Peter Marino receives French Honor Peter Marino, the famed fashion’s star architect, those last projects include the Chanel store on Avenue Montaigne in Paris (2012), Loewe in Barcelona (2012) and the Louis Vuitton flagship at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore (2011), has been awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry … Read more
eBay Style: eBay Joins with Xiu.com to bring global style to China eBay, the world’s leading online marketplace, and Xiu.com, a leading Chinese online fashion and luxury retailer, launched a localized online shopping experience, called eBay Style. The new venture aims to “bring the very best of eBay to Chinese consumers, particularly in fashion”. Through … Read more
Dior to create Christmas window displays for Paris’ Printemps In the tradition of creating elaborate and fantastical Christmas window displays, Parisian luxury department store Printemps, the flagship location on Boulevard Haussmann, will have a Dior Christmas window decorations this year. Previously, the Paris luxury retailer have collaborated with Chanel and Lanvin on its Christmas displays. … Read more
The economy maybe in tatters in much of the world but luxury retail experiences in China just keeps on growing. On the occasion of Louis Vuitton’s 20th anniversary in China, the French luxury label is inaugurating its first Louis Vuitton Maison in mainland China to the public at Plaza 66 this coming Saturday (July 21). … Read more
The inventive use of frankincense and myrrh gave birth to the new Amouage Interlude for Men and Women, a fragrance created for self-reflection and personal discovery released in Amouage’s signature glass crystal bottles. Interlude aims to compose internal harmony from external chaos. “I interpret what I see and feel into scents,” said Christopher Chong, Amouage’s … Read more
BMW’ Paris flagship store to try to emulate the Apple retail experience The BMW Group celebrated the grand opening of its first new BMW Brand Store in the most luxurious area of metropolitan Paris in the Avenue George V tonight. The store, set to be the first of an Apple-like network of ‘experience stores’, … Read more