Colette (boutique)

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Colette
Company typehigh fashion, streetwear and accessories retailer
Industryfashion
Founded1997
FounderColette Roussaux
DefunctDecember 2017
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
The shop exterior in 2012

Colette was a

concept store[2] was located in Paris and contained an exhibition space, bookshop, and a "water bar" serving more than 100 brands of bottled water. It closed permanently in December 2017.[3] Colette's logo was two blue dots.[4]

History

The boutique was founded in 1997 by Colette Roussaux; her daughter, Sarah Andelman, took an active role as creative director and purchasing manager in the store's final years.[5] Esquire called the store "like Kith, Bergdorf Goodman, and Opening Ceremony all rolled into one."[6] The store did €32 million in sales revenue in 2016,[3] with e-commerce accounting for 25% of revenue.[7] In December 2005, Forbes described Colette as“the trendiest store in the world”.[8]

Brands

An assortment of t-shirts on sale at Colette

The shop was known for stocking the first collections of fashion brands and designers that became famous later such as

pop-up shops.[10]

Reputation

Karl Lagerfeld said of Colette: "It’s the only shop where I go because they have things no one else has. I buy watches, telephones, jewellery there - everything really. They have invented a formula that you can’t copy easily, because there is only one Colette and her and Sarah are 200 percent involved."[11]

Closure

In July 2017, it announced its impending closure in December 2017.[11][12][13] Osman Ahmed of Business of Fashion called it "the end of an era".[5] Sarah Andelman said they chose to close the business rather than sell it because "it was like a baby for us" and "if someone else ran it, it would not be the same."[7]

The location is now a boutique of Saint Laurent - Rive Droite.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ article about colette's 10th anniversary International Herald Tribune 2007/03/26
  2. ^ Vergani, Guido (ed), (2007), Fashion Dictionary, New York: Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore
  3. ^ a b Jian DeLeon, Fashion Industry Insiders React to colette Shutting Its Doors highsnobiety.com 2017/07/13
  4. AdAge
    , July 14, 2017
  5. ^ a b Osman Ahmed, The End of an Era: Colette to Close Its Doors: Colette, the Parisian boutique and longstanding temple of cool, is closing down after 20 years. Saint Laurent is currently in discussions to take over its Rue Saint-Honoré location. Business of Fashion JULY 12, 2017
  6. ^ SCOTT CHRISTIAN, One of the Coolest Fashion Stores on the Planet Will Soon Be Closing: Legendary Parisian shop Colette is shutting its doors in December. Esquire JUL 12, 2017
  7. ^ a b Elizabeth Paton and Vanessa Friedman, Colette, Paris Fashion Destination, Is to Close in December The New York Times July 12, 2017
  8. ^ Greenwald, Michelle. "Colette: Still The Trendiest Store In The World After 18 Years". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  9. ^ ELLIE PITHERS, Why We'll Miss Colette: Fashion features editor Ellie Pithers pays tribute to the first Paris pit-stop on the Vogue editors' Fashion Week schedules Vogue, 12 July 2017
  10. ^ Andrea Cheng, Colette Closing: Why, Days Later, Pop Culture is Still Reeling Billboard 7/14/2017
  11. ^ a b Scarlett Conlon, Colette Paris To Close Its Doors Vogue, 12 July 2017
  12. ^ Condé Nast Traveler, Paris's Colette to Close Its Doors Lale Arikoglu, July 12, 2017.
  13. ^ (in French) ANNONCE SPECIALE Archived 2017-07-15 at the Wayback Machine 12 juillet 2017
  14. ^ Saint Laurent - Rive Droite

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