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10 Nov

Gabriela Hearst’s L.A. Flagship Is Mannequin-free and Kind to Trees

Gabriela Hearst has landed on the West Coast together with her first Los Angeles store, now open in Beverly Hills. Hearst collaborated with Foster & Partners and “designer-makers” Benji Gavron and Antoine Dumas on the two,500-square-foot space, one other step within the eight-year-old brand’s forward momentum this 12 months, because the designer stepped away from her role as creative director at Chloé to focus solely on her own business. Her vision for sustainable luxury fashion resulted in Chloé becoming B-Corp certified, and has led to demand from wholesale partners for exclusive collections, including one which launched last week with Net-a-porter. That capsule has resonated with its “ultra-elevated winter wardrobing offer, which incorporates not only special evening pieces but additionally hero categories comparable...
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22 Oct

Sephora’s Parisian Flagship Gets a Makeover: EXCLUSIVE – WWD

PARIS — Sephora’s Parisian flagship has gotten a big makeover. Following six-and-a-half months of renovation, the 12,915-square-foot store will reopen its doors to the general public on Friday. That is the primary major remodeling the situation has had since opening in 1996. “Sephora is shaping the prestige beauty landscape,” said Guillaume Motte, the retailer’s president and chief executive officer. “We're, in the intervening time, going through a really inspiring momentum, with vibrant innovations by way of brands, categories and products, latest customer behaviors and expectations. “It was the right moment to reinvent the prestige beauty flagship experience,” he continued. “And, after all, the attitude of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games [for which Sephora is an official partner of the torch...
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20 Oct

The Lip Bar Is Expanding Their Flagship Store In

In 2012, Melissa Butler began her lipstick brand, The Lip Bar, as a response to the industry’s tendency to treat darker skin tones as an afterthought. Unimpressed with what was available on the market, she began creating products from scratch at home. Since then, she’s launched every little thing from liquid matte lipsticks to tinted moisturizers.  “I used to think we could only make lip products due to the name,” Butler tells ESSENCE. “I used to be limiting myself. Meanwhile, I had customers practically begging me to expand.” Now, the products will be present in over 1,000 stores across the US. And speaking of growth, The Lip Bar, as of today, is opening their newly expanded flagship location in Butler’s hometown,...
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27 Jun

Ulla Johnson Opens Organic, Modern Kelly Wearstler-designed Flagship in L.A.

Two years within the making, Ulla Johnson’s flagship in Los Angeles, designed by interior design star Kelly Wearstler, is anticipated to open in the approaching days. And it’s definitely worth the wait. “People need a reason to indicate up at retail,” said Johnson of the three,000-square-foot organic, modern, artisan furniture-filled store. With a secret garden, light-filled solarium and 16-foot indoor Brachychiton tree, it’s as transporting because the Recent York designer’s exotic haute handmade runway collections. “After I first began taking a look at spaces, I stayed at The Proper hotel in Santa Monica. And I just thought the design was quite incredible and that we were very like-minded,” Johnson said of Wearstler and her work for the posh hospitality group. “I recognized...
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