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Article: MARC JACOBS' NEW STORE BRINGS SPRING TO LONDON'S MAYFAIR.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- February 15, 2007
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Byline: Samantha Conti
LONDON - Marc Jacobs may well be the only man in London with a spring garden in full bloom.
The designer's first store here opened on Mayfair's Mount Street earlier this week, its windows crammed with tulips, roses, daffodils, daisies and hydrangeas.
"We must have bought up every flower in London, but in some cases, we needed to fake it: Hydrangeas don't bloom in the spring, and there wasn't one fake lilac to be found in this entire town," said Robert Duffy, president of Marc Jacobs, during a walk-through.
The store, which spans 2,700 square feet, carries the full Marc Jacobs range, as well as a string of ...