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Saturday, 7 January 2006 | senay
Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani Opens
The First-Ever Wang Lifestyle Boutique in the World
Halekulani, Hawaii's leading luxury hotel and home of the globally acclaimed Vera Wang Suite, is pleased to announce the unveiling of the new Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani. The boutique, which opened on Friday, offers Vera Wang's luxurious lifestyle collections.
The elegant and intimate Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani showcases a broad range of luxury gifts representing Vera Wang's core design sensibilities. With a modern and understated color palette of Vera Wang's signature colors, the boutique integrates the sophistication of her flagship bridal salon on Madison Avenue in New York with the discreet detailing and local accents of the acclaimed Vera Wang Suite at Halekulani.
"I am thrilled at the opportunity to open the first-ever Vera Wang lifestyle boutique at Halekulani," said owner, Donna Bebber. "The collaboration of these two great entities is a union I am privileged to be a part of. I am confident that Ms. Wang's fashion-forward luxury goods, available only at the Halekulani boutique, will ignite a new sense of sophisticated lifestyle to our customer's spirit and home."
Ready to Wear - Vera Wang fashion and everyday style embody the essence of modernity, sophistication, and femininity. Selected items from the 2006 resort collection will be a highlight of the boutique's opening. In addition, the Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani will unveil Vera Wang's first lingerie collection in February 2006, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Sun Wear - A woman's face reflects her mood, her personality and her style, and Vera Wang Sun Wear communicates this belief through luxurious shapes, mediums, exceptional fit and proportion. Vera Wang Eyewear conveys elegance and sophistication. It is the ultimate in vision and style.
Fine Jewelry - Vera Wang Fine Jewelry will be available exclusively in Hawaii at the Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani. The boutique's selection will include signature styles from her expansive bridal collection, as well as feather, flower, bow, modern vintage and epoque designs from her fashion jewelry collection.
Fragrance - The Vera Wang fragrance is inspired by romance and passion. Incredibly intimate, yet nearly imperceptible, it evokes the senses through Bulgarian rose, calla lily, mandarin flower, gardenia, white stephanotis and sheer musks. The Vera Wang fragrance has achieved record-breaking success, receiving prestigious FIFI Awards for Best Fragrance and Best Packaging. The Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani is proud to offer the original fragrance, the limited edition Sheer Veil, and Vera Wang for Men.
Fine Papers - Vera Wang's influence extends to the personal art of letter-writing with the collection of boxed note cards, place cards, thank you notes, and other fine paper products. Highlighting the collections are delicately engraved icons, colorful grosgrain ribbon and linings inspired by colors and patterns found in Vera Wang's fashion collections.
Vera Wang China and Crystal - With classic elegance and modern sensibility, Vera Wang brings her signature style and unmatched sense of fashion to the table with the Vera Wang China and Crystal collection. Crafted for the realities of entertaining, Vera Wang China and Crystal offers sophisticated dinnerware patterns that are microwave and dishwasher safe. The introduction of lifestyle and gift items such as barware, votives, frames and vases expands the collection from bridal registry to a celebration of everyday living.
Vera Wang Silver and Gifts - Vera Wang combines classic proportion and detailing with her modern design aesthetic to present a collection of silver gifts that are youthful, stylish, and sophisticated. The Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani will carry a range of sterling silver, silver plate, metal, and leather items for the wedding day, the home and beyond. From toasting flutes and wine coasters to whimsical frames, boxes and baby gifts; the collection embodies Vera Wang's vision, one of alluring style matched with exquisite design and detail complimenting any setting from classic to contemporary.
"As we inaugurate the New Year, it is with great pleasure we announce this lifestyle extension of our innovative brand partnership with Vera Wang through her first-ever boutique, at Halekulani," said Peter Shaindlin, Chief Operating Officer, Hotels & Resorts of Halekulani. "We welcome not only our international in-house guests, but also those here in Oahu to indulge in this elegant retail experience."
Donna Bebber, owner of the Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani, has resided with her daughter in Hawaii for 23-years. Bebber is also currently the Director of Development for the Pearl Harbor Memorial Fund and Principal of Gemmon LLC. Prior, she held a seven-year tenure as Vice President of Development for the Honolulu Symphony.
Grand Opening celebrations for the Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani are scheduled for February 2006 and will feature a week of festivities benefiting several community arts organizations. Details are forthcoming.
ADI Design Group, Inc. of Honolulu was contracted to design and implement the innovative Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani.
The Vera Wang Boutique at Halekulani will offer seasonal promotions during Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, June weddings and the Holiday Season. For more information please call (808) 921-8100. Toll-free number and website information are forthcoming.
About Halekulani
Consistently ranked among the world's best hotels, Halekulani is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Okura Hotels & Resorts, two exclusive organizations pursuing service excellence and standards of the highest quality. This year, readers of Travel + Leisure ranked Halekulani as one of the top 25 hotels, while the Vera Wang Suite at Halekulani was named one of the 50 most romantic places. Also, the two year-old SpaHalekulani earned the coveted Mobil Four-Star rating in 2004 and 2005. Its fine dining restaurant La Mer is Hawaii's only AAA Five Diamond Restaurant, holding this esteemed rating for 16 consecutive years. The Leading Hotels of the World, ltd. has bestowed Halekulani with its annual Quality Award, making the Waikiki resort the only Leading Hotel to achieve this prestigious honor in either the United States or Canada.
Halekulani is managed by the Hotels and Resorts of Halekulani, a brand management division of the Honolulu-based Halekulani Corporation, which also manages Waikiki Parc Hotel. For reservations and information contact your travel planner or the hotel at (800) 367-2343 or (808) 923-2311. Reservations can also be made through Halekulani's website at http://www.halekulani.com.
About Vera Wang
Vera Wang Bridal House Ltd. designs, markets and distributes collections of women's bridal, maids and ready-to-wear apparel under the Vera Wang name. V.E.W. Ltd., the licensing division of the company, has selectively granted licenses for the manufacture and distribution of fragrance and beauty-related products (Lancaster Cosmetics International, a division of Coty, Inc.), footwear (Giuseppe Zanotti), furs (the Pologeorgis Furs), eyewear (Couteur Designs, a division of the Kenmark Group), china and crystal (Wedgwood), silver and gifts (Syratech), fine jewelry (Rosy Blue Fine), Vera Wang suite (Halekulani hotel), fine papers (William Arthur) and intimate apparel (Charles Komar & Sons). In addition, Vera Wang on Weddings was published by Harper Collins in 2001. For more information on Vera Wang, please visit the company's website at http://www.verawang.com.
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