Isabella Levenay: Difference between revisions
From Perplex City Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
* In mid-October The Levenay Company hired [[Ursa Hayden]] as a new designer, specializing in Earth-conceptualized fashions. | * In mid-October The Levenay Company hired [[Ursa Hayden]] as a new designer, specializing in Earth-conceptualized fashions. | ||
* Boutique house [[Flattery]] may have taken as much as 4% of the Levenay market share over the course of 268AC. | |||
* Oscar Levenay sees no threat from designer [[Rhygsveldt]] and [[Flattery]], however. "Sales go up, sales go down," he said. "We stick to pure lines and colours, and nevermind passing fads. Levenay is about looking timeless." | |||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||
| Line 34: | Line 38: | ||
*news in brief, 18-SEP-05 "[[Levenay]]s Battle Over Licensing" ([http://qube.netninja.com/pxcmirrors/20050916-070000/perplexcitysentinel.com/index.html link]) | *news in brief, 18-SEP-05 "[[Levenay]]s Battle Over Licensing" ([http://qube.netninja.com/pxcmirrors/20050916-070000/perplexcitysentinel.com/index.html link]) | ||
*news in brief, 13-OCT-05 "Levenay Signs Hayden" ([http://qube.netninja.com/pxcmirrors/20051014-070000/perplexcitysentinel.com/index.html link]) | *news in brief, 13-OCT-05 "Levenay Signs Hayden" ([http://qube.netninja.com/pxcmirrors/20051014-070000/perplexcitysentinel.com/index.html link]) | ||
*article, 10-APR-06 "[[Raph Rhygsveldt|Rhygsveldt]] Nibbles at [[Isabella Levenay|Levenay]] Empire with Local Flavours" ([http://pxcsentinel.com/archives/2006/04/rhygsveldt_nibb.html link]) | |||
* | *{{Card|139|This Sentence Is False}}, backside. | ||
Revision as of 21:21, 11 April 2006
General
- Died: 2002 (265 AC)
- Isabella Levenay was, herself, a high fashionista of Perplex City
- Started her carrer of art and fashion in 1940 (203 AC) in the Artist's Quarter
- Has been described as "a draconian perfectionist who was cold to her family"
- She started an Upscale fashion store, also named Isabella Levenay.
- The Levenay fashion label is one of high fashion and prestige in the City.
- Primary sales products include shoes, handbags, clothes, and more recently a highly-regarded chain of retreat spas.
- Since her death, the company she founded has scandalously become the staging ground for internal family feuding.
- It is likely the company was shifting hands while Isabella was still alive
- puzzle card 139 suggests the family has been feuding "for several decades"
- The Levenay corporate empire is estimated to be worth PCL 7.2 billion.
- In mid-October The Levenay Company hired Ursa Hayden as a new designer, specializing in Earth-conceptualized fashions.
- Boutique house Flattery may have taken as much as 4% of the Levenay market share over the course of 268AC.
- Oscar Levenay sees no threat from designer Rhygsveldt and Flattery, however. "Sales go up, sales go down," he said. "We stick to pure lines and colours, and nevermind passing fads. Levenay is about looking timeless."
Family
Oscar refers to "siblings", so there are assuredly more than 2 sons.
- Son: Oscar Levenay (Current CEO of Isabella Levenay company lives in Ascendancy Point)
- Son: Raul Levenay (Died under mysetrious circumstances)
- Daughter: Amadora Levenay (Has openly challeneged her brother, Oscar's ability at effectively using the company's resources)
- Nephew: Isador Levenay (author of scandalous tell-all book, lives in Ascendancy Point)
- ???: Nicola Levenay (lives in Ascendancy Point)
- ???: Federico Levenay (lives in Ascendancy Point)
References
- Michiko Clark's Talk Sport interview (link)
The perplex City Sentinel
- article, 21-JUL-05 "Levenay Tell-All Book Finds Publisher" (link)
- news in brief, 18-SEP-05 "Levenays Battle Over Licensing" (link)
- news in brief, 13-OCT-05 "Levenay Signs Hayden" (link)
- article, 10-APR-06 "Rhygsveldt Nibbles at Levenay Empire with Local Flavours" (link)
- Season 1 Card #139 - This Sentence Is False, backside.
