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Category Archives: New York City
WWD: Breitling to Launch First Store
NEW YORK — After 21 years as a wholesale presence in the U.S., the Swiss luxury watch brand Breitling is staking a retail claim. The company will open its first store here on East 57th Street on Dec. 26, in a neighborhood that Tiffany & Co., Tourneau and Bulgari, among others, also call home. “We … Continue reading »
WWD: Jimmy Choo Head Over Heels
In the early Nineties, Tamara Mellon — then an English rose with the maiden name of Yeardye — regularly traipsed on her stiletto heels from London’s tony Hanover Square, where she was an accessories editor at British Vogue, to the gritty East End, where the atelier of Jimmy Choo, a Malaysian-born cobbler known for custom-made … Continue reading »
WWD: Longchamp Unveils New Store Concept
NEW YORK — Longchamp has a fresh look on Madison Avenue. The revamped 2,500-square-foot space between 63rd and 64th Streets launches today. Longchamp will unveil a similar design in other stores but will not “apply this new concept in a cookie-cutter manner,” chief executive officer Jean Cassegrain said. “We will add elements of personality from … Continue reading »