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12 May

Jennie Kim’s Calvin Turn, Who Won the Coronation, Lafayette

JENNIE AND CALVIN: Fans lined the road for hours in Seoul Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Jennie Kim when she arrived at a celebration to have a good time her latest capsule, Jennie for Calvin Klein. The invitation-only event, attended by 400 people, was held at Scene Seoul in Seongsu-dong, the town’s hotspot for creatives. Jennie greeted the guests wearing the knit minidress in sheer lilac from the limited-edition capsule. Calvin Klein brand ambassador Jung Kook of BTS — who’s also a Calvin Klein Jeans and Underwear ambassador — also attended the event, which featured performances by DJ sister duo Simi and Haze Khadra. Jung Kook on the Calvin Klein party. Joongsan Yang and Aaron Park, courtesy of Calvin Klein As a part...
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11 May

Lafayette 148 Celebrates Sophie Elgort’s Latest Exhibition

For the following month, Lafayette 148 Latest York’s Greene Street store is host to photographer Sophie Elgort’s latest exhibition, “Away We Go.” The collaboration between the brand and the artist was celebrated on Tuesday evening with a cocktail party contained in the SoHo store, drawing guests like Christy Turlington Burns, Zoe Chao, Elgort’s father Arthur Elgort, stylist Kate Young and more, including creative director Emily Smith.  Elgort had an existing relationship with Lafayette 148, having previously shot its “Unordinary Women” campaign. The brand approached her with a really open-ended invitation to do an installation in the shop. “They were like, ‘we’d like to have a show for you at our space, we have now a lot wall space and no art,  what...
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8 Apr

Galeries Lafayette Forms Joint Enterprise With China’s Hopson Group

SHANGHAI — Galeries Lafayette, the French department store chain with three stores in China, is able to scale up with a three way partnership with Hong Kong-listed real estate operator Hopson Group. Under the terms of the agreement, Galeries Lafayette will open a complete of three recent stores this yr, in Shenzhen, Chongqing and Macau, with a goal of reaching 10 stores by 2025, it said in a press release on Thursday. The deal marks the tip of Galeries Lafayette’s decade-long partnership with Hong Kong retailer I.T, which began with a Beijing store that opened in 2013 and a Shanghai location 4 years later. Hopson Group will take over the I.T-operated stores starting this month, but I.T will proceed to operate shops-in-shop...
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17 Nov

French Department Store Galeries Lafayette Expands to India

PARIS — Famed French department store Galeries Lafayette is organising shop in India. The retailer will open its doors in Mumbai and Latest Delhi through an exclusive partnership agreement with local fashion group Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd., and can launch a dedicated website for the country. The 86,000-square-foot space within the southern city of Mumbai is scheduled to open in 2024. London-based architectural firm Virgile & Partners will helm the project, which might be housed inside two century-old buildings within the historic Fort district. Virgile has previously helmed the revamp of the Harrods luxury accessories space, in addition to the design of the Andaz hotel in Latest Delhi. The shop will carry greater than 200 local and international brands, with personalized...
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