Chinese retailer Icicle buys struggling French couture house Carven

Chinese retailer Icicle buys struggling French couture house Carven

Photo: Carven's Facebook page

Shanghai-based Icicle Fashion Group, a high-end retailer little known outside China, has bought French couture house Carven out of bankruptcy and said on Friday it plans to relaunch the brand which was a favourite of singer Edith Piaf.

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