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    • HOME
    • HISTOIRE BLANCHE
    • FROM OUR DESIGNERS
    • FASHION WEEK DESIGNERS
    • RETAIL ADVISORY
    • SHOPPING SALON
    • RUNWAY PRODUCTION
    • APPLY
    • PRESS ROOM
      • Editorials
      • Runway
HIGH
SOCIETY
  • HOME
  • HISTOIRE BLANCHE
  • FROM OUR DESIGNERS
  • FASHION WEEK DESIGNERS
  • RETAIL ADVISORY
  • SHOPPING SALON
  • RUNWAY PRODUCTION
  • APPLY
  • PRESS ROOM
    • Editorials
    • Runway

THE HIGH SOCIETY SHOPPING SALON

A CURATED PHYSICAL RETAIL EXPERIENCE FOR EMERGING DESIGNERS

 High Society Shopping Salons are curated retail experiences created for independent and emerging fashion brands seeking direct access to consumers without the long-term commitment of traditional rack rentals or fixed retail memberships. Held in leading fashion and shopping cities during key consumer periods, each salon combines runway presentation, brand storytelling and direct retail within one elevated environment. 


 A RETAIL SPACE BUILT AROUND YOUR BRAND

 

 The High Society Shopping Salon gives selected fashion brands the opportunity to sell their collections in a professionally merchandised physical retail environment without the cost and long-term commitment of opening their own store.  

 

Each participating designer receives a dedicated area styled around the identity, aesthetic and DNA of their label. Rather than placing collections into a generic shared retail environment, the salon allows each brand to maintain its own visual language while benefiting from the energy and visibility of a larger curated shopping experience.



 SEE IT. TRY IT. SHOP IT. 


Each salon begins with a short runway presentation, allowing guests to experience selected looks in motion before entering the retail space.

Guests can then:

  • discover the collection up close 
  • try on pieces 
  • Receive guidance from sales associates trained on each participating brand 
  • purchase available items 
  • place orders for unavailable sizes, colors or styles 
  • receive lookbooks and brand materials 
  • arrange follow-up fittings where appropriate

BE PART OF THE SALON

 Join a curated retail experience, test how your collection is received in the market, and connect with both invited private clients and public shoppers. 



PLEASE NOTE

Shopping Salon participation is a separate retail service and is not included within Histoire Blanche runway presentation packages unless specifically stated in the designer's agreement.

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THE HIGH SOCIETY SHOPPING SALON

WHO ATTENDS

   The salons are open to public shoppers while also supported by targeted outreach to private clients, fashion-focused consumers, retail professionals and selected industry guests. High Society promotes participating brands ahead of each event and may coordinate advance collection previews, private appointments or client outreach where appropriate.


 WHAT HIGH SOCIETY PROVIDES 


 Curated retail space
Brand-specific presentation areas
Sales associates trained on each participating collection
Security for guests and merchandise
Payment support for brands without existing point-of-sale systems
Guest hospitality including refreshments and champagne where appropriate
Curated music and guest atmosphere
Order-taking support
Customer-data capture with appropriate consent
Pre-event promotional activity
Premium gift-with-purchase experiences where applicable 

MARKET TESTING, NOT JUST SELLING

Understand How the Market Responds

 For an emerging designer, the Shopping Salon is also an opportunity to observe how a collection performs in a real consumer environment. Brands can gain useful insight into product interest, price sensitivity, sizing requests, most-requested styles, color preferences, customer questions and purchase versus special-order behavior. 


Brands can gain useful insight into:

Product interest
Price sensitivity
Sizing requests
Most-requested styles
Color preferences
Customer questions
Purchase versus special-order behavior


This gives designers valuable feedback before making larger retail, production or inventory commitments.

A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MULTI-BRAND RETAIL

Designed for brands that want to test, sell and learn—without committing to long-term overhead

Traditional multi-brand retail can require designers to commit to recurring rack rentals and minimum membership periods regardless of actual sales performance. High Society uses an event-driven model instead—concentrating retail activity around selected shopping periods rather than asking designers to maintain months of passive rack space. 

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