The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré inspired boutique is the newest addition to the block of named and removable stores in Greenbelt 3
Roger Vivier, known as the Fabergé of shoes, has just waltzed through the Manila metro like Josephine Baker strolling through a theater in Montmarte with the extraordinary fanfare of a cheetah on a leash, that is to say if the late Vogue editor Diana Vreeland wasn’t exaggerating the truth, as she claimed she “always” did, in her riveting 1984 autobiography DV.
But Roger Vivier, father of the Aiguille stiletto launched in 1954 and the sinuous Virgule heel, more commonly called “curved heel”, emblem of French chic, indeed entered the Manila metro where, through his luxury house, he found pride of place in a 100 square meter inspired boutique on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré along Ayala Malls at Greenbelt 3 in Makati City.
Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Princess Soraya of Iran and Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, walk around in incredibly thin heels. The same goes for 25-year-old Queen Elizabeth II or herself, for whom Roger Vivier created bespoke ruby-encrusted gold leather pumps for her coronation as British monarch on June 2, 1953. Incorporated with a fleur-de-lys motif to match the imperial crown she wore during the Westminster Abbey ceremony, the royal shoe made a comeback in 2020, reinvented 67 years later as “the Vivier Queen Sandal ” by the current creative director of Roger Vivier, Gherardo Felloni.
But let’s not go back too far in time, because part of the Vivier show as it heads to Manila is a coterie of style stars like Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Freida Pinto, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes, Marion Cotillard and Scarlett Johansson.
Roger Vivier, the fashion house, showed just how optimistic it is with expanding its retail presence in Southeast Asia by unveiling its first boutique in the heart of Metro Manila. The store opened in late October, the newest addition to the removable named store block at Greenbelt 3, which has repositioned itself as a hotspot on par with the luxury capitals of the world.
The boutique’s offering, designed to replicate the flagship in Paris with the iconic Viv Choc bag and Strass Buckle bag dazzling and shimmering across the window, is all the latest from Roger Vivier, not just the shoes, formals on the street, but also bags, small leather goods and accessories.
The iconic buckle is all over the Greenbelt store, retro on some and updated on others. After all, the buckle, which debuted alongside Yves Saint-Laurent’s Mondrian collection in 1965, is a Vivier signature, as is every exquisite silhouette the luxury house has ever launched into the world in constant evolution of women, from Roger Vivier to Bruno Frisoni via Gherardo. Felloni, who joined the house in March 2018.
I review my sketches hundreds of times because I want to make sure that the idea I have in mind is correct and respects the architecture of the foot. —Roger Vivier
The pieces, whether shoes, bags or accessories, undergo the same permutations that women have undergone since Roger Vivier, born in 1907, after a dazzling passage as a shoemaker for the theatre, opened his shoe salon on rue Royale in Paris in 1937.
Now, as then, every Roger Vivier shoe is built to stand the test of time, from the classic Belle Vivier pumps, which debuted the buckle in 1965 as foot jewelry, to the sporty Viv Run trainers and the Flower Strass, favorite of celebrities. heels.
Have a piece of the quintessential styles that made Roger Vivier history at your feet in his new Manila home.
The Roger Vivier Boutique at Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center Malls is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. rogervivier.com
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The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré inspired boutique is the newest addition to the block of named and removable stores in Greenbelt 3
Roger Vivier, known as the Fabergé of shoes, has just waltzed through the Manila metro like Josephine Baker strolling through a theater in Montmarte with the extraordinary fanfare of a cheetah on a leash, that is to say if the late Vogue editor Diana Vreeland wasn’t exaggerating the truth, as she claimed she “always” did, in her riveting 1984 autobiography DV.
But Roger Vivier, father of the Aiguille stiletto launched in 1954 and the sinuous Virgule heel, more commonly called “curved heel”, emblem of French chic, indeed entered the Manila metro where, through his luxury house, he found pride of place in a 100 square meter inspired boutique on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré along Ayala Malls at Greenbelt 3 in Makati City.
Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Princess Soraya of Iran and Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, walk around in incredibly thin heels. The same goes for 25-year-old Queen Elizabeth II or herself, for whom Roger Vivier created bespoke ruby-encrusted gold leather pumps for her coronation as British monarch on June 2, 1953. Incorporated with a fleur-de-lys motif to match the imperial crown she wore during the Westminster Abbey ceremony, the royal shoe made a comeback in 2020, reinvented 67 years later as “the Vivier Queen Sandal ” by the current creative director of Roger Vivier, Gherardo Felloni.
But let’s not go back too far in time, because part of the Vivier show as it heads to Manila is a coterie of style stars like Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Freida Pinto, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Alba, Katie Holmes, Marion Cotillard and Scarlett Johansson.
Roger Vivier, the fashion house, showed just how optimistic it is with expanding its retail presence in Southeast Asia by unveiling its first boutique in the heart of Metro Manila. The store opened in late October, the newest addition to the removable named store block at Greenbelt 3, which has repositioned itself as a hotspot on par with the luxury capitals of the world.
The boutique’s offering, designed to replicate the flagship in Paris with the iconic Viv Choc bag and Strass Buckle bag dazzling and shimmering across the window, is all the latest from Roger Vivier, not just the shoes, formals on the street, but also bags, small leather goods and accessories.
The iconic buckle is all over the Greenbelt store, retro on some and updated on others. After all, the buckle, which debuted alongside Yves Saint-Laurent’s Mondrian collection in 1965, is a Vivier signature, as is every exquisite silhouette the luxury house has ever launched into the world in constant evolution of women, from Roger Vivier to Bruno Frisoni via Gherardo. Felloni, who joined the house in March 2018.
I review my sketches hundreds of times because I want to make sure that the idea I have in mind is correct and respects the architecture of the foot. —Roger Vivier
The pieces, whether shoes, bags or accessories, undergo the same permutations that women have undergone since Roger Vivier, born in 1907, after a dazzling passage as a shoemaker for the theatre, opened his shoe salon on rue Royale in Paris in 1937.
Now, as then, every Roger Vivier shoe is built to stand the test of time, from the classic Belle Vivier pumps, which debuted the buckle in 1965 as foot jewelry, to the sporty Viv Run trainers and the Flower Strass, favorite of celebrities. heels.
Have a piece of the quintessential styles that made Roger Vivier history at your feet in his new Manila home.
The Roger Vivier Boutique at Greenbelt 3, Ayala Center Malls is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. rogervivier.com
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