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Talks Are ‘Well Under Way’ With Ghesquière’s Replacement
Despite the abrupt departure of head designer Nicolas Ghesquière, Balenciaga will not be without a leader for long, according to report yesterday from the AFP.
Bernard Arnault To Sue French Newspaper For Public Insult
CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and France’s richest man Bernard Arnault got a very rude awakening when he opened up the newspaper this morning — a picture of him on the cover of Libération under the headline “Casse-toi riche con!”, which can be (politely) translated to “Get lost, rich idiot!”, was staring back.
Hermès And LVMH File Complaints Against Each Other Over Stock Sales
Hermès International filed a complaint against LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton almost two months ago, reportedly accusing the conglomerate of insider trading and stock price manipulation. Not one to back down from a legal battle, LMVH is now filing a retaliatory complaint.
Marc On Shanghai, The LV Express, And Keeping Runway Shows Special
Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton Express have just made their big debut in Shanghai, where the designer recreated his breathtaking fall 2012 Paris show and celebrated the re-opening of the brand’s enormous Maison store.
PHOTOS: Louis Vuitton Unveils Its Spotty Collab With Yayoi Kusama
Louis Vuitton‘s artist collaborations have a history of becoming cult classics. Well, LV just unveiled its newest collab with pop artist Yayoi Kusama.
Welcome To LVMH’s Very Own Hotel
Planning a trip to Saint-Tropez this summer? Well, here’s where to stay: White 1921, LVMH‘s brand spankin’ new hotel, which opened Thursday on the Place des Lices.
Marc Jacobs Compares LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault To A Pig Farmer
French billionaires just can’t catch a break these days! First PPR chief François-Henri Pinault gets himself embroiled in an ugly child support suit with Linda Evangelista that threatens to drain his bank account of $46,000 per month, and now LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault is compared to a pig farmer by his star designer Marc Jacobs.
Bernard Arnault Invests In Design Wunderkind Maxime Simoens
You can hereby consider 27-year-old French designer Maxime Simoens one to watch.
Jean-Paul Guerlain Found Guilty Of Making Racial Slurs, Fined $24K
Jean-Paul Guerlain has been found guilty of making racist remarks on French television during an interview in 2010. A French court fined the 75-year-old perfumer $8,000, as well as an additional $5,370 each to Movement Against Racism and for Friendship, SOS Racism Association, and French Representative Council of Black Associations, the three anti-racism groups that acted as civil plaintiffs in the case.
Marc Jacobs’ Dior Contract Negotiations Are ‘Progressing’
Buried deep (and we do mean deep) in a story about how much fashion Dior is selling these days is the latest bit of news about the negotiations between designer Marc Jacobs and the executives at LVMH trying to draw up a contract that will entice Jacobs to become head of the French fashion house.
Kate Moss Launches Fine Jewelry Collection Inspired By Her Tattoos
Kate Moss is getting into the bauble game. No stranger to designing, the supermodel is lending her talent to jewelry house Fred.
Has Marc Jacobs Been Tapped To Take Over At Dior?
A couple of weeks ago, a Brazilian website by the name of Glamurama reported that Marc Jacobs was in talks to take over John Galliano‘s empty seat at Dior. The fact that the story was unsourced (and the fact that the website features a mouse trail of rainbow pixels) gave us pause, but that didn’t prevent it from getting picked up. Today, Women’s Wear Daily weighs in with a much more thoroughly reported take on the story — and all of a sudden a Jacobs-helmed house of Dior is looking a lot more likely.
LVMH’s New Lady Execs Will Help Avert The Next Global Financial Crisis
Bernard Arnault and the men in the boardroom at LVMH can say goodbye to being members of an executive boy’s club. The company announced today that it has signed a voluntary pledge to promote more women to senior executive positions, and aims to increase the number of women on its corporate boards to 30 percent by 2015.
Opening Ceremony Founders Are Kenzo’s New Creative Directors
Opening Ceremony is one of the coolest companies around, and its owners Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are equally as awesome. The two have a lot whole on their collective plate, but they’re poised to get even busier as the new creative directors of Kenzo.
Bernard Arnault Declares John Galliano Will Never Work At LVMH Again
Despite rumors to the contrary, Bernard Arnault has set the record straight: embattled designer John Galliano will never again work for LVMH.
LVMH To Show Off Ateliers, Workshops, & Vineyards To Public
There are some times — well, a lot of times — that we wished we lived in France. This is one of them! Why? Because the folks over at Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey are throwing open the doors of their ateliers, workshops, kitchens, and vineyards to the public.
Bernard Arnault Chats With Obama, Responds To Galliano Scandal
LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault is a powerful guy. A really powerful guy. So powerful, in fact, that he hung out with President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Tony Blair when he made his rounds in DC last week.
10 Important Things We Learned Last Week: March 13-19
This wasn’t just any week, this was our birthday week! Happy birthday to us! To celebrate, we bring you an all-important recap of the (birthday!) week that was featuring John Galliano, Kate Middleton, Tyra Banks and more. Yay birthday!
Brands In Japan Relocate, Close Doors In Tokyo
Japanese fashion companies based in Tokyo have largely moved their operations west to Osaka, farther away from the blackouts, limitation of resources and possible nuclear fallout caused by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the region last week. The ones that haven’t moved are taking precautionary measures.























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