SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two of the world’s leading luxury houses are taking their competition from the runway to the restaurant table in one of Seoul’s most fashionable districts. Gucci will open its newly relocated and revamped restaurant, Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura Seoul, on Tuesday inside its Cheongdam flagship store. The venture, [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The after-party event organized by Gucci after a fashion show in central Seoul has sparked a major controversy following reports of excessive late-night noise and disturbance to neighboring residents’ sleep. On May 16, Gucci, a renowned luxury brand, hosted its ’2024 Cruise Fashion Show’ at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Jongno-gu, [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Italian luxury label Gucci hosted its Cruise 2024 collection fashion show at Geunjeongjeon, the main hall of Gyeongbok Palace, in Seoul on Tuesday night. Geunjeongjeon was used for kings to hold official functions or receive foreign envoys during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). Gucci’s first Cruise collection show in Asia [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) —Major tourist attractions in South Korea are increasingly becoming a battleground for global luxury brands, with Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton (LVMH) and Kering Group, the world’s leading luxury goods companies, staging a battle of pride with their flagship brands Louis Vuitton and Gucci. The competition is fierce, as Louis Vuitton rented [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Italian luxury brand Gucci will hold a fashion show at a royal palace in Seoul next month, about six months after the event was canceled due to the Itaewon crowd crush, the company said Friday. Gucci plans to showcase its 2024 cruise collection in front of Geunjeongjeon, the main [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Italian luxury brand Gucci will hold a fashion show at a royal place in Seoul in May, about six months after the event was canceled due to the Itaewon crowd crush, the South Korean cultural heritage authority said Tuesday. According to the Cultural Heritage Administration, a department of its [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Luxury fashion brand Gucci will hold a fashion show at a royal place in Seoul as planned in November, the company announced Thursday, more than a week after the event was known to have been canceled following controversy over improper use of another historical site in the capital. “We [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Luxury fashion brand Gucci has called off a fashion show scheduled to take place at a royal place in Seoul after criticism arose over fashion magazine photos taken at the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae, cultural heritage officials said Monday. Gucchi had planned to hold the Gucci [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it will introduce a new digital application jointly developed with Gucci for the luxury brand’s exclusive use. The Gaok Smart Guide has been installed on a Galaxy Z Fold3 foldable device which is being showcased at the GucciGaok, Gucci’s second flagship shop in [...]
“Counterfeit goods are an inevitable part of economic development but are still like rotten apples. Time is needed to ultimately solve the problem. Counterfeits tend to be most rampant when an economy’s per-capital gross domestic product is at the US$5,000-level. China is going through such a phase that advanced economies like Europe and the United [...]