Monthly Archives: November 2008

MIU MIU New Store on 57th Street

Posted on November 25, 2008

Miu Miu’s third Manhattan outpost has opened in the former home of Jil Sander on 57th Street. Shiny, golden, three floors and 4,860 square feet, it symbolizes everything the economy is not. Patrizio Bertelli, Prada’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,…
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Hello Kitty Collection

M.A.C. Launching Hello Kitty Collection in February

Posted on November 21, 2008

M.A.C officially announced their collaboration with Sanrio’s Global Consumer Products to create a Hello Kitty Color Cosmetics Collection. The line will arrive on M.A.C’s Website on February 10, in North American stores on February 12 and into overseas stores in…
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LOUIS VUITTON Fifth Avenue by Takashi Murakami

Posted on November 13, 2008

For its flagship store on Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton covers the facade of the building with Takashi Murakami’s iconic Monogram Multicolore print. Daniel Lalonde, CEO of Louis Vuitton North America said that “the idea to wrap the Fifth Avenue Maison…
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Designer Collaborations: Alexander McQueen for TARGET

Posted on November 7, 2008

It was a crazy rumor in August, and now it’s official. Alexander McQueen will be designing a line for Target. In March, the collection inspired by McQueen’s diffusion line McQ, will be the first one of the mega-retailer’s new “Designer…
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MARC JACOBS Forced to Cancel Holiday Party

Posted on November 7, 2008

Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy have decided to cancel their “Rock and Roll Circus” holiday party, which was to take place at the Rainbow Room in December 10. “Due to the financial climate, I had to make the decision to…
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BURBERRY To Light Up Madison Avenue in March

Posted on November 7, 2008

The Manhattan skyline will lose a bit of New York and gain a touch of London in coming months. Next March, Burberry will move its US headquarters to 444 Madison Avenue (a 68,000 square foot building , formerly owned by…
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PETER SOM Launches Children’s Capsule Collection

Posted on November 6, 2008

Peter Som may have officially resigned from Bill Blass on October 28, he’s wasted no time finding new projects. Luxury children’s brand Best & Co. signed the designer to create a seven-item limited-edition capsule collection, four pieces for boys and…
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TEEN VOGUE To Open Pop-up Shop in New Jersey

Posted on November 6, 2008

Teen Vogue is beefing up ad pages by opening a pop-up shop at a mall in Short Hills, New Jersey. But merchandise won’t be for sale. Instead girls can stop by to relax, try on clothes, play with makeup, charge…
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HELLO KITTY Parent SANRIO Goes Luxe

Posted on November 6, 2008

Sanrio, the parent company of the Hello Kitty brand, has opened its first Sanrio Luxe concept shop in Times Square, at 233 West 42nd Street. The idea behind the new concept is to attract fashion-forward women in their 20s who…
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VICTORIA SECRET’S Massive New Store

Posted on November 1, 2008

The lingerie company just bought out high-end retailer (and celeb favorite) Lounge from its Broadway location between Prince and Houston in order to create a 24,000 square-foot superstore next year. The sprawling new space will be twice as large as…
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URBAN OUTFITTERS Launches New Concept Stores in Brooklyn and Chicago

Posted on November 1, 2008

Urban Outfitters has come up with a new retail concept dubbed “We The Free” – which features a super casual “spin-off” of their Free People brand. Last December Urban Outfitters debuted the vintage styled collection both online and in select…
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