Givenchy to show in New York in September

By

Dominique Muret

Published
Jun 29, 2015

Givenchy is heading to New York for a season. The French luxury house will leave behind the Paris catwalks in September to show in New York. The label will be celebrating its first flagship in the Big Apple as well as "the constant rise its activity in the United States," Givenchy said in a press release.

The runway show will take place on 11 September during New York Fashion Week, scheduled for 10 to 17 September. Givenchy will be unveiling its spring/summer 2016 collection. The brand will be back in Paris for the showing of its fall/winter 2016-17 collection.

The New York show will be followed by a big party that will also celebrate Riccardo Tisci's 10-year anniversary at the brand as it its artistic director.

The couture house, held by the LVMH group, will at the end of August be opening a nearly 5,000 ft² space at 747 Madison Avenue on 65th Street, the appointment of which was thought up under the supervision of Riccardo Tisci.

It will be the second Givenchy store in the US, with the first one being in Miami. Actually, it's more of a comeback to New York, since Givenchy already had a store on Madison Avenue which it closed in 2006.

The label, whose revenue is estimated at around 400 million euros, is looking to expand in the American market by strengthening its wholesale distribution there and opening more points of sale.

Givenchy is also getting ready to open a series of stores in the major fashion capitals of the world, starting with Milan, which will open in September as well, at the heart of the luxury sector on Via Sant'Andrea. Next up on the agenda will be Rome and London.