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22 Apr

COCO NUTS: Waiters in white ponytails and dark glasses ferried Champagne on trays Wednesday night in Paris as online resale specialist Collector Square unveiled an array of things designed by the late Karl Lagerfeld over his 30-plus years helming Chanel. The handbag-heavy sale includes classic quilted styles, and more whimsical items, including a nifty life preserver satchel from the beach-y spring 2019 Chanel collection; a milk carton minaudière from the autumn 2014 collection bearing the words “Lait de Coco,” and a sequined army rucksack from the Coco Cuba cruise collection paraded in Havana back in 2016. One in all the priciest items is a limited-edition Coco Chanel Bearbrick at 98,000 euros. Under Lagerfeld, Chanel was the primary luxury fashion house to create...

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21 Apr

EXCLUSIVE: Comme des Garçons Is Expanding in Paris

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Restless fashion maverick Rei Kawakubo — perpetually experimenting with retail formats and modern design concepts — is moving her Comme des Garçons boutique in Paris into the previous location of Burberry’s flagship at 56 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, WWD has learned. The brand new four-story location can be roughly 50 percent larger — and loads more visible — than the previous site, which was tucked right into a courtyard off the identical tony thoroughfare. For greater than 22 years, it has been demarcated solely with a plaque to the side of the courtyard entrance, much like those indicating dental or medical offices — albeit in red Lucite, not brass. Slated to open in early October, the brand new Comme des Garçons unit...

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20 Apr

Zara Unveils Flagship on Champs-Élysées in Paris

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PARIS — Zara unveiled its latest flagship on the famed Avenue des Champs-Élysées, which integrates futuristic tech, with a deal with fashion and customer support. It’s all a part of Zara’s drive to upscale the client experience and produce a luxury feel to the fast-fashion brand under Inditex non-executive chair Marta Ortega Perez, who took the reins last 12 months. Her aesthetic is integrated into the shop’s design, with marble floors and ceilings to bring light into the cavernous 29,100-square-foot space. Display furniture is made from limestone and oak, and the shop features brushed steel racks and plenty of open space. Guests see moving artworks on a wall of sunshine, in addition to hologram mannequins wearing this week’s drops. It's the second store...

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16 Apr

Destree Unveils Artist Collaboration in Paris

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ART AND SOUL: There are lots of canvases for creative expression: French accessories and designer Géraldine Guyot and her artist friend Ben Arpéa each used linen in a summer collaboration for her brand Destree. Guyot faithfully reproduced the checkered motifs, potted flowers and sun-baked colours from Arpéa’s paintings, applying them to column dresses with circular cutouts ringing the waist, and her signature puff-sleeved jackets and band-collared shirts. “Destree and my work go thoroughly together,” Arpéa remarked at a cocktail party Thursday night on the Galerie Camille Pouyfaucon, where the artist hung several recent large linen canvases, and Guyot displayed her 10-item collection, dropping next week on Destree’s e-store and in its Paris boutique. It’s plain that the artist and the French entrepreneur, who...

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