Alexander McQueen

Retail Asia16/09/2020

British fashion label Alexander McQueen has opened a flagship store at Omotesando, Tokyo. Located in the shopping complex Oak Omotesando, the store occupies a 253sqm space and spans two stories. The first floor houses women’s clothes and accessories while the second floor features apparel and accessories for men. The Alexander McQueen Omotesando concept is a […]

Retail Asia16/04/2019

British fashion house Alexander McQueen — known for its unique tailoring and audacious designs — has soft-launched a virtual store on the Tmall Luxury Pavilion, Alibaba Group’s platform for luxury and premium brands. It will be the first online store in China that’s directly run by the house itself, rather than through a local partner, […]

Retail Asia13/02/2019

International fashion magazine Vogue has opened its first wedding dress salon. Facing Aoyama Kotto-dori in Tokyo’s Omotesando district, the salon has hired specialist staff to offer tasteful suggestions not only with regard to dresses and accessories but also extending to hair, makeup and photography services.“The biggest single keyword for contemporary today’s weddings is ‘diversification of values’”, said Vogue […]

Retail Asia31/01/2019

Paris Fashion Week Men’s was not lacking in head-turning street-style looks this year. Attendees brought their sartorial A-game to take in new fall ’19 collections from the hottest designers. A guest paired trendy Off-White socks with shiny silver Maison Margiela sneakers that featured a chunky platform sole and an iridescent finish. Cuffed denim jeans highlighted […]

Retail Asia29/10/2018

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Kering sales growth significantly outpaced its rivals during the third quarter, up 27.6 per cent as reported and 27.5 per cent on a comparable basis, to €3.402 billion. In Kering-operated stores, Asia Pacific sales rose 33.3 per cent on a comparable basis, bettered only by North America’s 36.1 per cent increase. Growth in online sales […]

Retail Asia12/09/2018

Two of Europe’s biggest luxury fashion brands are opening official stores in India next year, according to reports. French label Saint Laurent and British Alexander McQueen are set to enter India with respective debut standalone stores, sources said last week. With a letter of intent signed, the stores are expected to bow in DLF’s Chanakya […]

Retail Asia31/07/2018

Fashion giant Kering’s decision to focus the business on luxury appears to be paying off. In what chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault termed “dazzling top-line and earnings performances” during the first half year, total revenue rose 33.9 per cent on a comparable basis and operating margin rose above 30 per cent for the first time […]

Retail Asia11/06/2018

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Travel retail company The Shilla Duty Free will celebrate the grand opening of its retail stores at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) following a six-month soft-launch period. Scheduled for June 28, the HKIA duty free opening event will feature the unveiling of the full Beauty&You concept with a K-pop celebrity guest line-up. The Shilla Duty […]

Retail Asia17/01/2018

Alexander McQueen China has partnered with JD.com to launch a store on the e-commerce giant’s luxury platform Toplife. It will offer the full Alexander McQueen fashion ranges as well as accessories. While the UK luxury fashion brand already has 15 on-ground stores throughout China and Hong Kong, it aims to bolster its online reach through […]

Retail Asia01/08/2017

Alexander McQueen shows a world that is both classic and contemporary, familiar and subversive at its new retail store at Elements in Tsim sha Tsui. Creative director Sarah Burton partnered with David Collins Studio to design the store, which highlights nude and black colours with accents of aged and polished brass. Bookmatched Calacatta Oro marble […]

Retail Asia23/12/2016

Luxury brand group LVMH is thinking about taking its eyewear business in-house. This could be a further blow for Italian eyewear group Safilo, which lost the Armani licence in 2013 and those for the Kering Group labels (Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Gucci and Saint Laurent) at the end of 2014, reports CPP-Luxury.com. Italian investment bank […]

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Alexander McQueen opens Tokyo flagship store

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Vogue opens first Tokyo wedding dress salon

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Gucci powers Kering third quarter sales

Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen to open first India stores

Luxury group Kering reports positive numbers

The Shilla Duty Free will soon celebrate its Grand Opening in HK

Alexander McQueen partners with JD.com to expand in China

Alexander McQueen opens new store at Elements

LVMH will expand to eyewear business