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NEW YORK TIMES | ELIZABETH PATON AND VANESSA FRIEDMAN
Colette, the fashion and lifestyle emporium in the First Arrondissement of Paris that proved to be a launchpad for young designers and a shopping destination for industry insiders and tourists alike, will close its doors on the Rue St.-Honoré in December after 20 years.
A statement confirming the decision was posted on the boutique’s website on Wednesday.
“As all good things must come to an end,” the statement said, “after 20 wonderful years, Colette should be closing its doors on December 20th.” The company cited retirement plans for the founder, Colette Roussaux, who ran the store with her daughter, Sarah Andelman, and made it one of fashion’s favorite new-style family businesses.
“Colette Roussaux has reached the time when she would like to take her time; and Colette cannot exist without Colette,” the statement read, referring to the store requiring its founder.
The closing of the store, long considered an apex of Parisian fashion trends and a vital champion of emerging labels, comes amid rising rents for retailers in Paris and increasingly unpredictable consumer habits, including a move toward more fashion-spending online. The city of Paris has also been hit by volatility in the tourism sector in the las
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Just two weeks after showing her debut collection for Chloé, Natacha Ramsay-Levi sat down with Francesco Risso, the recently installed creative director at Marni, and Vogue’s Luke Leitch for our Forces of Fashion panel “Getting the Keys to the House.” Before taking the helm at their respective labels, Ramsay-Levi and Risso both had stacked résumés—she was Nicolas Ghesquière’s right-hand at Balenciaga, and then Louis Vuitton, and he worked for years at Prada—but taking on a heritage brand by yourself is another story entirely. How do you refresh the house codes without isolating its devotees? Or merge your personal aesthetic with established, sometimes decades-old signatures? These were just two questions on the table today.
Ramsay-Levi and Risso are leading a new wave of young, virtually unknown designers heading up the world’s most recognizable brands. The pressure is seriously on—but this afternoon, they lifted the curtain to share a bit about their experiences with us. Below, we’re highlighting the three biggest takeaways from their discussion with Leitch; expect to hear even more from these designers in the coming months.
Taking the helm of a heritage brand works best when a designer embraces and studies its codes instead of ignoring them.Risso: “When you actually
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