It’s a bad time for our wallet and a happy one for our closest. Why, you ask? Because the last few months have seen some top-notch retail brands step into the Indian market and we’ve never been this excited. In fact, things are looking even better in the future with some of our favourites from Europe and USA promising to roll out their stores soon. It’s the season to shop and be merry!
JUST IN
Aeropostale
It’s official! The American casual wear brand is opening its first store in India early next month. Traditionally, Aeropostale caters primarily to teenagers and college students, both men and women. So in an effort to reach out to its target clientele and create a buzz here, the brand is already visiting colleges including SRCC, Sri Venkateswara College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and Hindu College among others.
The flagship store is slated to come up right next to the GAP showroom at Select Citywalk, which is already home to every fashion outlet you could think of. The store opens on November 7th at 11 am, so you know where to head for a pair of their famous Seriously Stretchy jeans. As a precursor to the launch, you can also catch Aerofest – an evening of music and fashion – on November 6th from 7pm onwards with performances by Anushka Manchanda and band, DJ Gouri and Aerocrew at Plaza Amphitheatre in the mall. We can’t wait.
Launch date: November 7th
Where: Select Citywalk, Saket
NOW OPEN
HM
We’d been awaiting the launch of this Swedish clothing and accessories brand for quite some time, and so was the rest of the city considering the reception they got on their opening weekend. Spread over 25,000 sq ft on 2 floors, this massive store has individual sections for men, women and kids. Quite predictably though, there’s more here for women – jackets, bags, shoes, dresses, blouses and the like. And the best part is that you don’t have to stretch your budget to afford these clothes with tees priced at Rs 399 onwards, trousers at Rs 699 onwards and accessories starting from Rs 149. However, if you have your eye set on one of their signature dresses, prepare to shell out over Rs 18,000. The brand plans to open about 50 stores in the country, and the next outlet is already coming up in Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj on November 7th.
P.S: GAP is also opening an outlet in the same mall on October 30th
COMING SOON
Remember the euphoria around the launch of Zara? Well, Inditex (that owns Zara) is now planning to bring in Spanish high-street brand Massimo Dutti as well. No details have emerged as of now about dates or location, but watch this space for more!
In other news, our favourite beauty and fragrance brand, Bath Body Works is also toying with the idea of setting up its first store in the country. It could take a few months for that to pan out, but in the meantime, you could pick up their stellar body lotions, perfumes, creams and body wash at this tiny outlet we stumbled upon in Khan Market.
It’s a bad time for our wallet and a happy one for our closest. Why, you ask? Because the last few months have seen some top-notch retail brands step into the Indian market and we’ve never been this excited. In fact, things are looking even better in the future with some of our favourites from Europe and USA promising to roll out their stores soon. It’s the season to shop and be merry!
JUST IN
Aeropostale
It’s official! The American casual wear brand is opening its first store in India early next month. Traditionally, Aeropostale caters primarily to teenagers and college students, both men and women. So in an effort to reach out to its target clientele and create a buzz here, the brand is already visiting colleges including SRCC, Sri Venkateswara College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and Hindu College among others.
The flagship store is slated to come up right next to the GAP showroom at Select Citywalk, which is already home to every fashion outlet you could think of. The store opens on November 7th at 11 am, so you know where to head for a pair of their famous Seriously Stretchy jeans. As a precursor to the launch, you can also catch Aerofest – an evening of music and fashion – on November 6th from 7pm onwards with performances by Anushka Manchanda and band, DJ Gouri and Aerocrew at Plaza Amphitheatre in the mall. We can’t wait.
Launch date: November 7th
Where: Select Citywalk, Saket
NOW OPEN
HM
We’d been awaiting the launch of this Swedish clothing and accessories brand for quite some time, and so was the rest of the city considering the reception they got on their opening weekend. Spread over 25,000 sq ft on 2 floors, this massive store has individual sections for men, women and kids. Quite predictably though, there’s more here for women – jackets, bags, shoes, dresses, blouses and the like. And the best part is that you don’t have to stretch your budget to afford these clothes with tees priced at Rs 399 onwards, trousers at Rs 699 onwards and accessories starting from Rs 149. However, if you have your eye set on one of their signature dresses, prepare to shell out over Rs 18,000. The brand plans to open about 50 stores in the country, and the next outlet is already coming up in Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj on November 7th.
P.S: GAP is also opening an outlet in the same mall on October 30th
COMING SOON
Remember the euphoria around the launch of Zara? Well, Inditex (that owns Zara) is now planning to bring in Spanish high-street brand Massimo Dutti as well. No details have emerged as of now about dates or location, but watch this space for more!
In other news, our favourite beauty and fragrance brand, Bath Body Works is also toying with the idea of setting up its first store in the country. It could take a few months for that to pan out, but in the meantime, you could pick up their stellar body lotions, perfumes, creams and body wash at this tiny outlet we stumbled upon in Khan Market.