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Louis Vuittion Island Maison Store at Marina Bay Sands Singapore
One of the most sophisticated shopping concepts in the world, the Louis Vuittion Maison store, will be launching in Singapore on Sep 18.
Designed by award-winning architect Peter Marino, LV’s first Island Maison will sit directly on water, with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the bay.
It will also feature a private lounge and outdoor loggia, as well as an art gallery tunnel of contemporary works leading directly to the Marina Bay Sands Mall.
The Louis Vuitton Island will be the 12th Maison in the world, 1st Maison in Southeast Asia. As of today, Louis Vuitton has 459 stores in 63 countries.
S.T. Dupont pens by Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld, has designed a limited edition pen line called Prestige & Chic in collaboration with French house S.T. Dupont.
The pens have been designed as an asymmetrical triangular shape with bevelled corners, meaning that they do not roll and ensure comfort for the user.
Choose between two variations: “Prestige” in red lacquer or “Chic” in black with palladium “attributes.”
Rihanna is the new face of Emporio Armani
Rihanna will replace Megan Fox in the next cycle of underwear and jeans ads for Emporio Armani.
Rumors were previously swirling when the star tweeted: “U would NEVER guess what I’m doing right now!!! Hint Hint #Armani,” but now it’s official: she will star in the campaign for both lines starting this fall.
Rihanna is upping her advertising game at the moment, also having just been named the new face of skincare brand Nivea.
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David Beckham To Launch His Own Bodywear Range
David Beckham is to cash in on his Armani success by bringing out his own underwear collection.
Beckham, 36, has helped design a range of boxer shorts and briefs which will bear his name.
There will also be T-shirts and other bodywear, as well as a new fragrance called Homme.
The move comes after his successful modelling collaboration with Armani, when he starred in huge billboard ads in New York, Paris and London.
It proved a big money-spinner for the fashion giant and Becks, nicknamed Goldenballs, can now expect to rake in millions of pounds if his range proves a hit.
The LA Galaxy star said: “We have spent time working on the fit, the fabric and the style to ensure the product looks and feels the very best and I am hugely proud of the result.
“I can’t wait to show people the collection — although I’m not sure my mum will be too happy seeing a billboard image of me in underwear again.”
Becks’s news was announced on Twitter by wife Victoria, who posted a logo from the new range.
David added: “The push to do something of my own really came as a result of my collaboration with Armani. They told me their gross turnover in 2007 was around £14.1million, and after the campaign in 2008 it went up to £38.7million. It proved to me there is a real market for good-looking, well-made bodywear.”
Beckham is following in the footsteps of Victoria, who has her own fashion range.
There is no launch date set as yet for the clothing collection but the new scent will hit stores in September.
Riccardo Tisci Replaces Galliano At Dior
The former creative director for Givenchy is rumoured to replace John Galliano following his sacking over Anti-Semitic charges last month
“He’s also…openly discussing his move to Dior with certain acquaintances,” writes editor Lauren Sherman. “And while we still don’t think the official Dior announcement will happen until September, we’re pretty sure the deal is sealed.”
Tisci was the most evident choice for many, with French designer Haider Ackermann expected to take his place at Givenchy.
Tisci, who his known for his dark, gothic-inspired take on fashion, would certainly make for a big aesthetic change at Dior after Galliano’s flowerily flamboyant years.
Roberto Cavalli to open 85 stores in China
Roberto Cavalli said it will open 85 new stores in China within the next five years under a deal signed on Tuesday with Shanghai-based retail giant UCCAL Group.
The company will open its first stores under the new deal in Beijing and Shanghai between late 2011 and early 2012, it said in a statement.
The venture will be called Roberto Cavalli China and will be owned 75 percent by the Roberto Cavalli Group and 25 percent by UCCAL.
“The collaboration with UCCAL… will surely be a success in a market that is so prominent, fascinating and in which every day I want to dive more into in order to understand its secrets and culture,” Roberto Cavalli said.
The stores will include five high-end “Roberto Cavalli” stores to be managed by the joint venture and 80 outlets for the more popular brands “Just Cavalli” and “Class Roberto Cavalli” which UCCAL will handle directly.
The last two brands already have 20 outlets in China.
Cavalli, 70, started out in Florence in the early 1960s and hit financial trouble during the global economic crisis but has bounced back.
His clothes are available in more than 50 countries.
Cavalli joins a long list of European luxury and fashion names who have piled into the high-growth Chinese market in recent years.
source:Luxuo
Pierre Cardin wants to sell business for 1 bln euros
French fashion legend Pierre Cardin is ready to sell his group and will seek one billion euros (1.46 billion U.S. dollars).
“I want to sell it now,” Cardin, 88, told the Wall Street Journal. “I know I won’t be here in a few years and the business needs to continue.”
Cardin, who has no heirs, said he wants to stay on as creative director, explaining that it would be in the buyer’s interest “for the brand’s image.”
But Cardin is asking too much for the brand and his talent, judged hard-nosed bankers who value the business at closer to 200 million euros.
Financial data for calculating valuations is thin because the Cardin empire is not quoted on any stock exchange and so is not obliged by listing rules to provide detailed figures such as sales volumes.
At business consultancy Savigny Partners, senior manager Pierre Mallevays said: “A brand like Cardin does not increase (in value) like a normal brand because it is entirely based on licence revenues.”
Valuations are reached by applying a multiplying ratio to licence income streams, he told AFP.
“Financially, Pierre Cardin is a very big deal because all these licences generate a lot of royalties,” he said.
Cardin explained his pricing logic, on the basis of 10 million euros per product per country, “which is nothing at all”, he said. “One thousand products, 100 countries, that’s how it calculates. It’s nothing.”
The group employs 450 workers but owns only one Cardin shop in France. However, it manages some 900 licences throughout the world and indirectly employs some 200,000 people.
Cardin was also one of the pioneers of licensing, a capital-efficient method of developing a business by selling the right to sell branded products.
Cardin has since built up an eclectic range of businesses and brands, including the exclusive Maxim’s restaurants, and also high-end furniture, and perfume.
“I own 100 percent of everything that I need. I can drink my own wine, go to my own theatre, eat in my own restaurants, sleep in my hotels on my own sheets, dress in my own clothes and use my own perfume,” Cardin once said.
In 2009, Cardin sold 32 textile and accessory licences in China — but not its brand — to companies Jiangsheng Trading Company and Cardanro for 200 million euros.
Although there are no publicised buyers for the Cardin business, US group Iconix Brand may be a bidder, a source familiar with the deal said.
But top names such as LVMH and PPR are less interested because they “want to control the brands they own.
Cardin, on the other hand, gave a multitude of licences,” the source added.
“Pierre Cardin is a brand that was at times a little too exposed, too used, too franchised and in a way intangible assets were greatly squandered,” said Laurent Habib, who heads the Paris-based Observatory on Intangibles.
source:Luxuo
FENDI “The Whispered Directory of Craftsmanship” Book
The Whispered Directory of Craftsmanship makes a great gift for anyone with a love for Italian tailoring. Vogue gives us the scoop. “Paying homage to the unmistakable cachet that comes with the words “Made in Italy,” The Whispered Directory of Craftsmanship (Mondadori Electa) navigates the traditions of the country’s storied artisanal past while pointing toward an equally exquisite future. Compiled in collaboration with Fendi, the book goes on sale today and is arranged in research-friendly alphabetical order, but the A to Z is far from conventional.” Look for it in serious import bookstores or in FENDI boutiques worldwide.
photos:selectism.com/
Sneakerness Vienna 2010 Recap
Schönborn Palais recently played host to Europe’s largest trade show that concentrate entirely on sneakers. Held for a second year in Vienna, here are a collection of photos taken at the Sneakerness event. The event was packed with exhibitors and sellers alike, both eagerly anticipating buyers and fans. Not content with ordinary stalls, the space was used creatively, forming a museum like home for some rare treats.
source:hypebeast.com/
Windows Phone 7 Review
The goal for Microsoft’s latest smartphone is an ambitious one: to deliver a phone that truly integrates the things people really want to do, puts those things right in front of them, and either lets them get finished quickly or immerses them in the experience they were seeking. The result is Windows Phone 7, which will make its debut in some European markets on Oct. 21 and in time for the holidays in the U.S.
The phone uses an elegant operating system that is very different from the current trend toward app-focused phones. Instead it provides active and configurable interface elements called tiles that update on the fly with real information, allowing users to place the tiles that interest them most where they want on their Start screen. Facebook photos, music and contacts are pulled into the phone and distributed appropriately across Hubs. It also brings together many of Microsoft’s popular offerings from other platforms, including Xbox, Zune, Office and Bing.
The new phone is an important step for Microsoft in three ways. To begin, it is a completely fresh start for Microsoft in smartphones. Second, it represents a new approach from Microsoft toward integrating products and services from across the company into the phone to create a richer experience and greater productivity. Hence the presence of Office, Zune and Xbox LIVE and their integration within the Hub model. And finally, the new phone approach is critical to Microsoft’s efforts to make new gains in the huge smartphone market, which despite the success of the iPhone and Android is still relatively untapped globally.
Marc Jacobs Launches E-Commerce Site
Marc Jacobs has launched its first e-commerce site (marcjacobs.com).
The new e-commerce site is playful, unique and innovative and brings the online storefront alive through a mix of whimsical illustration, photography and video.
The look for Marc Jacob’s first e-commerce site was designed to go back to the roots of the Marc Jacobs brand, which is fun, entertaining and engaging.
The home page shows an illustration of a store entrance with actual runway video from both of the brand’s collections playing in the windows.
There are also pictures of actual sales people wearing Marc Jacobs clothing throughout the site, their outfits and identities change over time.
Prices range from about $30 for perfume to about $8,000 for a fur coat. Since the site does not use Flash, it will work smoothly on mobile phones and the iPad.
The site was created by digital commerce agency CREATETHE GROUP, which has worked with Marc Jacobs since 2004 and has helped shape the brand’s digital presence.
photos:luxuo.com/
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