Ami Is Seeking Investors for Next Expansion Phase: Sources
PARIS — Ami designer Alexandre Mattiussi has generated considerable heat for his young label lately, and the company is talking to potential investors to fuel future expansion, WWD has learned. According to sources, the fashion house, which is majority-owned by Mattiussi and chief executive officer Nicolas Santi-Weil, has held discussions with potential investors including family offices, strategics and private equity funds. One source said it has mandated Lazard for a potential deal. It has been a blockbuster anniversary year for Ami — not everyone celebrates nine years, but designer Mattiussi considers it his lucky number — which has ignited interest in Asia, and further afield, following a tour of Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo in October. Following a Paris street-themed fashion show in Shanghai, the brand took to Seoul and Tokyo, where it opened pop-up stores. Rounding out the celebrations was the men’s show last week, at the start of Paris Fashion Week Men’s. Held at Trianon, a 19th-century theater and concert hall near Montmartre, Mattiussi sent out a coed lineup that updated Sixties looks with an androgynous bent, and arranged models on a Paris street scene in the finale. The brand has garnered attention beyond Asia and Europe as well, and has been worn byFollow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
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