La collection a débuté à New York le 9 décembre lors d'une célébration étoilée de ses 100 ans de relation avec l'industrie du cinéma. Julianne Moore, Michelle Monaghan et Russell Simmons étaient parmi les célébrités qui assistaient à l'événement dans un espace transformé en monde fantastique de "Gancio Studios". Avec des séries de films représentant le partenariat centenaire. Les installations multimédia ont mis en vedette des jeux de films depuis les 100 dernières années, incluant des scènes de chambre à coucher bébé, une promenade virtuelle dans une véritable Ferrari vintage et des arrangements classiques en Méditerranée. Une salle de projection a créé "Ferragamo Signature", un film contemporain célébrant le Ferragamo Gancio et mettant en vedette Elettra Wiedemann et Ethan Peck, les héritiers des amis et clients de Salvatore Ferragamo, Ingrid Bergman et Gregory Peck.
Tout au long du lieu, il y avait des présentoirs de The Signature Collection de montres et lunettes de soleil, y compris une exposition de montres suspendues sur des cordes.
Le gancio (le mot italien pour le crochet) est le symbole le plus reconnaissable de Ferragamo. Pour les montres, le symbole figurant dans les pattes de la montre (qui relie la sangle au boîtier d'une montre), se plie en haut et en bas du cadran. "L'ornement devient un symbole organique et intrinsèque de la qualité et de l'artisanat dans la collection", a déclaré Paolo Marai, président et chef de la direction du Timex Group Swiss Luxury Division, une division du groupe Timex. Les montres 38mm sont disponibles en finition en acier inoxydable plaqué or ou en deux tons et sont alimentés par un mouvement de quartz suisse.
The other main design feature for this watch collection is the variety of colors on its guilloché sunray dials and its leather straps that includes fuchsia, grey and orange.
The watches will sell within the $1,000 to $2,000 range, not including a handful of limited edition pieces, Marai said. They are now available at Ferragamo boutiques around the world just in time for Christmas. Wholesale distribution will begin in January
While the watches carry the Ferragamo brand, the design, manufacture and worldwide distribution of the watches are handled by the Timex Group Swiss Luxury Division, Lugano, Switzerland, under a 15-year licensing agreement with Ferragamo, Marai said. Timex pays Ferragamo royalties on each watch sold and consults with the luxury brand on the designs of products to ensure they are “on brand.”
The partnership began in 2007 and watch sales have experienced solid growth since then, Marai said. He expects 10 percent increase in sales in 2015.
Marai, whose division has similar arrangements with fashion brands Versace and Nautica, says surprisingly men make up more than half of Ferragamo’s watch sales. Normally fashion watches are far more popular among women.
“Ferragamo is quite amazing because we have been mostly successful for men,” said Marai, an Italian native who now lives in Lugano. “It’s quite surprising for us considering the brand’s positioning and considering that a fashion watch for us is mostly popular for women than for men.”
Another unusual aspect of Ferragamo customers is they prefer classic, conservative timepieces over more fashion oriented watches. “Our watch collection is quite strong but not very much fashion driven, so our pieces were very classic conservative pieces. We want to embrace more of the fashion sectors.”
So the newest version of The Signature Collection is being paired with matching women’s sunglasses as an attempt to boost fashion watch sales among women.
The main markets for this watch collection are in Asia, the Middle East, other emerging markets and the US, Marai said. He describes the emerging markets as being good for fashion brands. The US, on the other hand, is a huge, wealthy market that is more diverse with demand for classic and fashion watches. He sees very little opportunity for sales in Europe.
“In the emerging markets there’s a stronger sensitivity toward fashion brands. This is unlike Europe and the United States where the consumer has a long tradition with watches. Emerging markets don’t have this kind of culture. People were not even capable of buying a watch 10 years ago, he said. “So a brand like Ferragamo can easily to compete with the traditional watchmakers.”voir plus montres copies et Replique Rolex GMT
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