UNIQLO Unveils the World Premiere

UNIQLO Unveils the World Premiere

“Ines de La Fressange 2015 Fall/Winter Collection”

The fourth consecutive seasonal collaboration

Bangkok, 2 September 2015 – UNIQLO has offered the world the first glimpse of its exclusive “Ines de La Fressange 2015 Fall/Winter” collection – the fourth consecutive seasonal collaboration with global fashion icon Ines de La Fressange and a follow-up to the previous season’s successful collection. The 2015 Fall/Winter range continues to embrace UNIQLO’s “LifeWear” concept, prioritizing comfort along with design, everyday practicality, and affordable prices in order to fulfill all lifestyle needs and blur the line between sportswear and casual apparels.

For this Fall/Winter 2015 collection, Ines has crafted a range of graceful, elegant looks for women worldwide with hues inspired by French nature and lifestyles – including colors like Forest Green and Vin Chaud as well as other vibrant tones. Employing materials like wool and various natural fabrics, Ines’ latest creations are set to add to the beauty of snowbound terrain under wintry skies with the sophisticated touch of femininity – a subject often explored by legendary motion picture directors Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard and a major influence on modern fashion and culture.

In addition to her legacy as a muse for countless world-class designers, Ines de La Fressange is a businesswoman, designer, and fashion icon with a unique sense of style and creativity. Her works seamlessly blend comfort and simplicity, informed with a dash of femininity, with smart, masculine tailoring to create Parisian Chic looks that have inspired women the world over.

“Together with Ines, we have created collections of the finest clothing for women worldwide,” said Takahiro Nishimura, Chief Operating Officer of UNIQLO (Thailand) Ltd., of the latest seasonal collaboration. “These ranges allow women to truly express their identities through the lens of Parisian fashion. Our goal above all is for each and every piece to lend its wearer a touch of distinctive, natural charm.”

Full range of elegant, meticulously-crafted designs

For this season, Ines combined nostalgia with fresh impressions, by creating an array of sweaters that accentuate femininity. She has revived 1950s and 1960s vintage ski sweaters through cable knitting, Nordic patterns, and her beloved fawn motif. Additionally, the Fall/Winter 2015 collection boasts items crafted from wool and various natural fabrics in shapes and colors that will liven up snowy, wintry climes. Ines has adopted the joyful creative freedom evident in the fashion of the 1950s as the inspiration behind items such as berets, short cut skirts, and dresses that emphasize the waist in the style of post-liberation France. The use of checkered patterns, meanwhile, brings to mind the tablecloths found in cozy, wood-paneled French cafés.

Meanwhile, Ines’ Fall/Winter 2015 jackets retain traditional tailoring while still offering modern comforts that all women want. One jacket resembles Harris Tweed yet employs amazingly soft wool. Another is a reversible jacket that is as light as a cardigan. New additions to the Fall/Winter 2015 collection are cropped length jackets that are easy to pair with this season's extensive range of skirts.

The collection’s many hues convey warmth and femininity against the backdrop of winter, adding deep green and red – inspired by France’s natural beauty and warm wines – to Ines’ signature indigo.

The exclusive “Ines de La Fressange 2015 Fall/Winter” collection is making its world premiere today at UNIQLO Emquartier. The range will be available at UNIQLO CentralWorld on September 4, 2015.

Born into an aristocratic family in France in 1957, Ines de la Fressange grew up in the south of France before finishing her studies in Paris and making her debut in the fashion industry.

Ines began her career as an international Top Model in 1975, quickly walking the most famous catwalks and becoming Karl Lagerfeld’s muse and Chanel’s star model from 1983 until 1990. A true fashion icon, she was chosen by the French government in 1989 to become the symbol of the French Republic and the face of the Marianne statue.

Ines is also active as a designer, journalist, author, and fashion consultant, and in 2010 was selected as a member of L'Oréal's ‘Dream Team’. Her book ‘Parisian Chic’ has been translated into 17 languages, with more than a million copies sold worldwide.

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About UNIQLO and Fast Retailing

UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., a leading global Japanese retail holding company that designs, manufactures and sells clothing under seven main brands: Comptoir des Cotonniers, GU, Helmut Lang, J Brand, Princesse tam.tam, Theory, and UNIQLO. With global sales of approximately 1.38 trillion yen for the 2014 fiscal year ending August 31, 2014 (US $13.3 billion, calculated in yen using the end of August 2014 rate of $1 = 103.74 yen), Fast Retailing is one of the world’s largest apparel retail companies, and UNIQLO is Japan’s leading specialty retailer.

UNIQLO continues to open large-scale stores in some of the world's most important cities and locations, as part of its ongoing efforts to solidify its status as a truly global brand. Today the company has a total of more than 1,500 stores in 16 markets worldwide including Japan, Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K. and the U.S. In addition, Grameen UNIQLO, a social business established in Bangladesh in September 2010, currently operates several Grameen UNIQLO stores in Dhaka. UNIQLO manages an integrated business model under which it designs, manufactures, markets and sells high-quality, casual apparel. The company believes that truly great clothes should be supremely comfortable, feature universal designs, are of high quality and offer a superb fit to everyone who wears them.

With a corporate statement committed to changing clothes, changing conventional wisdom and change the world, Fast Retailing is dedicated to creating great clothing with new and unique value to enrich the lives of people everywhere. For more information about UNIQLO and Fast Retailing, please visit www.uniqlo.com and www.fastretailing.com.

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