An extraordinary event, in Croci Square, for the celebration of the opening of the new fashion boutique, Giglio Donna, completely renovated, expanded, and with the latest furnishings, thanks to the new upper floor.

The event, taking place on the 15 of March, started at 17.00 and finished at night, giving this prestigious goal, achieved by the Giglio family, the right prominence. The Giglios have always been one of the major fashion and luxury retailers’ point of reference.

On the occasion, an impressive structure in aluminium painted white, covered in crystals, was constructed at the center of Crispi square.  Inside it was recreated a magnificent and sophisticated lounge bar that held a numerous amount of personalities of the world of fashion, celebrities, journalists of the most important national papers, friends and regular customers.

The designer Eva Cavalli, the eclectic British designer, John Richmond, two big authorities in the world of the footwear and the design such as Paola Paciotti and Giuseppe Zanotti (Giuseppe Zanotti Design), the countess Marta Marzotto, the knight Tonino Perna, president of It Holding, the company among the more important of "made in Italy", the entrepreneur Saverio Moschillo (John Richmond) and Massimo Ferretti (Alberta Ferretti), the top managers of the most famous international brands such as Prada, Gucci, Valentino, Giorgio Armani, Emilio Pucci, and more, the actor Edoardo Costa, the super model Eva Riccobono, the dancer Eleonora Abbagnato, the photographer Marco Glaviano, more than twenty journalists and the representatives of the medias.

These were some of the most famous guest, joint to Palermo to be present at the events and celebrate together this important result, that for us and for our city is cause of great joy and pride.

During the event, a lot of guests were there to entertain the inside of the Ladies Boutique, admiring the clothes, the bags, the shoes and the accessories of the most important collections of international fashion like, Gucci, Dior, Prada, Armani, Pucci, Fendi, Cavalli, Versace and the many others that fill our windows and that, as always, represent the luxury in the world.

The new space puts in communication the already existent two boutiques that have been completely restructured, with a new upper level. The enlargement of the section is remarkable: the surface dedicated to the sales section is now surmountable, infact, 1200 square meters, that are completely dedicated to the collections of the most qualified names of the international fashion. The new Giglio Fashion Boutique represents, for dimension and number of designer labels proposed to the public, the biggest multilabels store in Italy, concerning luxury.

Two marvellous staircases of glass and one elevator in black lake, take to the superior floor, that is reserved for the ladies clothes section, while the lower level is dedicated to the display of shoes, bags and accessories for women of Gucci, Prada, Armani, Versace, Cavalli, Fendi and many other designer labels.

For the Spring Summer season, also two new prestigious brands: Zanotti Design and the world-famous Jimmy Choo, the shoes loved by the celebrities that has become famous thank to the TV serial "Sex And The City".

The realization of the boutique has been run by very important professionals: the Milanese art designer Maurizio Peregalli- that has worked with the Giglio family in many occasions, and has been taking care of the restyling of all the other sales points during the past years, - the Palermitano architects, Fabrizio Ferro and Mauro Ciriminna, as the Director of Work, the Milanese architect, Giorgio Brambilla, for the innovative study of the lighting techniques, the engineer Piero Brandi for the construction work, as well as numerous craftsmen from Palermo that have worked in an excellent way and we are particularly proud of.

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