STYLE INSPIRATION - camilleriparismode Malta

72 FLAIR JULY 09 ISSUE 22 design
MeMBers oF THe CAMiLLeri
F A M i L y, V A r i o u s e M P L o y e e s
A n d B u s i n e s s C o n T A C T s
T H r o u g H T H e y e A r s .
>With the family growing down the
generations, Camilleri Paris Mode recognised
the need to expand both in terms of premises
and the range of stock it carried. eighteen
years ago, they opened their eponymous shop
in sliema’s Annunciation square, selling top-of-
the-range furnishing fabrics, gifts, ornaments
and italian toiletries like Acqua di Parma.
The shop was run by yet another of Carmelo’s
grandsons, Franco Camilleri, with Victor’s son
Paul and now, Franco’s daughter Mara.
“We needed to grow,” Paul Camilleri says. “But
in growing, we changed the whole concept of what
we do. Before 1999, we sold only select furnishings.
The obvious next step was to add accessories for
the home, and to grow the range by adding on only