Kaylee Tankus (Europe)

Acrex Italia srl
corso Monforte, 15
20122 Milan, Italy
T : +39 02 76 311 395
F : +39 02 76 024 341
Homepage: www.kayleetankus.com

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Designer

Biography
Kay Lee is one of the most successful designers in Korean fashion industry especially in women’s casual. She has created four brands for two different companies over 12 years as the creative director and currently directs two, Kaylee Tankus and BNX. Lee hates to be seen as a typecast and this is the main driving force of her success. Her approach for designing a brand starts from the observation of the void in the market rather than forcing her preference to the market.

Kaylee Tankus is a casual and chic sportswear for the young, urban woman. Since creating the brands in 2004, creative director Kay Lee has successfully launched collections that has architectural cut and appeals to global style crowd.

Kaylee Tankus is made for a well-educated and curious woman, a modern day globetrotter who travels in the search of new ideas. Kaylee Tankus collections are inspired by a concept of global culture and have arisen from a mixture of Eastern and Western tastes, thus giving life to a collection which is enriched by big-city details, yet at the same time extremely traditional shapes.
 
 
Designer
Kay Lee


 
Label

Company profile
Avista Inc., a South Korean company, attains four brands, TANKUS, BNX, eryn brinie and Kai-aakmann. In 2006 Avista generated 104 million USD in sales revenue and reached a milestone with its successful Initial Public Offering in the Korean Stock Exchange.

Established with a vision to create brands that deliver premium fashion to customers around the world, Avista has made significant strides forward within its five years history.

After the successful launch of the first brand BNX for the domestic Korean market in 2002, Avista introduced TANKUS in 2004. Today TANKUS is sold throughout 22 countries and it’s continuously expanding worldwide. More than 200 selected boutiques are distributing Tankus collections in Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, USA, Canada, Japan.


Avista will continue to introduce designs that speak to consumers from all walks of life and implement stringent quality control measures to maintain valuable relationships with customers around the globe.

Acrex Italia is based in Milan and it’s the main contact point for Europe sales and public relations while Acrex Inc., based in New York City, is the main reference for the U.S. and Canada market.
Starting from January 2008 Avista Inc. will introduce Tankus designer's name Kay Lee beside the current brand name Tankus. The renew brand name will be KAYLEE TANKUS.

For the upcoming Fall Winter 2008/2009 season Kaylee Tankus will be at Bread&Butter Barcelona (16-18 January 2008), Who's Next Paris (24-27 January 2008), Touch! Milano (21-24 February 2008)
 
 
Management
Ian Wonshik Kwon
Wholesale Director
T : +82 2 2189 7705
F : +82 2 2189 7777
ian.tankus@gmail.com


 

 
 
Producer
Avista Inc.
706-26, 15th fl., Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu
Seoul, South Korea
T : +82 2 21 89 7726
F : +82 2 21 89 7720
bea.tankus@gmail.com

 
Contacts & showrooms


Acrex Italia
Showroom contact
Sales Department Italy & General Manager Europe
corso Monforte, 15
20122 Milan, Italy

Jennifer Kim
T : +39 02 76 311 395
F : +39 02 76 02 43 41
info.acrex@gmail.com

 
 
Multilabel showrooms


Sales Department Portugal
Seculo XXI Lda
Celia Vincente
catarina.seculoxxi@mail.telepac.pt
T : +35 1 244 81 34 64
F : +35 1 244 81 34 64

 
 

Sales Department Greece
Cristina Papadopoulou S.A.
Maria Droumpani
m.droumpani@mariangela.gr
T : +30 2310 47 66 44
F : +30 2310 47 34 84

 
 

Sales Department Spain
B. Side Heart and Fashion
Regine Leite
regine@heartandfashion.com
T : +34 91 701 01 71
F : +34 91 532 96 47

 
 

Sales Department France
Show Room Saint Martin
Véronique Duch
veronique@duch.fr
T : +33 4 42 219 628
F : +33 4 42 219 802

 
 

Sales Department UK
Palladio Associates
Ian Campbell
ian@palladioassociates.com
T : + 44 (0)207 6339888
F : +44 (0)207 6339990

 
 

Sales Department Belgium
Dreams Distribution
Axel Somers
axel@dreams-distribution.com
T : +32 495 500 999
F : +32 32 31 21 32

 
 

Sales Department Netherlands
Wensing Fashion Agencies
Michael Wensing
wensing@tiscali.nl
T : +31 10 4614606
F : +31 10 2180079

 
 

Sales Department USA
Fiftytwo
Catherine Kim
catherine@fiftytwoshowroom.com
T : +1 (212) 966 5110
F : +1 (212) 966 5124

 
Press contacts



Press contact

Patrizia Pianta
T : +39 02 76 011 563
F : +39 02 76 024 341
press.acrex@gmail.com

 
Boutiques

Selection of multilabel boutiques

Amsterdam

Sprmrkt
Rozengracht, 191-193
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Madrid

Piamonte
Lagasca, 28
28001 Madrid
Spain
Palma de Mallorca

Bis
Fco. Marti Mora, 3 - Galeria forti 3
07011 Palma de Mallorca
Spain
Milan

G104
corso Garibaldi, 104
20121 Milan
Italy
Cascais

D-Modé
Travessa Da Alfarrobeira 2 e 2/a
2750 Cascais
Portugal
 
Antwerpen

Princess NV
Meir 51-55
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
Athens

Woo & Woo
Thivon 276 - Egaleo
Athens
Greece