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#13

November 2013

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EditoBy Fabrice TaupinLicensing Director

All stories that we are proud to share with you - in details and in pictures - in this last 2013 Newsletter.2013 was also a year of celebration, with the organization of the first-ever Marie Claire Awards Ce-remony, that was held in Japan last May : a festive reunion with our 33 Japanese licensees ! Please check-out which companies received the first much coveted Clover Awards !

The Marie Claire team in Paris is also working on making 2014 a promising year, with special focus on Latin and South America, and other new territories. And we look forward to sharing all these new Marie Claire stories with you soon !In anticipation, best wishes to all of you for the new year to come !

It has been an exciting year 2013 at Marie Claire ; a year of challenges and great achievements :In Japan, where the new Marie Claire Style ma-gazine exceeded all forecasts and changed the vision of the local publishing industry ; and where a new Marie Claire store concept is now being introduced.And around the world, with the spectacular de-velopment of the Marie Claire Jewelry at U.S. Retailers, including the world-famous Macy’s department store in New York !

LICENSEE FOCUSInside out Living

LICENSEES’ NEWSMarie Claire concept store by Asahiya ShotenMarie Claire jewelry in Macy’s NY by Richline

DESIGNER TIPSLinea Pelle / FashionWeek NY

ICONICNew collections

SPECIAL EVENTClover Awards

PRESS CLIPPING

ABOUT THE MAGAZINEStylist Launch

INSIDE NEWSJapanese website renewalNew and renewed partnership

Licensee focusInside Out Living

Inside Out Living is Marie Claire Australian licensee for Furniture since 2008. Wholesaler & Manufactu-rer of Furniture in Australia, the company was established in 2002, with head office in Melbourne.

The whole range of products is designed in France by Marie Claire design team, developed in Austra-lia and produced in Vietnam and throughout Asia. Marie Claire Furniture embodies the Marie Claire brand Parisian essence with a beautiful collection of unique, high-quality designs for modern living.

The indoor furniture range includes dining tables, dining chairs, upholstered lounges & chairs, oc-casional furniture, bedroom suites. The Outdoor furniture range is made of lounges, dining tables & chairs, rugs.

The 1st collection reached the Australian market in 2011, with four indoor lines: “Ecologique”, “Poe-tique”, “Romantique” and “Iconique”. However, the official Marie Claire furniture launch took place during the Shanghai Furniture Fair in September 2012, featuring the above four indoor lines with four additional outdoor lines : “Corsica”, “Sirocco”, “Riviera”, “Metisse”.

The 2nd collection was presented at the Shanghai Furniture Fair last September 2013, with the fol-lowing new four Indoor lines: “Metro”, “Studio”, “Soho”, “Manhattan”.

Marie Claire furniture is currently sold mainly in Australia, Singapore, China and Turkey, and will soon reach new markets in Asia, America and the Middle East.

We are pleased to highlight the collaboration with Harvey Norman in Singapore, which lifestyle cata-logue “Timeless Parisienne Style” beautifully outlines the Marie Claire 2013 collection.

Licensees ' newsMarie Claire concept store by Asahiya Shoten

In August 2013, Asahiya Shoten opened a Marie Claire Concept store in KuLaSu season, located on the fifth floor of Namba Parks Shopping mall, in Osaka.

With an absolute innovating concept, curved lines, wooden and green materials, this shopping mall of eight levels with rooftop gardens and waterfall is a very original building and walking space in a busy area.

Within KuLaSu season (a bookstore with new concept combining books, gadgets, interior goods, culture center and café), the Marie Claire Concept store is a corner of about 40m2, with 300 referen-ces. It offers a beautiful assortment of Marie Claire products, as well as other additional references selected by Marie Claire artistic direction and buyers of KulaSu season. Among them : mugs, pouches,lunch boxes, tumblers, towels, travel bags...

Licensees ' newsMarie Claire jewelry in Macy’s NYby Richline

Macy’s Herald Square, originally known as the R. H. Macy and Company Store, is the flagship of Ma-cy’s department stores, located on Herald Square in Manhattan, New York City.

Macy’s revealed their brand new « Fashion Jewelry Department» a few weeks ago, which includes the Richline Marie Claire Chic collection. In this huge and beautiful new department, the Marie Claire Jewelry Collection has great placement and presence. Richline, Marie Claire Jewelry licensee for the USA, is already working on the next collections and plans further developments at retail.

Designer tipsLinea pelle - international leather fair in Bologna

Velvet touch:Nubucks, suede leathers on their way up - peach skin and brushed finishes for the mat aspect and softness on the touch - Furs have a hair aspect and the hairs are long ; accents on the raccoon, fox and Mongolian lamb - Brushed wools with soft touch like angora were often seen on jacquard and tartans - On wools and jacquards, multi colored threads come form a sweet and no frontier mix - Frin-ges get important this season - Everyday wear wool tissues get sober and commercial. Micro textures like chevron and 2/2 wooving can be samples on this king of relief.

Shine and transparency:Leathers are finished with wax in order to be bushed or unmasked before or after product realization. Effects can be shiny/mat, bi-tone, or simply tone on tone - Leathers and coated canvas on a pull up effect - Glazing process on all supports ; cowhide, goat or reptiles - Light and soft patents with a lot of transparency, profound finishes where you can see the grain and leather veins - Light and glossy films for an wet and liquid effect on woven wools and all other matte material - Mirror aspect on cowhide leathers as well as reptileS - Black oil stains and prism multicolored shine is also on vogue - Leathers and coated canvas with caviar / galuchat aspect on the micro texture trend.

Experiments:Back to back dovetailing with unexpected materials such as leather and woven wool giving relief to the leather and resistance to the wool - 3D relief on geometrical forms as leather and tissue finish - Micro textures give a living aspect to all one tone and plain materials - Wooving assembly of mat and shining materials such as velvet and patent.

Hardware: Metals on oxidized, brushed, premature aged finishes - Use of wood, stone and horns - Mix between noble materials and colored plexi resin- Iridescent and opal reflects.

By Camila MelloAccessories Designer

Designer tipsNew york Fashion week

During the New York fashion last September, Marie Claire design team focused on a few remarkable trends for the SS2014 season.Stilettos and derbys have widely replaced sneakers which become quite rare…Yes in Summer you can wear a total black look! ...but the black and white look can be a nice alter-native.Come back of the denim: washed, bleached, used, vintage... Raw denim is no longer in the hits.Grunge influence is there, but in pastel tones. Assymmetrical skirts, especially very long or very short ones. Leather goods are very much enhanced by python or crocodile motifsStrong presence of motifs… of “tachist” style mainly.Free mix of micro-prints for a pure 60’s look.

By Gilles ClarisseMen’s fashion Designer

IconicNew collections

Each Season, Marie claire licensees develop Marie Claire Iconic products as part of their collection, and use the clover design as the brand signature on the products.Above, let's look at the most recent ones. Global time : Marie Claire watches licensee in KoreaSankyosha : Marie Claire eyewear licensee in JapanJ Fashion : Marie Claire handbag licensee in Korea

Special eventFirst Marie Claire Clover Awards Japan - May 2013

On May 22nd 2013, in Tokyo, Marie Claire celebrated the first Marie Claire Clover Awards Ceremony.

This first MC Clover Awards was organized to recognize the good performance of Marie Claire licensees in the territory of Japan. An inaugural edition concerning the achievements made during the year 2012, and that we will hopefully conduct again in the coming years.

To celebrate such event, all Japanese licensees were invited to the party in the Mitsui Bussan Banquet Hall.

We are delighted to communicate the results :

Best Licensee 2013 for Accessories CategoryACE Co., Ltd. (Marie Claire luggage and business bags)

Best Licensee 2013 for Textile & Apparel CategoryROCKINGHAM PENTA Co., Ltd (Marie Claire men's apparel)

Prize of Honor 2013 (Special prize for an historical 30-year partnership)ADIRON Corporation (Marie Claire leather goods)

The three winners received a CLOVER TROPHY made in Paris. Congratulations!

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1 - Mr. Fabrice Taupin (Marie Claire Group), Mr.Chiba (Ace), Mr.Yves Gasquères (Mcbda) • 2 - Marie Claire Clover trophy 3 - Mr. Fabrice Taupin, Mr. Saito (Rockingham Penta), Mr. Horikawa (Bmc) • 4 - Mr. Gilles Clarisse, Mrs. Patricia Beausoleil (Univers Mode) • 5 - Mr. Sagara (Adiron), Mr. Sato (Adiron), Ms. Sawada (Sunclover), Mr.Okuda (Sunclover).

Press clipping

This New section in the Marie Claire newsletter is dedicated to highlight a selection of Marie Claire advertisements or advertorial published in the Marie Claire magazines or other Medias these past months. For this issue, please find herewith the most recent publication in China and in Japan.

About the magazineMarie Claire Group Launches “STYLIST”in FranceFirst women "freemium" weekly magazine

Stylist is a new concept of weekly magazine for the young, active, urban, smart, and demanding women. A true editorial creativity, strong visual writing, always surprising social topics, fashion and beauty features.

Marie Claire Group and Shortlist Media have created a joint venture to launch the French version of Stylist, the successful free weekly UK woman magazine.

With Stylist, the Marie Claire Group is the first to launch this new concept of Freemium (free and premium magazine) in France. Since the first issue last April, the circulation has reached 400 000 copies each week.

Inside newswww.marieclaire.net - Japanese website renewal

The Marie Claire licenses Japanese website has just been renewed by the company Loftways,based in Tokyo. Refreshed design, updated news, Enjoy surfing on www.marieclaire.net!

Inside news

Welcome to the new licensees :

ChinaClever Time : watches and clocks Marie Claire Paris (China et South Asia)Qingdao New Asia Pacific : towels and bedding Marie Claire Paris (China)Neoglory : jewelry and fashion accessories Marie Claire Paris (China)Yahapata : pantyhose Marie Claire Paris (Hong Kong)

Korea Pongkook : travel bags, luggage Marie Claire ParisLook Optics : women eyewear, sunglasses Marie Claire Paris

And thank you for renewing your trust :

JapanAjioka: women’s small leather goodsTamahashi: kitchen tools, table wares

AustraliaDesign works : children’s wear Marie Claire ParisPlaycorp: home products Marie Claire ParisInside out living : furniture Marie Claire Paris

Contact usIdeas, comments and information to be shared, please email to: licences@gmc.tm.fr