Hedi Slimane at Céline: Expect shake-up ahead
You’ve probably already heard that Hedi Slimane is back at the helm of one of the big league fashion labels with news that he’s going to replace Phoebe Philo at Céline from next month.
LVMH results: Marc Jacobs not for sale, French fashion market tough, beauty better
The luxury sector is being closely watched at the moment for any signs of a recovery, or even of a further downturn. And none is more closely watched than the world’s biggest, LVMH. So what did the Louis Vuitton and Fendi owner serve up yesterday? Well first of all, a definite statement that it intends…
DKNY: LVMH throws in towel, G-III picks it up
So LVMH is selling DKNY to G-III Apparel with G-III’s CEO calling DKNY “iconic” and LVMH’s MD saying the “time was right”. Apart from that opening sentence probably containing more initial letters than any I’ve written in my entire life, there’s no actual surprise there. The fact is that the US-based Donna Karan business never…
Rihanna make-up, will it compete with the big names?
Rihanna has a new baby. No, not literally. She’s launching her own make-up brand. OK, that may not come as a shock. In fact, the biggest surprise is that she hasn’t done it before given her existing perfumes portfolio and the beauty agency, Fr8me, she opened with Benoit Demouy last year. What’s perhaps just a…
Dior, Céline, Fendi win big for LVMH but are Vuitton, Marc Jacobs & DKNY soft?
Just a couple of days ago everyone was shaking their heads over Prada and wondering why the brand was doing relatively badly compared to its luxury peers. But on Monday it was (partially) vindicated when LVMH said its Q1 sales (ie the first three months of the year) were rather lacklustre. But don’t run away with…
Vuitton & Dior: Still powering LVMH despite luxury slowdown?
Everyone’s been watching and waiting on the luxury sector to see it could defy the global downturn and make it through last year (and especially Q4) intact. The big questions are: did the Paris terrorist attacks hit luxury hard, what impact did the Chinese slowdown have, and has lower income from oil for Russian and…
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