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30 Jun

Sabyasachi Mukherjee Sweeps London, Bernard Arnault Makes an Impression

ANIMAL INSTINCTS: Maximalist designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee swept into London, and into British royal circles this week, bearing a bunch of special creations. He showed his high jewelry collection at Lancaster House, round the corner to St. James’s Palace, and created the white elephant-shaped shola masks that King Charles III and Queen Camilla wore to the Animal Ball, a fundraiser in aid of the Elephant Family charity on Wednesday night. Elephant Family is a charity cofounded by Mark Shand, Queen Camilla’s late brother, that works to guard Asia’s wildlife and natural landscapes. “Save the elephants, and then you definately save the forest — and then you definately save yourself,” Shand told W Magazine, WWD’s former sister publication, in 2008. The charming Shand fell...
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30 Apr

Sabyasachi Opens Largest Flagship in Mumbai

MUMBAI — Indian designer Sabyasachi has again raised the bar on the dimensions of his stores, opening a 25,862-square-foot flagship just off Mumbai’s Horniman circle area. Within the neighborhood is an Hermès stand-alone store, also housed in a heritage constructing, and a Christian Louboutin shop, amongst others. The Mumbai store is Sabyasachi’s largest thus far and comes because the designer’s team can also be growing quickly, with Sumati Mattu this month being appointed chief executive officer. Mattu was earlier with consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever, a subsidiary of Unilever Ltd. Sabyasachi’s stores have slowly been generating buzz given their size, extravagant interiors and equally over-the-top products. A product display in the brand new store. Courtesy photo by Björn Wallander Keeping his retail plan deliberate, consistent...
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