VERSACE GOES YOUNGER
Italian fashion house Versace recently opened its first boutique in Milan dedicated to kids’ line Young Versace, geared toward boys and girls from 0 to 12 years old. Young Versace is located on the ground floor of the company’s headquarters on Via Borgospesso and is quite small at 538 square feet. The store will offer the line’s inaugural Spring 2012 collection, which includes zipper-detailed tops, studded hoodies and skirts with the brand’s key motif. With the new boutique, Versace has joined a list of luxury labels that have entered the kids fashion market such as Lanvin, Roger Vivier and Jean Paul Gaultier. Vivier, the French footwear label will introduce a […]
MADE IN CHINA WINES TOP BORDEAUX
China has outranked France in wine, says a jury of tasters. All the wines in the bind taste testing were produced in 2008 or 2009. The Chinese wines came from the northwestern region Ningxia and were priced between 200-400 yuan ($30-$60). The top performing wine was a 2009 cabernet sauvignon from the Grace Vineyard in Ningxia while the top ranking French wine took fifth place, a 2009 Medoc from the Lafite vineyard in Bordeaux. According to Luxuo, Bordeaux expert Nathalie Sibille said the Chinese wines had “performed very, very well”, adding, “this region (Ningxia) has enormous potential”. Moet and Chandon is also banking on Ningxia to produce premium bubbles. In […]