Suzy Menkes, 中国,是设计师王大仁接掌巴黎世家的原因? 纽约时报中文网, Dec 6, 2012
http://cn.nytimes.com/article/life-fashion/2012/12/06/c06wang/
(巴黎世家的创意总监 creative director, 成为首位获得巴黎高级服装界最高头衔的亚裔设计师; 王大仁 Alexander WANG 的父母是台湾裔美国人,王在加州长大)
Note:
(a) Mr Wang is 28.
(b) Balenciaga
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balenciaga
(a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga [1895-1972], a Basque designer)
(c) PPR (company)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPR_(company)
(previously known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute; founded in 1963 by the businessman François Pinault; The Pinault-Printemps Group was born out of the Au printemps SA takeover, which owned 54% of La Redoute; In 1994, La Redoute was absorbed by Pinault-Printemps, and renamed Pinault-Printemps-La Redoute)
PPR in 1999 acquired 42% of Gucci Group. The latter in 2001 bought Balenciaga.
(d) French
printemps (noun masculine): "springtime"
redoute (noun feminine): "fear"
(e) La Redoute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Redoute
(the largest mail order company in France; based in Roubaix; founded in 1875)
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