed the interiors of Spa Métropole by Givenchy in Monaco. The commission placed his work at the meeting point of hotel hospitality, beauty branding and the private treatment environment. [3]
2 · IDENTITY
Gomez is a French interior designer whose practice encompasses furniture, hotels, restaurants and private interiors. His work operates across several scales of an inhabited setting. [2] [5]
3 · ANCHOR
The anchor is LHL-S-161 · Givenchy Spa, through the documented Spa Métropole by Givenchy commission in Monte-Carlo. That historical identity is distinguished from the spa’s subsequent Guerlain phase.
4 · CLASSIFICATION
P9-07 records interior and architectural authorship. The relevant contribution is the realised spatial environment, rather than ownership of a beauty brand.
5 · AN EARLIER PERFORMING CAREER
Ligne Roset’s North American biography says Gomez began as an opera singer before moving into design. The manufacturer presents this as part of his professional background. [10]
6 · FURNITURE IN 1978
Ligne Roset’s international profile dates his first furniture collections to 1978. This precedes the establishment of his interior design company. [2]
7 · THE STUDIO IN 1985
Gomez’s own studio dates its foundation to 1985. This provides a distinct institutional milestone within his longer design career. [1]
8 · JEAN-JACQUES ORY
The North American manufacturer biography connects his move into interiors with architect J. J. Ory in 1985. [10]
9 · DIFFERENT STARTING POINTS
The profiles use different definitions of a career beginning: first furniture collections, interior practice and studio formation. They should not be compressed into one undifferentiated date. [1] [2] [10]
10 · FURNITURE AND SPACE
Ligne Roset describes work ranging from furniture to boutiques, residences and corporate interiors. Hospitality is one branch of this wider practice. [2]
11 · FASHION CLIENTS
The manufacturer’s client list includes Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior. These are documented client relationships, not evidence that every project shared a single style. [2]
12 · A MANUFACTURING COLLABORATION
Ligne Roset records the Nombre d’or award in January 2002, jointly recognising Gomez, Ligne Roset and Cinna for their collaboration. [2]
13 · THE HOTEL CONTEXT
The Métropole dates its original inauguration to 1886 and identifies Jacques Garcia with its 2004 reinvention. Gomez’s commissions belong within a hotel shaped by several designers. [5]
14 · YOSHI IN 2008
The hotel credits Gomez with the setting of Yoshi, its Japanese restaurant, in 2008. His work at the property therefore preceded the Givenchy spa. [5]
15 · RESTAURANT AUTHORSHIP
That credit establishes an interior design relationship. It does not make Gomez the author of Yoshi’s cuisine. [5]
16 · OTHER SIGNATURES
The hotel separately credits Karl Lagerfeld with Odyssey. The pool environment and Gomez’s restaurant and spa work retain distinct authorship. [5]
17 · THE GIVENCHY OPENING
Monaco Life reported the spa as newly open on 7 May 2017. This confirms a realised project rather than an announcement alone. [3]
18 · THE INTERIOR DESIGNER
The opening report explicitly names Didier Gomez as designer of Spa Métropole by Givenchy. [3]
19 · A BRAND WITHIN A HOTEL
The commission inserted a Givenchy treatment environment into the Métropole. The guest encountered a distinct brand identity within the larger hotel. [3]
20 · THE ENTRANCE
The opening account describes marble articulated by strong black lines. The arrival space established a graphic order before the treatment experience. [3]
21 · CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS
The same report identifies contemporary materials and a digital plant wall. The natural reference was mediated through an interior installation. [3]
22 · THE PALETTE
A 2019 account describes black, gold and marble. These are documented features of the Givenchy-era interior. [4]
23 · TREATMENT ROOMS
That report records ten treatment rooms, including an individual suite and a double suite. The inventory refers to that period. [4]
24 · COUTURE REFERENCES
The treatment-room walls were described as embossed with lace-inspired patterns. The fashion reference appeared through surface treatment. [4]
25 · FROM IMAGE TO ENCLOSURE
Editorially, the project translated a beauty house’s visual identity into a sequence of spaces. Materials and wall treatments made the brand tangible beyond its products.
26 · PRIVACY AS A BRIEF
The distinction between individual and double treatment suites indicates different patterns of use. The sources do not provide a full plan or acoustic specification. [4]
27 · DESIGN AND TREATMENT
The interior provided the setting for Givenchy services. This card makes no claim that Gomez formulated treatments or established their efficacy.
28 · A HISTORICAL INTERIOR
The surviving reports document the Givenchy phase. Present-day photographs of the same spa cannot automatically stand as evidence of its 2017 appearance.
29 · THE PARIS COMPARISON
Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg supplies a second documented hospitality commission. Sleeper reported its refurbished interiors by Gomez in March 2015. [7]
30 · EXISTING BUILDINGS
The report describes refurbishment of neighbouring eighteenth- and nineteenth-century buildings. The design worked within inherited fabric. [7]
31 · A SALON-LIKE LOBBY
Sleeper describes a skylit entrance lobby furnished as a private salon. This offered a different arrival language from the graphic Monaco spa. [7]
32 · OBJECTS AND ATMOSPHERE
The Paris account notes mirrors, a chandelier and a rug with inverted figure drawings. Furnishings participated in the identity of the communal space. [7]
33 · FASHION AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
Sleeper relates the hotel’s fashion references to its Saint-Honoré setting. In this account, couture was also a response to location. [7]
34 · A ROOM-LEVEL CREDIT
Sofitel’s own Superior-room page credits Gomez directly. The attribution survives in the hotel’s operating presentation. [6]
35 · MATERIAL CONTRASTS
The room description identifies velvet, satin, mouldings and a Louis XV-style chair. It combines historical references with contemporary furnishings. [6]
36 · DOMESTIC SCALE
The editorial comparison is between the private salon, the guestroom and the treatment suite. Each gives public hospitality a more intimate scale.
37 · A SHARED DESIGN PROBLEM
The two projects concern how a guest moves from a recognisable institution into a personal environment. This is an editorial reading, not a quotation from Gomez.
38 · THE 2025 CHANGE
The Métropole’s current history dates its Guerlain spa inauguration to 2025. Givenchy is therefore the historical brand for this anchor commission. [5]
39 · THE NEW INTERIOR CREDIT
Hotel Designs attributes the Guerlain interior to Samy Itani of Itani & Courtois. That later work is not assigned to Gomez. [8]
40 · A COLLABORATIVE CONTINUITY
The same report says Itani had previously worked alongside Gomez on the original spa and Yoshi. This identifies continuity through a collaborator, rather than unchanged sole authorship. [8]
41 · THE LATER MATERIAL LANGUAGE
Hotel Designs describes stone, raw wood and textured natural tones in the Guerlain scheme. These belong to the later design account. [8]
42 · THE OPERATING NAME
The hotel now markets the facility as Spa Metropole by Guerlain. Its official page verifies the current name independently of older Givenchy listings. [9]
43 · ART IN THE CURRENT SPA
The hotel identifies tissue-paper sculptures by Claudine Drai in the current setting. Their presence should not be backdated to Gomez’s earlier commission. [9]
44 · THE CONTINUING ADDRESS
The change preserves a spa function within the hotel while altering its brand and design layer. A historical People connection can remain valid after such a transition.
45 · SCOPE OF THE ANCHOR
This entry establishes Gomez’s authorship at the Monaco Givenchy spa. It does not extend that credit to every spa that has used the Givenchy name.
46 · CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE
The sequence runs from furniture in 1978 and studio formation in 1985 to Yoshi in 2008, the Paris refurbishment in 2015 and the Givenchy spa in 2017. [1] [2] [5] [7] [3]
47 · EVIDENCE AND INTERPRETATION
Manufacturer profiles establish career milestones; hotel pages establish project credits; dated design reports describe interiors. The spatial comparisons in this master are editorial interpretations.
48 · GROUNDS FOR INCLUSION
The case for P9-07 rests on documented interiors that shape the experience of a hospitality house. Celebrity clients and a broad commercial portfolio are contextual evidence rather than the admission test.
49 · LEGACY
Gomez’s hospitality work demonstrates how furniture, surface and room sequence can give a hotel’s individual venues distinct identities. The Givenchy spa remains a specific, dated contribution within that practice.
50 · CANDOUR
No birth year is asserted from the sources consulted. Career dates distinguish furniture design from studio formation. The Monaco anchor is historical: the hotel introduced Guerlain in 2025, and later design reporting credits Samy Itani. This master does not attribute the hotel’s entire interior, its pool or all Givenchy spas to Gomez. Descriptions of comfort and intimacy are design interpretations, not measured guest outcomes.
## Sources
Signed source titles below are active hyperlinks. Accessed 8 September 2026. Historical Givenchy interiors and the subsequent Guerlain phase are distinguished throughout.
1. [Didier Gomez · Informations, studio profile](https://www.didiergomez.com/informations/) 2. [Ligne Roset · Didier Gomez, designer profile](https://www.ligne-roset.com/en/designers/didier-gomez) 3. [Monaco Life · Cassandra Tanti, Givenchy Spa opens at Hotel Metropole, 7 May 2017](https://monacolife.net/givenchy-spa-opens-at-hotel-metropole/) 4. [Monaco Life · Indulge your senses at Spa Métropole by Givenchy, 13 February 2019](https://monacolife.net/indulge-your-senses-at-spa-metropole-by-givenchy/) 5. [Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo · Hotel history and design signatures](https://www.metropole.com/hotel) 6. [Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg · Superior rooms](https://www.sofitel-paris-lefaubourg.com/en/rooms-suites-paris/superior/) 7. [Sleeper · Molly Dolan, Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg opens, 19 March 2015](https://www.sleepermagazine.com/stories/projects/sofitel-paris-le-faubourg-opens/) 8. [Hotel Designs · Monaco’s first Guerlain spa opens at Hôtel Métropole Monte Carlo, 8 September 2025](https://hoteldesigns.net/industry-news/monacos-first-guerlain-spa-opens-at-hotel-metropole-monte-carlo/) 9. [Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo · Spa Metropole by Guerlain](https://www.metropole.com/spa-metropole-by-guerlain) 10. [Ligne Roset · Didier Gomez, North American biography](https://www.ligne-roset.com/en-ca/designers/didier-gomez)