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Eyeing European expansion, Birkenstock opens first boutique in Paris

German footwear brand Birkenstock has made a significant stride in its European expansion strategy by opening its first Parisian boutique in the fashionable Marais district. The 130 square metre corner store, located at 17 rue des Archives, marks the company's first standalone European retail space in four years and represents a crucial...

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Storehouse pop-up to return to Paris with international designers

A pop-up experience curated by Dyelog is set to return to the streets of Paris next week in a bid to showcase a selection of emerging names to a new audience. ‘Storehouse’ is coming back to the French capital in a pop-up format mirroring its first edition that took place last September, with it this time scheduled to span July 5 to 13. This...

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Calvin Klein unveils new concept store in Paris

American designer brand Calvin Klein, owned by PVH, has unveiled a new global flagship store in Paris featuring its new ‘Chalk’ design concept to elevate the consumer experience. Located at 44 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, the 6,450 square foot flagship opens on Friday, June 14. It will offer the brand’s full apparel and lifestyle offering...

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JD Sports opens global flagship in Paris

Sports fashion retailer JD Sports Fashion has opened a global flagship store in the heart of Paris. Located at 118 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, the store has been designed to create an immersive shopping experience, showcasing the brand’s latest innovations in digital technology and merchandising offering the “hottest brands and latest launches”....

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FW24: Time travel, throwbacks and (faltering) debuts at Paris Fashion Week

When Nicolas Ghesquière returned to the Cour Carrée at the Louvre last night, exactly ten years to the day after he presented his first collection for Louis Vuitton, it was, as is custom for the brand, to close out a packed Paris Fashion Week schedule for Fall/Winter 2024. The designer, who will continue his reign at the helm of the French...

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Veja opens a repair shop in Paris

French sustainable trainer brand Veja has opened its first standalone sneaker “repair temple” in Paris. Known as the ‘General Store,’ the repair shop is located at 11 Rue de Marseille and offers cobbler and tailoring services to fix and extend the life of sneakers and clothing for any brand. Designed to act as a hub of sustainability, the store...

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Announcing the Future+ Paris Summit, Codes of Culture: Bridging Fashion, Luxury, and Technology

Future+, a leading global networking platform at the nexus of creativity, culture and technology, is thrilled to unveil the upcoming Future+ Paris Summit: “Codes of Culture”. Set for February 22, 2024, this exclusive, one-day event will inaugurate both NFT Paris and Paris Fashion Week, showcasing a fusion of fashion, luxury, culture, and...

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Paris Good Fashion’s Isabelle Lefort on making Paris the capital of sustainable fashion in 2024

Initiated by the City of Paris, Paris Good Fashion initially aimed to establish Paris as the capital of a more sustainable fashion by 2024, in anticipation of the Olympic Games. On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, the association conducted a review of its first roadmap in the presence of key industry stakeholders on January 23 at the...

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Realists and dreamers compete at Haute Couture Week in Paris

The legitimacy of couture and its often ostentatious excess on show can occasionally attract scorn, especially in times when the couturier's work is far removed from many a person's reality. So much of what is shown at couture weeks nowadays, with celebrity front rows meticulously documented and shared by the millions on social media, seems to...

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'Freaks From Designers': Who’s Next opens Parisian doors to more global world of fashion

“We want to leave a memory in something really temporary,” said Frédéric Maus, the CEO of WSN, on what he hopes the lasting impact of the organisation’s events will be. Among the company's portfolio is the ever-expanding Who’s Next, a Parisian trade show that took place over the weekend, running simultaneously to the men’s and Haute Couture...

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Saint Laurent opens largest store in Paris

French luxury fashion house Saint Laurent has opened its largest flagship store on the Champs-Élysees in Paris. The new Parisian flagship showcases a new design concept by Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello, featuring luxurious fixtures and raw elements in concrete, marble and dark wood. In a statement, the brand said that the...

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AMI celebrates holiday season with pop-up and ice rink

Luxury fashion brand AMI is celebrating the holiday season with an exclusive pop-up store and ice rink at Palais-Royal in Paris. From December 16 to 31, La Patinoire AMI (ice-rink) will be located in the historical Cour d’Honneur of Palais-Royal. It will be free of charge with visitors asked to register via the brand’s website. The design of the...