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FERRE FACELIFT FOR YOUTH: IT Holding SpA, parent company of Gianfranco Ferrй, is working on the relaunch and restyling of the brand’s younger line, GF Ferrй, and has tapped Stefano Citron and Federico Piaggi to help on the new design, WWD has learned. The two young designers report to Ferrй’s creative director, Lars Nilsson, who joined the company in September. Citron and Piaggi previously worked together at Mila Schцn and Byblos.
LILY’S BARGAIN HUNT: Harrods has tapped crooner and mother-to-be Lily Allen to open its annual winter sale, which kicks off Dec. 28. Following Harrods’ tradition, Allen will arrive in a horse-drawn carriage at 9 a.m., and be treated to a tour of the store’s bargains by Harrods’ chairman Mohamed Al Fayed. But maybe Allen doesn’t need the tour after all, as she’s notorious for accepting designer freebies.
Past celebrities who’ve opened the Harrods’ sale include Eva Longoria, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Kelly Brook. LANE MOVING IN: What better neighbors than baubles and bridal gowns? Neil Lane is planning to set up shop at 708 North La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood, Calif., next door to wedding dress designer Monique Lhuillier, who moved her namesake location from Beverly Hills in October.
Lane has yet to flesh out plans for the space, which covers around 1,350 square feet and is expected to open in the spring. “I don’t know what I am going to do with it, but it is a jewel,” he said. Brooklyn, N.Y.-born Lane started his jewelry business, now housed on Beverly Boulevard, in Los Angeles more than 20 years ago.