KUYICHI STORE OPENING… WAITING FOR THE GUESTS TO ARRIVE…
The first Kuyichi UK store opens today in Manchester. A vintage Ford transit van is parked outside the store blaring summer sounds on King Street! No dark clouds here! We’re at number 28, come and say hello!
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KUYICHI ARRIVES IN MANCHESTER THIS WEEK
Dutch denim brand Kuyichi will open their first stand-alone new retail concept store in the UK on King Street, Manchester on August 26th 2010. The Manchester concept marks the beginning of a roll out across the UK and Ireland.
The new Manchester concept store has been created by the Kuyichi in-house design team and will span 1,363 sq ft. The interior will evoke Kuyichi’s brand philosophy and include hot FSC wood, beautiful natural stones, tropical plants and an overall simplistic store design.
Installation walls of wooden boxes create a unique presentation of the denim offer alongside glass domes filled with pairs of jeans and laboratory bottles featuring inside the brand’s sustainable concepts. The window displays will feature industrial sewing machines to emphasis the recycle and repair initiative, which offers customers the chance to recycle their old jeans and receive a discount on a new pair.
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WORLD’S LARGEST CANALI BOUTIQUE OPENS ON NEW BOND STREET
Opening today in London at 126-127 New Bond Street is the largest Canali boutique
worldwide. The Italian fine tailoring brand’s new London headquarters covers six
floors and the structure of the two historical London buildings - with a total surface area of
1,200 sq m - has been completely redesigned, reserving more than 700 sq m on two
levels for the boutique.
The new store offers more space for the collections, but most importantly
for special customer care services, including Made to Measure suiting and Private
Shopping, available in specially designed VIP areas with parquet floors, wood clad
ceilings and suede panelling on the walls in interweaving shades of natural brown,
giving the space a uniquely tailor-made appearance.
CANALI, 126-127 New Bond Street
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CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR MODEL SEARCH - 9 COUNTRIES 9 MEN FINALIST APPEARANCES THIS WEEKEND!
After months of in-store castings at multiple retail locations across Europe and on-line submissions via the competition website, 9countries9men, the nine finalists have been announced and they include: England’s Laurence Cope, France’s Mickael Melcher, Germany’s Lenn Haberthaler, Greece’s Nikos Douramanis, Italy’s Carmelo Di Guardo, The Netherlands’ Chiel Konings, Russia’s Dan Miller, Spain’s Luis Ansa Echegaray, and Sweden’s Alex Bechet.
All of the nine finalists will be introduced to the public at two House of Fraser locations this weekend, where in-store voting will take place to help determine the ultimate winner of the competition.
“9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” Finalists Public Appearances at House of Fraser:
Saturday, 27 March, 2010
12:00pm – 2:00pm: House of Fraser, Oxford Street, London
4:00pm – 6:00pm: House of Fraser, Westfield, London
The public can also vote on the competition website until 30 April and the winner will be announced in May 2010.
In conjunction with this initiative, Calvin Klein Underwear launched a new Global X product range, which arrived in stores at the beginning of March 2010. Celebrating national pride and geographic diversity, Calvin Klein Underwear Global X is a new range of underwear and tops in cotton/modal/spandex that combines national colors together with bold graphics and legendary fit.
BERSHKA BRINGS IBIZA TO OXFORD STREET!
Today Bershka held their exclusive Press morning and in-store party hosted by Space Ibiza to celebrate the reopening of the Bershka London flagship store and for press to preview the high summer collections.
The setup of the morning was nice and easy once we had decided where to put the high summer preview rail, and how we were going to merchandise the product to ‘tell a story’. The breakfast was great success and the perfect setting to show press the new collections and store layout. We had a great turnout and press really liked the new themed ‘Club Bershka’ store.
The evening event approached quickly and we made our way back down for the in-store party. As we approached Oxford Circus, our conversation was interrupted by a heavy bassline and the vibe of a street carnival. Acrobatic dancers dressed in extravagant tiered dresses stood on metal scaffolding emerged from the store entrance and were pushed by scantily dressed men– the party had begun! Cheers and loud roar of laughter echoed through London Oxford Street with even the buses slowing down to take a look.
We followed the dancers in to the store where we were welcomed by a live DJ - the atmosphere was electric. The speakers pumped out big basslines and breakbeats, press and customers partied together, drinks were flowing and the cash registers were ringing - in one word….PERFECT!
FEW & FAR 2010 EDITION
It was a visual as well as an edible feast at Few and Far this week. To launch the 2010 Edition, press, favourite customers and the Modus team spent a happy day at Few & Far with the eclectic, unique and utterly beautiful ranges of clothing, accessories, lighting and furniture.
Everyone had a favourite - from the amazing exhibition of work by designer Paola Navone and quirky jewellery by Nilu Miao to the beautiful silk cotton designs by Indian clothing designer Pero.
In the evening, guests made headway with the banqueting table - slabs of cheese, quince jelly and caramelised walnuts went down as well as the Black Velvet cocktails - Guinness + Champagne = fashion’s way to celebrate St Patricks Day!.
Entertainment came from a very smart accordion player and guests left with a mini bunch of snowflake flowers - spring is finally here!
CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR THE 9 COUNTRIES MODEL COMPETITION
CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR
ANNOUNCES FINALISTS
FOR THE “9 COUNTRIES, 9 MEN, 1 WINNER” MODEL COMPETITION
NEW YORK, NY & LONDON, U.K., March 1, 2010 – Calvin Klein Underwear, today announced the nine finalists of the “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” pan-European male model competition.
Thousands of model hopefuls submitted their photographs through the competition website at 9countries9men.com or attended in-store casting events, which took place in selected stores across Europe with branded pop-up photo studios. Over 3,000 successful applicants made it to the judging process, and one finalist from each of the nine countries was chosen by a panel of judges. The prestigious panel included Calvin Klein Underwear model and actor Jamie Dornan, as well as Devon Parsons from Select Model Management, key members of the media and executives from Calvin Klein, Inc.
The “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” finalists include:
England’s Laurence Cope, age 19;
France’s Mickael Melcher, age 22;
Germany’s Lenn Haberthaler, age 21;
Greece’s Nikos Douramanis, age 22;
Italy’s Carmelo Di Guardo, age 23;
The Netherlands’ Chiel Konings, age 20;
Russia’s Dan Miller, age 23;
Spain’s Luis Ansa Echegaray, age 24; and
Sweden’s Alex Bechet, age 23;
To celebrate the latest Calvin Klein Underwear’s steel product range – which consists of nine new color-ways, each representing the flag of one of the nine participating countries – the brand launched a pan-European male model search in August 2009, to find one man from each of the nine countries – England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Sweden – who embodied the attributes of the new line.
The nine finalists will be introduced during appearances at participating Calvin Klein Underwear stores across Europe, as well as via the competition website, 9countries9men.com. The winner will be chosen by public vote in March and April, via the website and in-store voting and will be announced in May 2010. The winner will receive a one-year modeling contract with Select Model Management, as well as a luxury trip for two people to South Africa. The other eight finalists will each receive a one-year supply of Calvin Klein Underwear.
To commemorate the final phase of the “9 Countries, 9 Men, 1 Winner” competition, Calvin Klein Underwear will launch a new Global X product offering, which will arrive in stores beginning March 2010. Celebrating geographical pride and diversity, Calvin Klein Underwear Global X is a new range of underwear and tops in cotton/modal/spandex that combines national colors together with bold graphics and our legendary great fit.
For further information and to place your vote visit www.9countries9men.com
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PRESS DAY - TOAST - WESTBOURNE GROVE STORE - FASHION & HOME
Toast, on Westbourne Grove, London opened its doors to the press to preview the Spring Summer 10 collections this week. Dark tropicals, ethnic tribal prints, sugary pastels and a sharp injection of yellow were just some of the key trends and summer must haves on show, all given the inimitable Toast twist. They heard of Toasts exciting plans to open more stores, particularly in Cheltenham where a new concept store is due to open on Feb 15th - taking over an entire regency building the store will be a visual feast housing all Toasts accessories, fashion and house & home collections as well as a ‘Toast Tea Room’ with resident giant gold loaf!
Click here for the complete Toast range, store list and next day delivery!
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