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GAIA REPOSSI TO JOIN FASHION TRUST ARABIA 2022’S ADVISORY BOARD

With her vast experience in the world of luxury and fashion, Gaia Repossi, Creative Director of Repossi, has been appointed as a member of the Fashion Trust Arabia 2022’s advisory board. The Advisory Board is responsible of selecting 24 finalists who will then get the chance to showcase their work before the FTA Jury. The 2022 Board is stacked with a list of industry powerhouses including fashion experts, designers and professionals. The ceremony itself will be taking place during the week of October 24, 2022 through a series of local activations in Doha, Qatar. The Turin-born, cult-favorite jewelry designer was a natural fit for the FTA advisory board, who assumed her role at the family business at the young age of 21, and has helped turn Repossi into a brand beloved for its luxe minimalism and contemporary aesthetic. Gaia’s extensive involvement and networks in the world of fashion make her the perfect member to provide expertise and guidance for the up and coming regional talents in the competition. Since its inception as a prize to support up-and-coming fashion designers from the Middle East and North Africa region in 2018, the FTA has made it its mission to support these local creatives by providing them with global opportunities and by creating a network in which they can participate in important conversations and the exchange of ideas.

MAISON 21G PARIS LAUNCHES IN QATAR WITH FIRST-EVER BOUTIQUE IN DOHA

Innovation, experimentation, sustainability, and personalization has formed the core of Maison 21G Paris - the ground-breaking Parisian perfumery, which empowers anyone to create the scent of their soul (said to weigh 21 grams!) - since its very beginning. Maison 21G is the world's first collaborative luxury perfumery house of scent designers, launching a perfume revolution centered around its disruptive and multisensory approach. On October 5th, 2022, Maison 21G is proud to announce its official launch in Qatar with the opening of their first boutique in Doha. Taking their unique brand of scent personalization, thrilling range of bespoke products, and private creation ateliers into a uniquely luxurious environment, it’s a significant step into a vibrant and dynamic luxury market. The Doha boutique pristinely encapsulates the strong design values and visual idioms of the brand (the famous “Carré Galbé - Round square” of Maison) with sleek minimalism and Parisian Chic, ensuring an experiential and poly-sensorial experience. The Maison boutique encourages customers to engage in a hands-on perfume-creation experience, enabled on the spot at their revolutionary scent bar, or in private ateliers - Maison’s renowned perfumery workshops - by appointment for those seeking more time and in-depth guidance. The boutique features a series of dedicated zones, allowing visitors to move from one aspect of the brand to another as they truly customise their fragrances. There is also a zone for Maison’s customisable home scents, a premiere in the perfumery industry, and a fast-growing aspect of this exciting brand’s portfolio of products. Specifically crafted for Doha, the boutique will include a private workshop room that sits three guests at the same time allowing guests to explore and personalize their fragrances freely and privately in the comfort of the exclusive room.

JAEGER-LECOULTRE ANNOUNCES ITS NEWEST AMBASSADOR ANYA TAYLOR-JOY

Jaeger-LeCoultre is delighted to name Anya Taylor-Joy as a new Ambassador for the Maison, marking her debut with a short video A Call of the Heart, based on a symbolic phone call welcoming her into La Grande Maison. During the call Anya wears the Reverso Duetto Small in pink gold, which features a silvery-white dial on the front and a black dial and diamond-set gadroons on the reverse side. The video was inspired by an historic phone call that was to have a profound impact on the Manufacture LeCoultre. In 1903, Jacques-David LeCoultre made a call to the Parisian watchmaker Edmond Jaeger to accept the latter’s challenge of creating an ultra-thin watch movement – and so began a long and fruitful collaboration that led to the formation of the Jaeger-LeCoultre company. Discover more about this exciting announcement with the attached English & Arabic press releases.

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