Hepburn will fall in the auction items, including the famous Givenchy dress

Christie's will auction a number of Audrey Hepburn's personal items in the autumn

This fall, Christie's (Christie s) will be part of the auction of Audrey Hepburn's personal belongings, including Givenchy (Givenchy) brand, founder of the famous French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy dress. The auction will take place in London in September 27th.

Hepburn created a classic role in its brilliant career, and she in the field of fashion achievement and influence also profound, thanks to her long-time partner and friend Hubert de Givenchy to a certain extent. Hubert de Givenchy has been working with Hepburn for half a century and is behind the scenes in Hepburn's position as a fashion designer. Two people because of the movie "Sabrina (Dragon and Phoenix match)" attached to. Hepburn personally invited Hubert de Givenchy to dress for the play, and she selected three dresses from Givenchy's previous season's work. "Dragon and phoenix" is Hepburn's second film, and also with this film became a popular star in Hollywood.

"Hubert de Givenchy" in Longfei with dark gray suit design

The auction will auction a fringed robins blue silk seersucker cocktail dress. The dress was worn by Hepburn in 1966 for the film "Two for the Road" (pictured below), which was designed by Hubert de Givenchy. Other fashion auction include Hepburn replica Burberry online uk windbreaker, iconic ballet flats. The starting price is expected to be $7595 and $1900 respectively.

Earlier, at Christie's auction, Hepburn's stylish single hit an auction record of far exceeding expectations. In December 2006, Christie's South Kensington auction, Hepburn in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany" s "(Tiffany's breakfast) in Givenchy wearing little black dress for $578 thousand (about 4 million yuan) price, far beyond the initial valuation of $63 thousand. The auction also set a new record for the sale of movie dresses.

In addition, to participate in the auction of Hepburn's personal items include: "Cecil Beaton" in a quiet and modest maiden took for her fixed photo shoot Steven Meisel for its "Vanity Fair" (Vanity Fair) personal positive, and Bud Fraker for their personal photo shoot.

Lanvin sales fell 32% in the first two months of this year

According to Reuters quoted sources said, Lanvin sales are still in decline, the scale of the loss is also expanding, the internal staff worried that the future of the brand may be taken to reduce costs and other measures to reduce costs. In 2015, Lanvin's creative director, Alber Elbaz, suddenly left his job and shocked the entire fashion world. He had been in the brand for 14 years and was forced to leave because of a major disagreement with the company's board of directors. Evening dress with black and white minimalist style Elbaz took office in March last year the new creative director Bouchra Jarra in September last year Lanvin women's conference presentation, the ethereal light, outstanding female line beauty style very different. Consumers do not seem satisfied with the change.

According to informed sources, in fiscal 2016, Lanvin expects net loss of more than 10 million euros, the first loss in nearly ten years, compared to 2015 fiscal year Lanvin's net profit of 6 million 300 thousand euros. Sales in fiscal 2016 fell by more than 20% to below 170 million euros, compared with 210 million euros in fiscal 2015.

Particularly worrying is that in the first two months of 2017, Lanvin's sales were down 32% year on year. Lanvin has hired consultants Long Term Partners to conduct a comprehensive audit of the company's current situation, and has taken a series of measures to reduce costs and shut down several profitable stores. Sources said that in 2017, Lanvin will also take more measures, including reducing advertising spending and store investment, as well as layoffs.

Fosun Group bid $225 million bid for a century of Russian jewelry brand Faberg's parent company Gemfields

Chinese Fosun International Group announced today: through its subsidiary of Fosun holdings for a century of Russian gold jewelry brand Faberg's parent company, listed in London, the British mineral company Gemfields, offer 225 million pounds.

Fosun submitted to the London Stock Exchange's official news release said that the transaction is the initial offer of 40.85 pence per share, compared to Gemfields Tuesday's closing price of 35.5 pence per share premium of 15.1%, large shareholders are also higher than Gemfields per share of South African private equity fund Paullinghurst Resources before the 37.10 pence bid.

Gemfields is a rare gemstone manufacturer specializing in the manufacture of Zambia's Emerald and Amethyst, and Mozambique's Ruby and diamond. In November 2012, the company acquired the famous Russian jewelry brand Faberg, which is made of stones and famous czar eggs. Has a long history of Faberg since 1885 Tsar Alexander III's reign began, by the Czar commissioned Easter eggs empire. The egg has enjoyed a high reputation in the world, has been recognized as one of the greatest works of art jewelry.

Fosun said, Gemfields in the global Ruby and emerald industry dominant position and strong brand demand, the future development potential is unlimited. Fosun is keen to support Gemfields's expansion, helping to consolidate its dominance of rare gems (especially red and emerald).

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