Carolina Herrera shares rise despite Puig shares fall | kbnmart

Shares of Spanish luxury group Puig fell in Madrid last week. In New York, shares of Carolina Herrera, the group’s most elegant brand, rose in a spectacular display of somewhat ironic Wall Street style.

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“Simply beautiful,” commented store founder Herrera, sitting front row in a gray wool pantsuit, surrounded by dozens of real customers in high heels and coiffed hair.

Carolina Herrera’s latest collection, designed by creative director Wes Gordon, was a visual masterpiece of form and silhouette, and one of his best for the house.

His invitation was an exotic fish, and its colors ran through the collection—Carolina blue, Princeton orange, lemon yellow. The key, though, was the elaborate shapes: a cloud of fabric petals forming a floral bodice paired with wide-leg evening trousers; a divinely cut black calico dress with kimono shoulders; or a gorgeous black silk one-shoulder dress worn over lace-encrusted high heels.

While Gordon’s sense of restraint remains top-notch: a white double-belted lace dress that exudes elegance. Wes is truly a poet of polka dots, with mermaid dresses; sheath and flare dresses; formal gowns and perfectly ruffled underdresses all done in multiple black-and-white polka dot combinations—all worn with matching clutches and low heels.

Moreover, his host columns in his society in raspberry and pink or the all-over chiffon dress in Arsenal red were flawless.

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“I wanted to get rid of everything, get rid of everything and still be elegant and feminine. I wanted to wear clothes that were glamorous and amazing, and if there’s too much gimmickry and too much noise you can’t hear the glamour!” Jordyn said after getting her hair cut backstage.

All backed by a mix of Janet Jackson’s hit songs – from disgusting to All for youThe collection was a welcome reminder that when it comes to fully-empowered elegance, Herrera remains the undisputed leader in New York.

It is displayed in front of an indoor rock garden designed by the great Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi, inside a stainless steel skyscraper at 28 Liberty Street – in the heart of Wall Street.

Later today, Bouygues CEO Marc Bouygues will address analysts, and he will no doubt have been a little surprised by the 13% drop in the share price in a single day after the group reported a 26% drop in first-half profits. But he shrugged off the concerns, saying the drop was mainly due to the costs incurred by the company in its highly successful €13.9 billion initial public offering in January, Europe’s biggest this year.

“The most important thing is that Barcelona is playing well,” said the unwavering Marc, whose beloved team is currently top of La Liga after several difficult seasons.