2011

SEPTEMBER
OPENING OF MARIA LUISA DOHA, QATAR 

Opening of our  Maria Luisa corner in the 51 East department store,  inside the Lagoona mall, with its amazing Zig-Zag towers, in partnership with Darwish holding, a new location to shop Maria Luisa and discover her favorite designers.

OCTOBER
OPENING OF MARIA LUISA ONLINE STORE

International fashion lovers don’t have to travel to Paris anymore to discover Maria Luisa’s selection
of fresh and new designers – it’s all a click away, through thecorner.com in partnership with
Yoox group.

From then on, Maria Luisa concentrates her Parisian activities on Printemps Haussmann
and her woldwide exposure through her shops abroad and the brand new website.

MARIA LUISA POUMAILOU BECOMES THE FASHION EDITOR OF PRINTEMPS AND
SETS UP HER NEW SHOP ON THE 2ND FLOOR OF PRINTEMPS HAUSSMANN

Maria Luisa brings her expertise to the prestigious parisian department store, and sets up a new Maria
Luisa boutique at the heart of the designer’s floor., a unique and never-seen been before collaboration.

LAUNCH OF THE MARIA LUISA COLLECTION FOR FALL-WINTER 2009-2010

Maria Luisa’s taste finally available with her own collection, with a simple motto “style for less”.

July
Opening of the womenswear store,
showcasing all the designers, shoes and accessories

7 rue Rouget de l’Isle (corner with Mont Thabor), Paris 1st.
For the first time, the whole of the womenswear selection displayed in the same space.

November
Opening of the Maria Luisa boutique

Doha, Qatar

Opening of the 1st Maria Luisa abroad

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
In partnership with Sidefame Corp., Maria Luisa brings her particular vision of fashion to Hong Kong, reflecting the free spirit of the parisian stores : well-known brands (Givenchy, Margiela…) displayed alongside younger brands (Charles Anastase, Marios Schwab) with always the same concern of modernity.

Opening of the accessory store

40 rue du Mont Thabor, Paris 1st.
A jewel-like shop for Manolo Blahnik creations, as well as Pierre Hardy & Alaïa.

Opening of the “Mixte” store

38 rue du Mont Thabor, Paris 1st.
The store on rue Cambon cannot hold all the emerging talents anymore : hence a new space for new menswear and womenswear brands such as Bernhard Willhelm, Charles Anastase, Eley Kishimoto, Undercover…

Opening of the menswear store

38, (then 19 bis) rue du Mont Thabor, Paris 1st.
The designers of the first years have grown up and expanded with menswear : Ann Demeulemeester, Margiela… but new talents come out like Raf Simons…

Opening of the first shoe store

4 rue Cambon, Paris 1st.
For the first time in France, and in exclusivity, Manolo Blahnik shoes.

Opening of the first boutique

2 rue Cambon Paris 1st.
All the most outstanding designers in the last 20 years have been sold – usually since their first collection – in the flagship store rue Cambon : Belgians (Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester…), French (Gaultier, Colonna, Sitbon…), British (Galliano, A. McQueen, Chalayan, Westwood…), the second wave of Belgians (AF Vandevorst, Branquinho, O. Theyskens, Haider Ackermann…), the young British (C. Kane, Marios Schwab), Japanese (Comme des Garçons, Yamamoto), les inclassables (Alaia, Rick Owens, Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière, Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci…). By nature, this list remains open…