Aïshti is a
Lebanese luxury
Luxury may refer to:
*Luxury goods, an economic good or service for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises
*Luxury tax, tax on products not considered essential, such as expensive cars
**Luxury tax (sports), surcharge put ...
department chain store which sells fashion and clothing. In 2015, Aïshti opened the Aïshti Foundation in Beirut. The building was designed by architect David Adjaye "with a facade of red ceramic tiles, combining a high-end mall and a separate exhibition space." and interiors by Christian Lahoude Studio. The foundation building will showcase works from Aïshti CEO Tony Salamé's 2,000-strong personal art collection as well as a variety of high end luxury retail shops.
The building took three years to complete.
Opened by Tony Salamé in 1989, Aïshti has grown from a single high-end clothing store into a chain with various branches throughout Lebanon, selling luxury brands including
Prada
Prada S.p.A. (, ; ) is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1913 in Milan by Mario Prada. It specializes in leather handbags, travel accessories, shoes, ready-to-wear, and other fashion accessories. Prada licenses its name and branding t ...
,
Miu Miu,
Yves Saint Laurent,
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, and cosmetic ...
,
Dior
Christian Dior SE (), commonly known as Dior (stylized DIOR), is a French Luxury goods, luxury fashion house controlled and chaired by French businessman Bernard Arnault, who also heads LVMH, the world's largest luxury group. Dior itself holds ...
,
Sergio Rossi,
Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli (; born 15 November 1940) is an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfu ...
,
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
,
Marni
The name Marni originates from several languages, including Hebrew, meaning "rejoice", and Latin as a variant of " Marina", meaning "of the sea". It also has derivations from Gaelic and Swahili. "Marni" and "Marnie" are the two most common spell ...
,
Burberry,
Fendi,
Chloé and others.
The company's advertising is managed by New York-based firm Sagmeister & Walsh. They most recently produced the "By the Sea" campaign on the occasion of the opening of the Aïshti Foundation, which is located along the Mediterranean Sea.
Aïshti also owns and operates several monobrand
boutiques, most notably
Cartier Cartier may refer to:
People
* Cartier (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
* Cartier Martin (born 1984), American basketball player
Places
* Cartier Island, an island north-west of Australia that is part of Australia' ...
,
Gucci
Gucci (, ; ) is an Italian high-end luxury fashion house based in Florence, Italy. Its product lines include handbags, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and home decoration; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragrance ...
,
Burberry,
Fendi,
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
,
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, and cosmetic ...
,
Dior
Christian Dior SE (), commonly known as Dior (stylized DIOR), is a French Luxury goods, luxury fashion house controlled and chaired by French businessman Bernard Arnault, who also heads LVMH, the world's largest luxury group. Dior itself holds ...
,
Balenciaga
Balenciaga SA ( ) is a luxury fashion house founded in 1919 by the Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastian, Spain. Balenciaga produces ready-to-wear, footwear, handbags, and accessories and licenses its name and branding to C ...
,
Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta () is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan, Italy. Its product lines include ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, and jewelry; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragrances.
History
Found ...
,
Yves Saint Laurent,
Canali
Canali is an Italian luxury menswear brand founded in 1934.
History
Canali was founded in 1934 by the Canali brothers Giovanni, a fabric magnate, and Giacomo, a tailor.
In the 1950s, the ownership of Canali passed on to the second generation ...
,
Corneliani,
Etro,
Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli (; born 15 November 1940) is an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfu ...
,
Chloe,
Jimmy Choo,
Stella McCartney,
Celine,
Ermenegildo Zegna,
7 For All Mankind,
Camper
Camper may refer to:
* A person who engages in recreational camping
* A trailer (vehicle) used for camping:
** Popup camper
** Travel trailer
* Truck camper
* Recreational vehicle
* Campervan
* Camping (gaming), a tactic in video gaming.
People ...
,
Diesel
Diesel may refer to:
* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
, Agent Provocateur, Emilio Pucci, Façonnable,
The Kooples
The Kooples is a French fashion retailer. As of 2014, they had 321 outlets in Europe. As of mid-2017, the company had 30 points of sale in the United States, including Bloomingdale's
Bloomingdale's Inc. is an American luxury department sto ...
, Tory Burch, True Religion and Valentino in Lebanon.
''Aïzone'', marketed as the more casual side of Aïshti, exists as a separate entity and carries some of the international brands including
Camper
Camper may refer to:
* A person who engages in recreational camping
* A trailer (vehicle) used for camping:
** Popup camper
** Travel trailer
* Truck camper
* Recreational vehicle
* Campervan
* Camping (gaming), a tactic in video gaming.
People ...
,
True Religion, 7 for All Mankind,
Armani Jeans and various other Los Angeles brands.
The company has also branched out into parallel industries, with a
spa
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneoth ...
and
hair salon operating inside the Aïshti store in Downtown Beirut, and a lifestyle publication, ''A Magazine," focusing on fashion, entertainment and design. The company also operates "L'Officiel Levant," a local offshoot of "L'Officiel Paris."
The restaurants, "People,"with two separate locations, Faqra and Downtown & "ART People" in Antelias, Aïshti by the Sea also operate under the Aïshti umbrella.
[Beirut's art people](_blank)
Aïshti website
Aïshti Foundation
The Aïshti Foundation is a 350,000-square-foot mixed art gallery and retail space located north of Beirut in Jal el Dib, Lebanon. The Aishti Foundation was constructed on behalf of Aishti CEO Tony Salamé, and designed by architect David Adjaye.
The cost of construction is estimated to be over $100 million.
The gallery space is over 40,000 square feet. The art space hosts selections from Tony and Elham Salamé’s personal collection.
The inaugural exhibition, entitled “New Skin,” was curated by Massimiliano Gioni and features work from notable artists such as
Alice Channer, Sterling Ruby and Danh Voh, as well as figures from the Arte Povera movement such as Giuseppe Penone.
Aïshti by the Sea
Aïshti by the Sea includes luxury brands such as Alexander McQueen, Proenza Schouler, Alaia, Sonia Rykiel, Tory Burch, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Pal Zileri, Alberta Ferretti, with more than 90 in total. The mall also features the Art People restaurant.
Tony Salamé
Tony Salamé is a Lebanese Italian businessman and art collector,
as well as the CEO and Chairman of Aishti.
Salamé opened the first Aishti store in 1989. In 1995, he built Aishti into Lebanon’s foremost luxury department store with a flagship store in Beirut’s Downtown Souks, with affiliated mono-brand boutiques surrounding it – such as Cartier, Dior and Dolce & Gabbana.
Italian Order of Merit
In March 2015 Salamé was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Italy's highest honor, by the Italian Embassy in Beirut at an event attended by diplomats, business partners and family.
Art collection
Salamé owns around 2,500 works by over 150 artists. He works closely with New York art dealer Jeffrey Deitch, and began buying art in 2003, first acquiring Arte Povera works by Penone, Lucio Fontana and others. Around 200 works were selected for the opening show entitled New Skin, curated by Massimiliano Gioni.
According to Gioni, the associate director and director of exhibitions at the New Museum in New York, there has been “a sudden acceleration of the
alamécollection in the past ten years.
"
The main focus of his collection is 21st century art.
Personal life
He is married to Elham Salamé; they have four children: Tasha, Giorgio, Sandro and Mateo. He speaks fluent French, English, Arabic and Italian.
References
External links
Aïshti
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aishti
Department stores of Lebanon
Retail companies of Lebanon