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Colette, Mon Amour, a timely reflection on an iconic retail experience

As the fashion industry looks forward to a post-pandemic world in which we consider stepping out to visit our favorite stores, will the experience of shopping still feel good after months spent exclusively browsing product on our screens? Will the brick and mortar experience feel like a special event after such sustained abstinence? These...

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Highsnobiety to curate retail concept with Selfridges

Luxury department store Selfridges is partnering with streetwear blog Highsnobiety to showcase what they are calling a “first-of-its-kind” pop-up concept that will feature curated product drops and exclusive collaborations. ‘The Co,Lab.’ retail concept will intersect “luxury fashion and streetwear, as well as art, technology and design” and will...

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Documentary ‘Colette Mon Amour’ focuses on iconic French concept store

It’s been two years since the famous French concept store, Colette, closed its stores on Rue Saint-Honore. Now, the iconic retail shop is getting its own documentary. Created by La Pac Films, HLB, and Highsnobiety and directed by Hugues Lawson-Body, Colette Mon Amour explores the final days before Colette’s last day on Dec. 20, 2017. According...

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Saint Laurent takes over former Colette location with Rive Droite

Rive Droite, a cultural and creative concept store created by Saint Laurent, has opened on rue Honoré in Paris according to an announcement from the brand. Aptly named after the luxury fashion house’s Rive Gauche line, the space — which was conceptualized by Saint Laurent’s creative director Anthony Vaccarello — will serve as a retail...

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The return of the concept store

When Parisian concept store Colette shuttered its doors at the end of 2017, it didn’t just mark the end of an era for the Rue Saint-Honoré boutique, but for fashion itself. Often described as a haven of influence, it became a mouthpiece for the fashion industry since opening its doors in 1997. A platform for emerging, directional and luxury...

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Birkenstock CEO turns down collaboration with Supreme, compares it to prostitution

Hypebeasts pay thousands of dollars for Supreme and Vetements items, but Birkenstock’s CEO Oliver Reicher is not fussed. In an interview with New York Magazine’s supplement The Cut, he revealed Birkenstock has been approached by streetwear brands Supreme and Vetements, but turned down both collaborations. “There’s no benefit for us except...

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H&M’s Afound to sell remaining pieces of French concept store Colette

Many fashionistas lamented the closure of Parisian concept store Colette, which shut its doors for good last year. However, there’s still a chance to get a hold of some of Colette’s items -- if you’re willing to go to Sweden, that is. Afound, the multi-brand discount store launched by H&M in its motherland earlier this year, announced a “final...

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Chinese counterfeiters say they are ‘fans, not fakers’

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, a phrase especially relevant in the world of luxury fashion. In a latest effort to clampdown on China’s counterfeiters, imitators say they are fans of brands, not fakers. Hong Kong-based House of Hello (HOH) must be enormous fans of Hermes, who’s Birkin lookalikes sell for 2,229 Chinese Yuan Renminbi,...

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Video: Colette, the most famous concept store in the world

Colette, the most famous concept store in the world is closing its doors on the 20th December 2017. Guillaume Salmon, one of the store's symbolic figures, recalls what made this boutique such a success for 20 years. Source: ParisModesen, YouTube

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Video: Colette and the Future of Retail

In July, Andelman announced that Colette would close after 20 years, spurring industry speculation regarding the store's financial health and the owner's next move. Source: BoF, YouTube

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Colette: 20 key facts on the most iconic Parisian concept store

London - On December 20th, the world most iconic Parisian concept fashion store is set to close its doors for good. Located at 213 rue Saint-Honoré, Colette truly is one of a kind. The store, which was founded in 1997 by Colette Roussaux and her daughter Sarah Andelman. Over the course of 20 years, the store became something more than just...

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Fashion mourns as cult Paris store Colette closes

They may not yet be weeping in the streets, but for French fashionistas, the closure Wednesday of Colette, the concept store which has become a Paris style institution, ranks nothing short of a national tragedy. "I cannot believe it is closing," said style commentator Melody Thomas in one of a blizzard of articles and blog posts mourning the...