5.11.09

LALIQUE AND HAVILAND OPENS NEW BOUTIQUE IN NEW YORK



LALIQUE AND HAVILAND ARE TWO OF THE MOST ICONIC AND PRESTIGIOUS DESIGN HOUSES FOR CLASSIC PORCELAIN, GLASS AND DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES, AND RECENTLY HAVE JOINED FORCES TO OPEN A STUNNING NEW FLAGSHIP BOUTIQUE THAT FEATURES THE AMAZING ARTISTIC CREATIONS OF BOTH COMPANIES. LALIQUE, WHICH IS KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR ITS CLASSIC ART DECO INSPIRED CRISTAL AND GLASS JEWELRY, AND HAVILAND, ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS MANUFACTURERS OF OF LIMOGES PORCELAIN PRODUCTS, HAVE OPENED A 950 SQUARE FOOT BOUTIQUE ON FASHIONABLE MADISON AVENUE IN NEW YORK. "THE NEW BOUTIQUE REPRESENTS THE CONVERGENCE OF THE RICH LEGACIES AND CREATIVE VISIONS OF LALIQUE AND HAVILAND", SAYS MAZ ZOUHAIRI, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LALIQUE AND HAVILAND, NORTH AMERICA. THE NEW BOUTIQUE WILL HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE LALIQUE CRISTAL CREATIONS AND HAVILAND PORCELAIN SIDE BY SIDE, AS WELL AS INTRODUCE THE NEW LALIQUE BY HAVILAND PORCELAIN COLLECTION, WHICH WILL BE EXCLUSIVE TO THE BOUTIQUE. THE COLLECTION WILL ENCOMPASS THREE DESIGNS; THE HIRONDELLES AND THE PERLES DESIGNS ARE BOTH OFFERED IN FULL TABLE SETTINGS WITH COORDINATING SERVICE SETS. A THIRD DESIGN, BASED ON THE HISTORIC AND ICONIC LALIQUE MASQUE DE FEMME, INCLUDES SEVERAL NEW ACCENT PIECES. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL NEW AND CLASSIC LALIQUE PRODUCTS DISPLAYED INCLUDING JEWELRY, DECORATIVE PIECES, ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND TABLETOP AND BOUDOIR ITEMS. A SPECIAL EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON LALIQUE'S ARCHITECTURAL OFFERINGS, SHOWCASING THEIR ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE ITEMS, INCLUDING WATER FOUNTAINS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LALIQUE AND HAVILAND BEGAN OVER 90 YEARS AGO WITH THE MARRIAGE OF RENE LALIQUE'S DAUGHTER, SUZANNE, TO PAUL HAVILAND, HEAD OF THE FAMOUS LIMOGES PORCELAIN LINE AT THE TIME. SINCE JUNE, LALIQUE AND HAVILAND HAVE BEEN LINKED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP OF THEIR AMERICAN OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS THROUGH A MUTUAL OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH DAUM, WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN AUGUST. THE NEW LALIQUE AND HAVILAND BOUTIQUE IS LOCATED AT 609 MADISON AVENUE AT 58th STREET. A SECOND LALIQUE AND HAVILAND BOUTIQUE WILL OPEN IN DECEMBER IN CHICAGO.

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