- Shy (company)
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company_name = SHY
company_
company_type = Società a Responsabilità Limita (Limited company)
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foundation =2001
location_city =Venice
location_country =Italy
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key_people = Paolo Tommasin, Designer
Tiziano Tommasin, Designer [ [http://jcreport.com/mailer/issue42/index.html JC Fashion report, Retrieved on July 12, 2007.] ]
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industry =Consumer Goods
products = Women's shoes, handbags
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homepage = [http://www.shycollection.com/ www.shycollection.com]SHY is an Italian owned fashion label specialising in women's shoes and handbags. It was founded in
Riviera del Brenta ,Venice in2001 . SHY are considered high fashion and have very few stores, all of which are withinEurope . SHY gained much attention in the fashion world by being featured in Vogue magazine in March, 2005. [ [http://www.fashionmission.nl/Fashion-Accessories-FootWear-Shy--0098990007.dfs Dutch online Fashion Magazine, Retrieved on July 11, 2007.] ]tores
SHY have one flagship store, in Crocus City Mall, in
Moscow [ [http://www.shycollection.com/shy.html SHY official website (flagshipstore tab), Retrieved on July 11, 2007.] ] , though the showroom is on the commercial road of Via Marcona inMilan [ [http://www.shycollection.com/shy.html SHY official website (showroom tab), Retrieved on July 11, 2007.] ] . Outside Italy, SHY shoes can be found in high end fashion stores such as Maryon's inAustralia , Tracey Ross in the USA, Joyce inHong Kong and La Scarpa inIstanbul . They often have a stand at upmarket shoe events such as the Micam Shoe-event in Milan in 2006 [ [http://www.expopage.net/portal/stand.do?eboothid=28614 Online expo pages, Retrieved on July 11, 2007.] ] , also having season long exhibitions at cities such asParis andMilan [ [http://www.shycollection.com/shy.html SHY official website (exhibitions tab), Retrieved on July 11, 2007.] ] .Collections
SHY release a new themed collection twice a year, one for spring/summer and one for fall/winter [ [http://www.shycollection.com/shy.html SHY official website (retrospective tab), Retrieved on July 11, 2007.] ] . The collections often revolve around a central theme such as bright colours or metal, and the collection usually contains different styles of shoe such as stilettos, sandals, boots and usually have a similarly styled handbag. In each collection, there are different themed sets, each one consisting of 6-8 different shoes and 2-3 handbags. At the SHY store and high end retailers, the shoes retail at over €400 (£270) and the handbags retail at over €500 (£340).
See also
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List of Italian companies References
External links
* [http://www.shycollection.com/ Shycollection.com]
* [http://1stfloor.it/ 1st floor, SHY's Milan showroom]
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