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13 Jun

Events Firm Villa Eugénie Names Sandrine Guétin Deputy General Manager

Events Firm Villa Eugénie Names Sandrine Guétin Deputy General Manager
PARIS — Sandrine Guétin has been named deputy general manager of event production firm Villa Eugénie, the corporate announced Monday. A veteran of the technology, fashion, luxury and hospitality sector, Guétin shall be in command of growing the firm’s business in all regions alongside founder Étienne Russo. A graduate of Paris-based Neoma Graduate School of Business Administration, where she studied marketing and business, the brand new deputy general manager most recently served as senior vice chairman of human resources for all of the top-line, brands technology and digital functions at hospitality giant Accor Group for greater than 4 years. She can be a board member for B-Corp Italian fashion label Kampos, which uses recycled plastic in its products and has been an adviser...
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1 Apr

Chanel Kicks Off Villa Noailles Centenary With Opera Preview

Chanel Kicks Off Villa Noailles Centenary With Opera Preview
POWER COUPLE: To mark the centenary of the Villa Noailles, the modernist home built by art patrons Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles within the southern French town of Hyères, Chanel hosted a musical performance on Thursday on the 7L library in Paris, within the space that was Karl Lagerfeld’s photo studio. Shelves lined with a staggering 33,000 books provided the backdrop for a preview of “Ressusciter la Rose,” the opera based on an original idea by Jean-Pierre Blanc, director of the Villa Noailles and founding father of the annual Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories. “The place where we're tonight is exclusive,” said Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion and president of Chanel SAS. “It reflects its creator’s immense culture and...
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15 Dec

Fendi Refurbishes Six Salons at Villa Medici in Rome

Fendi Refurbishes Six Salons at Villa Medici in Rome
Fendi Refurbishes Six Salons MILAN — Fendi has once more shown its love for Rome. Fendi Refurbishes Six Salons The Italian luxury house has partnered with the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici and with the support of the Mobilier National, a French national service agency under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture, to refurbish six reception salons at Villa Medici. The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici is positioned on the Pincio hill, at the underside of which there are town’s world-famous Spanish Steps. Kim Jones, Fendi’s artistic director of couture and womenswear, and Silvia Venturini Fendi, artistic director of accessories and menswear, developed the project, juxtaposing contemporary design and the venue’s heritage. On Thursday night, the designers, flanked by...
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7 Sep

Hyères Festival Moves to October Permanently, Teases Villa Noailles’

Hyères Festival Moves to October Permanently, Teases Villa Noailles’
PARIS — The Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories will permanently happen in October, its founder and general manager Jean-Pierre Blanc revealed Wednesday here. “Postponing the festival to October [due to the COVID-19 pandemic] has given us more respiratory room within the organization,” he said during a conference cohosted by Blanc and festival president Pascale Mussard, noting that it was the “first time in 37 years” this system of an upcoming edition could possibly be formally presented.  Before diving into the particulars of the thirty seventh edition, slated to happen from Oct. 13 to 16, Blanc was already putting 2023 in everyone’s diary as it is going to mark the centenary of the Villa’s creation. This anniversary shall be an...
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