Le Luxury Fashion: Shopping with Alexis

22/08/2025

| Italy & France | Oct 2025 | Part 2



Dear Friends, Colleagues, Followers, feel free to book your Shopping individual (you alone or you with 1 - 2 your friends, business partners, bf, gf, family members) slots with me a little bit in advance -- ideally, 2 months before the dates you prefer. Try spontaneously as well -- for tomorrow, or a week before XMas, and let's see!

Please check out for updates through the year, following the above mentioned hashtags or using them as links to posts, in particular, re: occasions suitable to visit N , Rome, Paris, South of and combine them with Shopping.

Oct 2025 (part 2)

With me in:

, Florence, Venice:
if you're visiting concert, Oct 10, in Bologna, or Oct 11, in Milan, Unipol Arena & Unipol Forum,
or in Milan, Teatro Degli Arcimboldi, Oct 20, or Zurich, Theater 11 Zurich, Oct 21

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if you're visiting concert, Oct 7, or , Oct 8, or , Oct 9, or , Oct 21, or , Oct 24, in Paris, Zenith & Accor Arena,
or in N-E of France, Roubaix, Oct 10, Le Colisee-Roubaix, close to Lille & Belgium

/ Northern Italy:
if you're visiting concert in Montpellier, Sud de France Arena, Oct 11, or in Lyon, L'Amphitheatre, Oct 12

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I'll accompany your shopping, carefully guiding you through choices as a good friend, navigating itinerary flexibly and independently, only in your interests, keeping your side in dealing with stores, doing my best at the intersection of shopping support, personal shopping, and fashion sourcing, -- as an ex- Luxury Store Co-Owner, Co-Founder, as a merchant, and a design-, aesthetics-, style- thinking straight male. I'll help you in , flagship stores, and in various locations: in (and around) Milan, , , , on the , near the Italian border with France and a stone's throw from , , , and in Paris, all year round.

31/07/2025

| Italy & France | Oct 2025 | Part 1



Dear Friends, Colleagues, Followers, feel free to book your Shopping individual (you alone or you with 1 - 2 your friends, business partners, bf, gf, family members) slots with me a little bit in advance -- ideally, 2 months before the dates you prefer. Try spontaneously as well -- for tomorrow, or a week before XMas, and let's see!

Please check out for updates through the year, following the above mentioned hashtags or using them as links to posts, in particular, re: occasions suitable to visit N , Rome, Paris, South of and combine them with Shopping.

1st week of Oct 2025 (part 1)

With me in:

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if you're in business and visiting in , , Oct 1 - 2

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if you attend 36th of British & Irish -- at the Belle Époque seaside resort, favored by British & American elites since the late 19th century -- in Bretagne, N-W of France, English Channel coast, Oct 1 - 5, with jury chaired this year by Rupert Everett

/ Northern Italy:
if you extend your stay after , closing Sep 27

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I'll accompany your shopping, carefully guiding you through choices as a good friend, navigating itinerary flexibly and independently, only in your interests, keeping your side in dealing with stores, doing my best at the intersection of shopping support, personal shopping, and fashion sourcing, -- as an ex- Luxury Store Co-Owner, Co-Founder, as a merchant, and a design-, aesthetics-, style- thinking straight male. I'll help you in , flagship stores, and in various locations: in (and around) Milan, , , , on the , near the Italian border with France and a stone's throw from , , , and in Paris, all year round.



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30/07/2025

Shopping |

"Hermès sales rose 9 per cent in the second quarter, ... as wealthy shoppers continued to shell out for its high-end bags. ... ... Hermès, the group behind Kelly and Birkin bags, is one of the industry’s most resilient performers due to its ultra-wealthy customer base and carefully controlled supply of its most in-demand handbags — which start at around €10,000 — resulting in demand that outstrips supply."

Via Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/b0159438-86c8-411e-989e-2888ed15712a

Demand for high-end handbags drives 9% sales growth in second quarter as luxury group defies industry downturn

23/07/2025

: I look at such news (Yahoo Finance via Reuters, see below) and statements soberly and with considerable skepticism.

On the one hand, this is an objective stock market situation and statistics. On the other hand, I know the client.

The thing is that the consumer is not a rational person. He is ripe for consuming luxury for aesthetic, perfectionist reasons, and a host of other factors that he cannot explain. He has not had to consume luxury as something unnecessary and superfluous up until now, so why on earth would he use it less in the future?

I see it this way: the fluctuations in the stocks of luxury fashion houses are more related to where exactly they will sell their things.

Of course, the lion's share of buyers, in quantity, who make the statistics and huge part of turnover, are clients who leave x,### euros. If they get tired of the markups, they will switch to . But the thing is, they are there anyway. They just switch between seasonal sales and outlets all year round.

Those clients whose well-being is directly affected by the stock market, and whose fortune fluctuates with any news, spend x - a low xx% of their income on all their daily expenses, incl. . Their frugality and cautious restraint are a myth. A check for shopping from xx,### euros is an everyday occurrence, not therapy, no longer self-affirmation, but a given, a habit, a way of life, like a favorite milk or type of cheese, nothing special, not an event. They are in all year round, they can be gambling during seasonal sales, they can also take an extra couple of suitcases in outlets.

Here, there is still huge room for maneuver for any client.

For brands, as it seems to me, the following is important now: the legendary should try to experiment and not be boring, but also not completely dilute the brand (well said, how to do it? )). Those who have chosen to be legendary and recognizably stable, realize that they are (in the best sense of the word) boring, and that a significant part of their sales will move to outlets (their collections are recognizable and not very different). Young and emerging brands should be patient and focus on unprecedentedly high quality. Quality, cut, feeling, mood, talent in every line (we can't simplify it just to the image they built) -- these are the outposts of luxury, almost inaccessible to the premium segment and absolutely -- to the mass one. It will take years to deserve what is now inherent in big brands, but it is worth it!

In addition to distributing customers through familiar sales channels, I think clientele will optimize their spending by visiting the original source, the birthplace of luxury -- France and Italy -- where the assortment, authenticity, price, and for many -- tax-free as well -- will be combined with the enjoyment of culture, sun, sea, beauty in the broadest sense of the word

PARIS (Reuters) -LVMH and Kering are expected to report another drop in quarterly sales, deepening investor worries about a prolonged downturn in the $400 billion luxury market as brands face the threat of hefty U.S. import tariffs. The results, kicking off with LVMH on Thursday, will likely show th...

10/04/2025

mood in just one picture (No. 001)

-- via Reuters, Apr 10, 2025 (picture's print-screen from 'LVMH finds making Louis Vuitton bags messy in Texas' article)

03/02/2025

My top 3 looks' choice among celebs @ :

1) ( ) 0:30, 2) ( ) 1:39, 3) ( ) 0:09

-- see printscreen below + video, both via Euronews: https://euronews.com/culture/2025/02/03/taylor-swift-gaga-and-cardi-b-the-best-dressed-celebs-at-grammys-2025?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

31/01/2025

Shopping |

I think (more or less) everything stays the same after Kering statement (below) re: sale of The Mall Luxury Outlets -- consisting now of , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , brands among others -- to US real estate investor.

The above-mentioned brands are available yet in both or one of the locations: near in and in on the , near the Italian border with and a stone's throw from , , and .

Drop me a line, to get and meet there, to experience the most and shop the best there together. I'll accompany your shopping, carefully guiding you through choices as a good friend, navigating itinerary flexibly and independently, only in your interests, keeping your side in dealing with stores, doing my best at the intersection of shopping support, personal shopping, and fashion sourcing, -- as an ex- Luxury Store Co-Owner, Co-Founder, as a merchant, and a design-, aesthetics-, style- thinking straight male. Aside from The Mall, I'll help you as well in other luxury outlets, flagship stores, and boutiques in , Florence, , , and , all year round. Feel free to get in touch before booking your plane or train seat to France or Italy, to check the dates a few weeks in advance!

As a world-class Luxury group, Kering promotes a modern and sustainable luxury at the service of creation that translates into unique and authentic experiences.

30/01/2025

Italian businesswoman & model Chiara Ferragni in little (almost) black dress | mini dress --
via InStyle Mexico:
https://instyle.mx/celebridades/todo-lo-que-paso-entre-chiara-ferragni-y-fedez/
(print-screen from the above-mentioned article)

24/01/2025

"Ultra High Het Worth Individuals represent just 3% of Tax Free shoppers in Rome, yet spent an impressive €14.1K per shopper over the last six months...", according to Jan 2025 post on LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/posts/global-blue_global-blue-key-destination-rome-activity-7287875750118998016-4lL8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop )

Printscreen from the above-mentioned post

26/11/2024

's Via Montenapoleone is the #1, Most Expensive Retail Destination in the World, in terms of rent for stores. Above NY, London, and HK's high streets. ' Avenue des Champs-Élysées is #5. For a reason. More about this + on the importance of physical presence in super-prime locations -- please read via Yahoo Finance and WWD below:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/milan-via-montenapoleone-most-expensive-202000772.html

The elegant Italian shopping street beat rivals in New York, London and Hong Kong, charging rents of $2,047 per square foot annually, according to Cushman & Wakefield's annual annual "Main Streets" report.