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Luxury retailer donates €3m for Rome pavement repairs

October 15, 2019 by Editorial Team

Rinascente will pay for improvements to walkways outside its flagship store

Saks Fifth Avenue is stepping up men’s fashion game with largest luxury men’s shoe destinations in the U.S.

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 by Editorial Team

Saks Fifth Avenue opens one of the largest luxury men’s shoe destinations in the U.S. Uniting men’s footwear and unveiling a new staircase connecting the men’s floors, the new destination at Saks Fifth Avenue comes with an expanded assortment, enhanced personalization and a 60% increase in selling space. Saks Fifth Avenue, the American … Read more

Harrods Signature Hampers Now Crossing the Atlantic

November 1, 2018 by Editorial Team

This exclusive partnership is Harrods’ first venture into the United States and will be a digital e-commerce offering. World famous luxury department store Harrods announced its expansion outside its native London with leading specialty retailer, Williams Sonoma. Williams Sonoma will now offer a curated collection of 15 classic Harrods items including the iconic Harrods … Read more

The world’s first Jet Suit – a wearable tech that everyone could experience and learn

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 by Editorial Team

You seriously can look like a super hero in this Jet Suit. The world’s first jet suit is available for customers to buy. Selfridges London launched the world’s first ever “Jet Suit” by Gravity Industries. The pioneering aeronautical innovator Gravity, founded in 2017 has grown from its humble beginnings into a multi-million dollar organisation … Read more

This Vivienne Westwood pop-up is inspired by an army base

August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 by Editorial Team

Vivienne Westwood pop-up Autumn Winter 2018-2019 Pop-Up at Selfridges London, UK.
Throughout this pop-up, for a limited period, visitors will have the chance to purchase patches exclusive to Selfridges to customise their chosen look, featuring Westwood’s hand drawn graphics – Don’t Get Killed, Culture Heart, Penis and Loyalty to Gaia Orb.

Vivienne Westwood pop-up inspired by an army base — Vivienne Westwood pop-up; photos: selfridges

Vivienne’s freedom fighters are giving a clear call to action

With a design record spanning over forty years, Vivienne Westwood is now recognized as a global brand and Westwood herself as one of the most influential fashion designers, and activists, in the world today.

The Vivienne Westwood pop up launched at British luxury department store Selfridges London within theDesigner Studio on 3 is an exclusive space designed around Westwood’s Autumn-Winter 2018/19 collection and message.

Vivienne Westwood is one of the last independent global fashion companies in the world. At times thought provoking, this brand is about more than producing clothes and accessories. Westwood continues to capture the imagination, and raise awareness of environmental and human rights issues.

SELFRIDGES - Vivienne Westwood Pop Up 2018 — Vivienne Westwood pop-up; photos: selfridges.com

The pop-up is inspired by an army base, with surplus army lockers, emblazoned with Vivienne’s Climate Revolution graphics – a vision of her army, fighting for a free world economy, returning victorious from war against giant corporations and governments who serve themselves over the people and the planet.

Military silhouettes, Harris Tweed tartan and regimental camouflage tones run throughout the collection. Including bright red Melton outerwear, camouflage print in tailoring, shirts and dresses, as well as unisex knitwear in hemp – the most sustainable and body-friendly fabric. Saville row style shirting in colourful folk
stripes, and for evening, an iridescent hammered black silk 18th century style corset.

The pop-up is open until Sunday 9th September 2018, at Selfridges London Designer Studio, located on the 3rd floor.

SELFRIDGES - Vivienne Westwood Pop Up - Tom D Morgan -2018 — Vivienne Westwood pop-up; photos: selfridges.com

SELFRIDGES - Vivienne Westwood Pop Up - Tom D Morgan - photos — Vivienne Westwood pop-up; photos: selfridges.com

SELFRIDGES - Vivienne Westwood Pop Up — Vivienne Westwood pop-up; photos: selfridges.com

Vu au Bon Marché: Souvenirs Rive Gauche

August 16, 2017 by Editorial Team

For over than 160 years, Le Bon Marché has been expressing the singularity of La Rive Gauche, Paris. A new exhibition called “Souvenirs Rive Gauche” is a tribute to this priceless heritage with the Collection Le Bon Marché, on the ground floor of the high-end Parisian store until August 27th.

Created to celebrate the store’s long history, this collection is a voyage through Le Bon Marché symbols. With tote bags, pouches, mugs, notebooks and capsule collections, let yourself be tempted by these accessories and leave with an elegant souvenir of your time on the Left Bank in Paris, France.

Over the decades, the emblematic building on 24 rue de Sèvres, designed by the architect Louis-Charles Boileau and the engineer Gustave Eiffel, has become inseparable from the very unique identity of Le Bon Marché.

Le Bon Marché Collection was designed to pay tribute to this inestimable heritage, drawing inspiration from the architecture and archives of the store. The motifs of the Art Deco glass roofs, the iconic central escalator, the ever-recognisable façades and even old advertisements feature on a collection of small, elegant, colourful and practical day-to-day objects, each of which tells the over one- hundred-year story of this Parisian monument.

Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche was the first department store in the world. It opened in 1852 in Paris at the instigation of Aristide Boucicaut and his wife Marguerite. They were both in favor of “a new kind of store that would thrill all the senses”. Combining unconventionality and elegance, this unique space designed by the architect Louis-Charles Boileau and the engineer Gustave Eiffel displayed a singular style influenced by the creative vitality of Paris’s Rive Gauche. Original creations and limited editions stood alongside a selection of the most beautiful objects from all over the world.

When they became owners of Le Bon Marché in 1852, Aristide and Marguerite Boucicaut instigated an extraordinary period of change at the department store. The couple tested commercial methods based on a subtle understanding of customer behavior. At the same time they strove to improve the living and working conditions of their employees.

Toqué Frères were invited by Le Bon Marché to dress the store’s windows with some unique drawings.