jueves, 11 de noviembre de 2010

Sawgrass Mills

Sawgrass Mills is a large, popular, shopping mall, in "Sunrise, Florida", a city in Broward County. With 2,383,906 square feet of retail selling space, it is the sixth largest mall in the U.S.A, and the second largest in Florida. The mall opened in 1990 as the third mall developed by the now-defunct Mills Corporation and has been expanded three times since then, most recently in 2006. There are over 300 retail outlets and name brand discounters, with anchors including Off 5th, J.C Penny Outlet, Super Target, and Wannado City.
Because of its size, Sawgrass Mills is divided into three parts: the mall itself with four "Avenue" sections; the "Oasis", an outdoor component open since 1999 including Regal 23 Cinemas, Ron John Surf Shop, and Nordstrom Rack. The "Colonnade Outlets at Sawgrass" opened in 2006 as an upscale lifestyle area with shops and restaurants. Additionally, there are numerous "outparcel" stores and plazas. Here, the brands that we describe are situated

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawgrass_Mills

New York Fashion Week: Lacoste

Lady Gaga Meat Dress @ VMA 2010 Pictorial



Lady GaGa used this meat dress on stage at MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday to receive her Video of the Year award from pop legend Cher. This dress was design by Alexander McQueen's final collection, he is a famous designer in California

Crocs

Crocs, Inc. is a shoe manufacturer founded by entrepreneur George B. Boedecker, Jr. to produce and distribute a foam clog design acquired from a Quebec company called Foam Creations. The shoe had originally been developed as a spa shoe. The first model produced by Crocs, the Crocs Beach, was unveiled in 2002 at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show, and sold out the 200 pairs produced at that time.Crocs was the title sponsor of the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) Tour from 2006 through the 2009 season.

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocs

Lacoste

Lacoste is a high-end apparel company founded in 1933 that sells high-end clothing, footwear, perfume, leather goods, watches, eyewear, and most famously tennis shirts. In recent years, Lacoste has introduced a home line of sheeting and towels. The company can be recognized by its green crocodile logo.
René Lacoste founded La Chemise Lacoste in 1933 with André Gillier, the owner and President of the largest French knitwear manufacturing firm at the time. They began to produce the revolutionary tennis shirt Lacoste had designed and worn on the tennis courts with the crocodile logo embroidered on the chest.

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacoste

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Corporation is an American company which is incorporated in Hong Kong.
A Tommy Hilfiger shop
In 1989, a Hong Kong businessman Silas Chou acquired Tommy Hilfiger Corporation via Sportwear Holdings Limited, along with his partner Lawrence Stroll. Chou served as Chairman and then Co-Chairman from 1989 to 2002. In 1992, The Corporation listed in New York Stock Exchange. Later Chou sold the company, and in 2006 de-listed and privatization to Apax Partners. Philips Van-Huesen bought the company in 2010.

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Hilfiger
Currently the company licensed the brand to it OEM company though its subsidiary Tommy Hilfiger Licensing LLC, which based in New Yersey. The Licensing owned the rights of the logo. Currently The Corporation also own Tommy Hilfiger USA and Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V

Roxy

Founded in 1990, with its core in board sports, Roxy is the fashion apparel brand launched by its brother brand Quiksilver. In 1993, the Roxy logo was born, a heart-shaped crest adapted from Quiksilver's logo.
Since its inception, Roxy has grown to be a large apparel company for young women. In addition to apparel, the brand also provides accessories, home items, hard goods, wetsuits, footwear, books, perfumes and several other product categories.

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy

Quiksilver

Quiksilver, Inc. based in Huntington beach, California, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of surfwear and other boardsport-related equipment. Its logo, designed by the company founder Alan Green in Torguay, Australia in the early 1970s, inspired by Hokusai's woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa consists of a large wave with a mountain on a red background.    

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiksilver        

Dolce & Gabbana

The company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was €750 million. Their clothing designs are usually black in color and geometic in shape.Dolce&Gabbana specializes in luxury items influenced more by designers and is more formal and 'timeless', responding to long-term trends

Taken From: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolce_&_Gabbana