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Sophie Doran

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Valentino Garavani unveiled a game changer this week in New York, launching fashion’s first virtual museum, in the form of a downloadable desktop application

Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.

PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.

In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”

The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris

Valentino Garavani unveiled a game changer this week in New York, launching fashion’s first virtual museum, in the form of a downloadable desktop application

Hugh Jackman, Valentino Garavani, Anne Hathaway and Giancarlo Giammetti unveil The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum at New York’s MoMA

Valentino Garavani unveiled a game changer this week in New York, launching fashion’s first virtual museum, in the form of a downloadable desktop application

Fashion exhibitions became an increasingly important part of the luxury communications landscape in 2011. For consumers, it has become clear that they are an increasingly popular medium in which to experience luxury, couture and outstanding craftsmanship.

The Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty installation – staged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York – was first extended one week and then, in a first for the museum, remained open until midnight to cope with the overwhelming demand. The exhibition was viewed by a total of 661,509 visitors, making it the eighth most popular Met exhibit of all time, up there with Tutankhamen.

This exhibition feels particularly timely again, as Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti unveiled fashion’s first virtual museum yesterday in New York. When listening to the passionate team speak during the launch, all I could think was that exhibitions like Savage Beauty will never be restricted to one city again, nor will they ever have to close.

Instead, the richness of couture and haute design will be experienced in three-dimensions and accessed on a global scale, where garments are experienced from the start of the creative process to the end, and archives are constantly updated. These are the kind of possibilities brought to life by the launch of the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum, where currently 300 of Valentino’s creations are housed in a virtual gallery space, incorporating everything from sketches to toiles to realisation and appearances on the red carpet.

Part history book, part exhibition and 100 percent engagement, the imagination runs wild at the thought of luxury brands – with their rich archives, heritage and marketing budgets – can and will do with this technology.

Valentino Garavani, Virtual Museum

Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti have unveiled a 3D virtual showcase for the archives of the Italian fashion house bearing Valentino’s name, entitled The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum. The virtual museum comes in the form of a downloadable desktop application for Macs and PCs, wherein users navigate through galleries covering 10,000 square metres, containing over 5,000 images. Around 300 dresses are on display, some of which can be rotated in 3-D.

The portal also contains past collections of sketches, illustrations, advertising campaigns and editorials, celebrities and events, showcasing the complete lifecycle of each dress.

Press Conference: YouTube
Source: International Business Times

Bell & Ross, f-Commerce

Bell & Ross have integrated its online boutique into its Facebook page, allowing fans to directly access the latest information on the brand, as well as search for favourite models, share them and purchase them directly. By clicking on the “e-Boutique” tab on the brand’s Facebook page, users can access the entire collection of Bell & Ross watches, currently shipping to 17 countries.

Website: facebook.com/BellRossWatches
Source: World Tempus

Zegna, Virtual Fitting Room

Adding to the recent launch of Ermenegildo Zegna’s digital flagship, the brand has added Virtual Fitting Room technology by Fits.me. The bio-robotic virtual fitting room enables a customer to view how the clothes would fit their body by seeing the garment on a robotic mannequin that mimics body shape.

Source: JustLuxe

Burberry, Google+

It is of little surprise that Burberry were the first luxury brand to launch on Google + for Business, nor was it a surprise to learn that the digital pioneer was already listed in 3500+ circles, less than 24 hours after making its debut. Brands listed on Google + can be recommended by fans with a 1, or more permanently, added to a circle. Google have also included Google pages to its influential search results.

Source: Fashionably Marketing Me

Corum, iPad

Swiss watchmaker Corum has joined the world of digital tablets, launching a dynamic iPad application, inviting users to discover its world through collections, current news and a competition. The collection is presented using a digital mood selector, whereby users select from a range of key words related to atmosphere and emotion, and are then presented with the watch that best suits him or her.

Timepieces can also be browsed in the style of a catalogue, whilst the retailers section lists points of sale and uses geo-localisation to identify the nearest outlets. Corum enthusiasts can also try their hand at the Flag Game competition, to win a weekend for two people at an America’s Cup World Series event, or share their favourite watches or features on Facebook and email.

Website & Source: www.corum.ch
Download: Corum for iPad

Chanel, Facebook, Augmented Reality, Microsite

Chanel has launched a photo booth application on Facebook, to celebrate the launch of Coco Rouge Shine. Users with webcams can pose for a series of four photographs, decorate them and share on their Facebook walls. They are then instructed to pick a tint, and one of the four shade names of the lipsticks, which are then superimposed on the print.

The brand has also launched an application for the iPad and iPhone – in English and Chinese – dedicated to the J12 watch collection. The free application details the J12 collections – including the Marine, Rétrograde Mystérieuse and Chromatic – and incorporates augmented reality technology so that users can virtually try each timepiece on.

Finally, Chanel has launched www.culture-chanel.com, celebrating the brand’s heritage and iconic Chanel products, where visitors can engage in crafts and games and fully immerse themselves in the brand’s world. The site is designed to run in conjunction with its physical exhibitions, most currently being shown in Beijing.

Website: facebook.com/chanel
Website: culture.chanel.com
Download: Chanel J12
Source: Luxury Daily

Oscar de la Renta, F-Commerce

Oscar de la Renta made headlines as the first luxury brand to launch a Facebook commerce, or F-commerce, initiative contained entirely on the social medium. In conjunction with social commerce solution 8thBridge, the brand unveiled its Facebook shopping experience to its 280,000+ followers, offering the Esprit d’Oscar solid perfume ring for sale, exclusively through the worlds largest social network.

Source: WWD

Montblanc, e-Commerce

Montblanc has launched its first ever e-commerce website, allowing consumers full access to Montblanc’s product range of timepieces, writing instruments, men’s and women’s jewellery, eyewear, fragrance and leather goods. The first global Montblanc e-commerce site links back to a Montblanc brand site, where users can learn more about the brand’s history and explore Montblanc’s special commitment to cultural advancement around the world.

Website: world.montblanc.com
Source: Diamond News

For our complete 2011 series of The Latest Digital, please see our past editions as follows:

The Latest Digital, Dior, DeBeers & Louis Vuitton
The Latest Digital, Moncler, Marni & Theirry Mugler
The Latest Digital, Balenciaga, Elie Saab & Zegna
The Latest Digital, Hublot, Dolce & Gabbana & Fabergé
The Latest Digital, Harrods, Heesen & Starwood Hotels
The Latest Digital, Calvisius Caviar, Magellan Jets & Chanel
The Latest Digital, Porsche, Lanvin & Tag Heuer
The Latest Digital, Imagine Fashion, BMW & Mr Porter
The Latest Digital, IWC, Louis Vuitton and Swarovski
The Latest Digital, BMW, Jimmy Choo and St Regis

As well as some of our key insights and analysis into digital and luxury in 2011:

How the Luxury Industry is Using the iPad
The Post-Advertising Age: Jim Boulton, Story Worldwide
Augmenting Luxury Realities: Jonathan Chippindale, Holition
Social Media and Luxury Brands in China

Sophie Doran
Sophie Doran

Creative Strategist, Digital

Sophie Doran is currently Senior Creative Strategist, Digital at Karla Otto. Prior to this role, she was the Paris-based editor-in-chief of Luxury Society. Prior to joining Luxury Society, Sophie completed her MBA in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on luxury brand dynamics and leadership, whilst simultaneously working in management roles for several luxury retailers.

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The Latest Digital, Chanel, Valentino & Montblanc

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Sophie Doran

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This is the featured image caption
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Valentino Garavani unveiled a game changer this week in New York, launching fashion’s first virtual museum, in the form of a downloadable desktop application

Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.

PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.

In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”

The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris

Valentino Garavani unveiled a game changer this week in New York, launching fashion’s first virtual museum, in the form of a downloadable desktop application

Hugh Jackman, Valentino Garavani, Anne Hathaway and Giancarlo Giammetti unveil The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum at New York’s MoMA

Valentino Garavani unveiled a game changer this week in New York, launching fashion’s first virtual museum, in the form of a downloadable desktop application

Fashion exhibitions became an increasingly important part of the luxury communications landscape in 2011. For consumers, it has become clear that they are an increasingly popular medium in which to experience luxury, couture and outstanding craftsmanship.

The Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty installation – staged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York – was first extended one week and then, in a first for the museum, remained open until midnight to cope with the overwhelming demand. The exhibition was viewed by a total of 661,509 visitors, making it the eighth most popular Met exhibit of all time, up there with Tutankhamen.

This exhibition feels particularly timely again, as Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti unveiled fashion’s first virtual museum yesterday in New York. When listening to the passionate team speak during the launch, all I could think was that exhibitions like Savage Beauty will never be restricted to one city again, nor will they ever have to close.

Instead, the richness of couture and haute design will be experienced in three-dimensions and accessed on a global scale, where garments are experienced from the start of the creative process to the end, and archives are constantly updated. These are the kind of possibilities brought to life by the launch of the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum, where currently 300 of Valentino’s creations are housed in a virtual gallery space, incorporating everything from sketches to toiles to realisation and appearances on the red carpet.

Part history book, part exhibition and 100 percent engagement, the imagination runs wild at the thought of luxury brands – with their rich archives, heritage and marketing budgets – can and will do with this technology.

Valentino Garavani, Virtual Museum

Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti have unveiled a 3D virtual showcase for the archives of the Italian fashion house bearing Valentino’s name, entitled The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum. The virtual museum comes in the form of a downloadable desktop application for Macs and PCs, wherein users navigate through galleries covering 10,000 square metres, containing over 5,000 images. Around 300 dresses are on display, some of which can be rotated in 3-D.

The portal also contains past collections of sketches, illustrations, advertising campaigns and editorials, celebrities and events, showcasing the complete lifecycle of each dress.

Press Conference: YouTube
Source: International Business Times

Bell & Ross, f-Commerce

Bell & Ross have integrated its online boutique into its Facebook page, allowing fans to directly access the latest information on the brand, as well as search for favourite models, share them and purchase them directly. By clicking on the “e-Boutique” tab on the brand’s Facebook page, users can access the entire collection of Bell & Ross watches, currently shipping to 17 countries.

Website: facebook.com/BellRossWatches
Source: World Tempus

Zegna, Virtual Fitting Room

Adding to the recent launch of Ermenegildo Zegna’s digital flagship, the brand has added Virtual Fitting Room technology by Fits.me. The bio-robotic virtual fitting room enables a customer to view how the clothes would fit their body by seeing the garment on a robotic mannequin that mimics body shape.

Source: JustLuxe

Burberry, Google+

It is of little surprise that Burberry were the first luxury brand to launch on Google + for Business, nor was it a surprise to learn that the digital pioneer was already listed in 3500+ circles, less than 24 hours after making its debut. Brands listed on Google + can be recommended by fans with a 1, or more permanently, added to a circle. Google have also included Google pages to its influential search results.

Source: Fashionably Marketing Me

Corum, iPad

Swiss watchmaker Corum has joined the world of digital tablets, launching a dynamic iPad application, inviting users to discover its world through collections, current news and a competition. The collection is presented using a digital mood selector, whereby users select from a range of key words related to atmosphere and emotion, and are then presented with the watch that best suits him or her.

Timepieces can also be browsed in the style of a catalogue, whilst the retailers section lists points of sale and uses geo-localisation to identify the nearest outlets. Corum enthusiasts can also try their hand at the Flag Game competition, to win a weekend for two people at an America’s Cup World Series event, or share their favourite watches or features on Facebook and email.

Website & Source: www.corum.ch
Download: Corum for iPad

Chanel, Facebook, Augmented Reality, Microsite

Chanel has launched a photo booth application on Facebook, to celebrate the launch of Coco Rouge Shine. Users with webcams can pose for a series of four photographs, decorate them and share on their Facebook walls. They are then instructed to pick a tint, and one of the four shade names of the lipsticks, which are then superimposed on the print.

The brand has also launched an application for the iPad and iPhone – in English and Chinese – dedicated to the J12 watch collection. The free application details the J12 collections – including the Marine, Rétrograde Mystérieuse and Chromatic – and incorporates augmented reality technology so that users can virtually try each timepiece on.

Finally, Chanel has launched www.culture-chanel.com, celebrating the brand’s heritage and iconic Chanel products, where visitors can engage in crafts and games and fully immerse themselves in the brand’s world. The site is designed to run in conjunction with its physical exhibitions, most currently being shown in Beijing.

Website: facebook.com/chanel
Website: culture.chanel.com
Download: Chanel J12
Source: Luxury Daily

Oscar de la Renta, F-Commerce

Oscar de la Renta made headlines as the first luxury brand to launch a Facebook commerce, or F-commerce, initiative contained entirely on the social medium. In conjunction with social commerce solution 8thBridge, the brand unveiled its Facebook shopping experience to its 280,000+ followers, offering the Esprit d’Oscar solid perfume ring for sale, exclusively through the worlds largest social network.

Source: WWD

Montblanc, e-Commerce

Montblanc has launched its first ever e-commerce website, allowing consumers full access to Montblanc’s product range of timepieces, writing instruments, men’s and women’s jewellery, eyewear, fragrance and leather goods. The first global Montblanc e-commerce site links back to a Montblanc brand site, where users can learn more about the brand’s history and explore Montblanc’s special commitment to cultural advancement around the world.

Website: world.montblanc.com
Source: Diamond News

For our complete 2011 series of The Latest Digital, please see our past editions as follows:

The Latest Digital, Dior, DeBeers & Louis Vuitton
The Latest Digital, Moncler, Marni & Theirry Mugler
The Latest Digital, Balenciaga, Elie Saab & Zegna
The Latest Digital, Hublot, Dolce & Gabbana & Fabergé
The Latest Digital, Harrods, Heesen & Starwood Hotels
The Latest Digital, Calvisius Caviar, Magellan Jets & Chanel
The Latest Digital, Porsche, Lanvin & Tag Heuer
The Latest Digital, Imagine Fashion, BMW & Mr Porter
The Latest Digital, IWC, Louis Vuitton and Swarovski
The Latest Digital, BMW, Jimmy Choo and St Regis

As well as some of our key insights and analysis into digital and luxury in 2011:

How the Luxury Industry is Using the iPad
The Post-Advertising Age: Jim Boulton, Story Worldwide
Augmenting Luxury Realities: Jonathan Chippindale, Holition
Social Media and Luxury Brands in China

Sophie Doran
Sophie Doran

Creative Strategist, Digital

Sophie Doran is currently Senior Creative Strategist, Digital at Karla Otto. Prior to this role, she was the Paris-based editor-in-chief of Luxury Society. Prior to joining Luxury Society, Sophie completed her MBA in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on luxury brand dynamics and leadership, whilst simultaneously working in management roles for several luxury retailers.

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