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Grand Opening of Jaeger-LeCoultre Marina Bay Sands Boutique, Singapore
Last week, 15 Dec, Jaeger-LeCoultre officially opens their second
Boutique in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands after their first at the
Raffles Hotel.
It started with the 'ribbon cutting' ceremony and
Lion Dance at 6:30pm and followed by a cocktail celebration at the
highest point of Marina Bay Sands, Ku De Ta at Sands Sky Park.
6pm The front door of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Marina Bay Sands Boutique was 'dressed up' ...
After that was told the
cutting ceremony was done with a twist. Instead of the typical ribbon
cutting, it would be 'opening the giant white watch strap' !
The theme for the evening was " White Elegance", which was also fresh and also relevant to the coming white Christmas.
A close up of the suspended white strap with a signed gold buckle ...
A picture of the hosts, Mr
Alexis de Laporte, JLC Managing Director for SE Asia & Australia and
Mr Yves Meylan, JLC International Retail Director.
On their wrists ....
Mr Alexis de Laporte and Mr
Yves Meylan with the local ambassador, Ms Kit Chan ( an icon in the pop
music and arts scene in Singapore).
Mr & Mrs Alexis de Laporte
Our PuristSPro CEO, Dr Melvyn Teillol-Foo with Mr Yves Meylan ...
Guests mingling with each others while waiting for the ceremony ...
The emcee for the evening, Junita Simon, greeted all guests and invited Mr Alexis de Laporte to say a few words...
Mr Alexis de Laporte thanked guests and press members for taking time out to witness the opening of the second Boutique.
After which, a short speech by Mr Yves Meylan..
Emcee invited the local Brand
Ambassador Ms Kit Chan to join Mr Alexis de Laporte and Mr Yves Meylan
for the opening ceremony ...
A pic before opening ...
Passed the first loop ...
Unstrapping ...
Done! Congrats JLC !
The Lions moved in ...
A bow to the front entrance...bestowing luck to the shop ...
The celestial animals entering the boutique to bless the space ...
Mr Yves Meylan and Ms Garina Tan, JLC PR and Communication Manager (SE Asia) accompanying the Lions ...
After blessing the space, it's
time for the traditional "cai ching" which meant "plucking the
greens", and the mandarin word for greens/vegetables is sort of a
chinese homonym for the word with the meaning of wealth .
The
Lions will peel the vegetables and mandarin-oranges(symbolise gold),
then 'spit ' some out and arrange the rest to form an auspicious chinese
character.
The 'ching' served on a gold plate ...
The Lions on all four ...
In the process of taking the 'ching' ...
Trying to get the 'gold' from the lion's mouth ...
Both Alexis and Kit got one 'gold' each ...
Its Yves' turn ...
Phew! He got one too...
Trying his luck for another gold !
The peeled greens and oranges and a lion paw ...
Both gentlemen wanted more for the boutique 
A Lion formed the auspicious Chinese character 'wang' meaning 'Prosperous' ...
After that the lions presented to Alexis the good luck token (Wang) , the lions fired the confetti ...
And presented the couplet wishing the boutique and staff , good fortune and may all their wishes be fulfilled.
The local ambassador making a wish for JLC ...
Carrying the good luck token into the boutique ...
For more pictures of the inside of the boutique, please refer to the press release by clicking here.
Next all guests were invited into the boutique ....
Guests dress in white streaming in ....
Before leaving the boutique, guests were given the white JLC wrist-band. It's the pass for the cocktail event !
Next we moved up 200metres to the Sands Sky Park for the cocktail event ....
Kong
Grand Opening of Jaeger-LeCoultre Marina Bay Sands Boutique, Singapore
The Cocktails Event
Thanks for the coverage Kong!
It was, obviously, a super event!
