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☆ Meet Delphine Arnault, Dior CEO and daughter of world's richest man
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Delphine Arnault, eldest child of LVMH head Bernard Arnault, is the CEO of Christian Dior. Apart from a brief stint at McKinsey, her career has spanned multiple roles for LVMH since 2000. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The eldest daughter of the world's richest man, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, the 49-year-old Delphine is now a year into her role as CEO of Dior. Since 2000, her career has spanned multiple roles with LVMH, including CEO of Dior since 2023.

Persons: Delphine Arnault, LVMH, Bernard Arnault, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, —, Delphine, Delphine Arnault's Organizations: McKinsey, TAG, Service, Dior Locations: Berluti

☆ Why is pop culture so obsessed with nuns?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

These vestal get-ups are, in fact, the latest in a long line of subversive pop culture interpretations of the lives (and loves) of nuns. More recently, Bella Hadid walked the Coperni Fall-Winter 2022 runway wearing headgear reminiscent of a nun’s habit. The “Nunsploitation” subgenre saw the transformation of nuns from icons of piety and sacrifice into harbingers of evil and sexual obsession. In lighter fare, “Sister Act 3,” a third movie in the beloved “Sister Act” series of the 1990s starring Whoopi Goldberg is currently in development. “The juxtaposition of the nun’s habit with either blatant sexuality or the cultivation of personal identity and style is shocking and grabs people’s attention,” wrote Dr. Neal.

Persons: Rihanna, Sydney Sweeney, vestal, Dior, John Galliano, Serre, Emilia Wickstead, Bella Hadid, Sydney Sweeney's, Hulton, —, Andy Warhol, Ingrid Bergman, ”, Ken Vrana, Yoshitomo Nara, Lynn S, Neal, Audrey Hepburn, Christ, Lust ”, Saint Valentine ”, Sister Gertrude, Nadia Lee Cohen, Saint Maud ”, “, Whoopi Goldberg, Suzanne Hanover, Sweeney — Organizations: CNN, Couture, Deutsch, Pew Research Center, Cannes Film Locations: Maison, Sydney, Italy, Swedish, America

☆ How Victoria Beckham fell for Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Alice Pfeiffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week. Paris CNN —Unscathed by the PETA protesters who disrupted her show, Victoria Beckham closed out the fifth day of Paris Fashion Week at the lavish Salomon de Rothschild Hotel on Friday night. At Carven, Louise Trotter, former creative director for Lacoste, presented her first collection for the French heritage house. Off-White creative director Ibrahim Kamara after the presentation of his debut collection for the brand. (British fashion houses including Vivienne Westwood and Paul Smith also relocated to Paris at different stages of their careers.)

Persons: Victoria Beckham, Salomon de Rothschild, Simon Porte Jacquemus, Anna Wintour, Carine Roitfeld, Louise Trotter, Lacoste, Saint Martins, Seán McGirr, Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton, Ibrahim Kamara, Virgil Abloh’s, Kristy Sparow, Nina Ricci, Harris Reed —, —, ”, … I’ve, Karl Lagerfeld, Yohji Yamamoto, Charles Worth, “, Harris Reed, Victor Virgile, Stella McCartney, Chloé, Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Dior, Phoebe Philo, Kim Jones, Louis Vuitton, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Serge Carreira, ” Carreira, Yanshan Zhang, Melody Thomas, Parsons Organizations: CNN, Paris, Paris CNN, PETA, French Vogue, Saint, Givenchy, Louis, Dior, Haute Couture, Fashion, Parsons Paris Locations: Paris, French, British, Carven, Central, London, Great Britain, Europe

☆ How to recreate the most famous fashion collection of all time? New series ‘The New Look’ dives into Dior
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Scarlett Harris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Dior’s unveiling of his “New Look” collection signified the return of Paris as the fashion capital of the world after the Second World War. Roger Do Minh/Apple TV+Apple TV+'s series "The New Look" includes detailed recreations of many of the collection's 70 looks. Somehow they’ll always find a way to create,” Muller Serreau told CNN Style. Set during and in the immediate aftermath of World War II, “The New Look” and its visuals more broadly reflect the austerity of the time. As Dior was still in possession of the look’s fabric, Muller Serreau was able to faithfully recreate the entire ensemble.

Persons: Karen Muller Serreau, Christian Dior’s, ”, Dior’s, Roger Do Minh, Ben Mendelsohn, Pierre Balmain, Thomas Poitevin, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Nuno Lopes, Coco Chanel, Juliette Binoche, Dior, Lucien Lelong, John Malkovich, Chanel’s, ” Chanel, “, they’ll, ” Muller Serreau, Muller, Muller Serreau, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, revolutionizing womenswear Organizations: CNN, Apple, Getty Locations: Paris, France, AFP

☆ In Paris, Stars Going Shopping
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Vanessa Friedman | More About Vanessa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Qualley has the Grammys, with her musician-husband Jack Antonoff, looming on her calendar next month. Still, even off the red carpet, couture is having something of a movie moment. Both series focus on the idea of the couture as a riposte to the horrors and deprivation of the war; a clarion call of humanity. Given what is going on in the world, you can understand why filmmakers — and the designers who love them — might think it was a good time to revisit this particular period. In any case, it’s all starting to seem a lot like life imitating art imitating life.

Persons: Virginie Viard, Margaret Qualley, Qualley, Jack Antonoff, Glenn Close, Juliette Binoche, Chanel, Binoche, Coco Chanel, Carmel Snow, ”, Dior, — Organizations: Apple, Disney Locations: Spanish, Europe, United States

☆ ‘Barbie,’ ‘Saltburn,’ Vuitton: TikTok Sponsorship Is Consuming Our Culture - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Natasha Degen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Marketing is driving culture as promotional campaigns overshadow the offerings they seek to elevate — in fashion, music, art and film. With fashion weeks taking place around the world and awards season well underway, the hype machine is operating at full throttle. Fashion houses seemingly no longer hire creative directors for their design skills or aesthetic vision but for their marketing prowess. For Louis Vuitton, however, the show was an unqualified success: The star-studded spectacle attracted over a billion online views. But now the hype often precedes and overwhelms the product, to the point that the product seems almost irrelevant to its own success.

Persons: ” Sidney Toledano, Dior, Pharrell Williams, Williams, Louis Vuitton, Cathy Horyn, it’s, “, ”, Pietro Beccari, ” “ Barbie, Barbiemania, Josh Goldstine Organizations: Warner Bros

PARIS (AP) — Dior's menswear maestro Kim Jones transformed a sunny afternoon in Paris into a starlit evening of balletic grandeur at Paris Fashion Week, in a display of fashion theatrics. Inspired by the legendary ballet icons Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev, Jones delivered an exuberant spectacle at the Ecole Militaire annex on Friday. Amid the haunting melodies of Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the collection intertwined Dior’s fine tailoring with a joyful explosion of theatrical glamour. JUNYA WATANABE’S THRIFT-SHOP CHICJunya Watanabe unveiled a collection that was a masterful blend of eerie mood-setting and aggressive urban fashion. The clothes featured a mix of traditional tailoring and streetwear elements, a nod to his 2001 debut when he first merged high fashion with everyday wear.

Persons: Kim Jones, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Jones, Sergei Prokofiev’s “ Romeo, Juliet, Lewis Hamilton, Bill Nighy, Kate Moss, Nicholas Hoult, Rita Ora, Princess Eugenie, Pharrell Williams, Nureyev, Junya Watanabe Organizations: PARIS, Fashion, Ecole, grays, of Dior Locations: Paris

☆ The Met Gala announces the 2024 theme ‘Sleeping Beauties’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has revealed details of its 2024 spring exhibition, which serves as the inspiration for the theme of the accompanying Met Gala. “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” will be presented at the Costume Institute in New York from May 10 through September 2, 2024, pulling rare “masterworks” from the Institute’s archive for museumgoers to experience in a new, imaginative way, according to a press release. Nick Knight/Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art“When an item of clothing enters our collection, its status is changed irrevocably. Hippolyte Petit/BFA.com; Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of ArtGarments too fragile to be dressed on mannequins will be displayed instead as the titular “sleeping beauties,” appearing in coffin-like glass displays with microscopes available to observe their deterioration up close, according to the Institute. But how will celebrities interpret a more abstract, nuanced theme on the Met Gala’s red carpet — especially one that focuses on garments that one can no longer wear?

Persons: Karl Lagerfeld’s, Madeleine Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Charles Frederick Worth, Nick Knight, ”, Andrew Bolton, Hippolyte Petit, Karolina Kurkova’s Marchesa, Blake, Ralph Lauren Organizations: CNN, Metropolitan Museum, Art’s, Costume Institute, Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dior's, Metropolitan Museum of, Institute Locations: New York, Worth

☆ Marc Bohan, Head Designer for Dior for Three Decades, Dies at 97
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Alex Williams | More About Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His death was confirmed in a statement by Dior. Because he worked in an era before fashion became mass entertainment, Mr. Bohan was not required to be visionary. “I’m not designing to please myself or for a photograph,” he told USA Today for a 1988 profile. I have always in mind the reaction of women I know.”Courtly, taciturn and immaculately dapper even by the standards of midcentury Paris, Mr. Bohan was 34 when he was appointed head couturier for the House of Dior in 1960, taking over for the maverick Yves Saint Laurent. Mr. Saint Laurent, then in his early 20s, had been called up by the French Army during the Algerian war for independence.

Persons: Marc Bohan, Christian Dior, Dior, Bohan, “, ”, immaculately, couturier, Yves Saint Laurent, Mr, Saint Laurent Organizations: USA, of Dior, French Army Locations: Châtillon, Seine, France, Paris

☆ Johnny Depp’s new project is as the face of Dior
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ LVMH’s smooth ride faces twin speed bumps
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Shares in the 413 billion euro luxury behemoth fell 4% on Wednesday after it failed to wow investors with its earnings, depressing Europe’s stock market. Yet investors balked at the 1% second quarter sales contraction in the United States - which represents about a quarter of total revenue - as inflation worries cooled shoppers’ appetite for expensive items. LVMH’s conglomerate model, which spans over 70 brands, has so far proven resilient to crises. The all-important Mainland China market, which made up a fifth of global personal luxury sales in 2021, is a potential worry. Slow demand both in the U.S. and China would test LVMH’s diversified model.

Persons: Dior, Tiffany, Givenchy, Bernard Arnault’s, Lisa Jucca, Aimee Donnellan, Pranav Kiran Organizations: MILAN, Reuters, Twitter, Thales, Thomson Locations: United States, China, U.S

☆ Look of the Week: Does Jannik Sinner’s Gucci duffle bag signal a shift at Wimbledon?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —On Monday July 3, Italian tennis star and Men’s Singles contender Jannik Sinner arrived on the center court at Wimbledon with a custom Gucci duffle bag slung across one shoulder. Sinner became a brand ambassador for Gucci last year. The next generation of tennis players are even experimenting with jewelry: Russian player Andrey Rublev is known to layer several silver pendants, while Nick Kyrgios is rarely seen without his double hoop earrings. Permission for the highly-engineered moment was granted after a lengthy approval process involving the International Tennis Federation, Association of Tennis Professionals and Wimbledon. As Sinner told Women’s Wear Daily, “(This bag) will create a conversation.”

Persons: Jannik Sinner, Gucci, Elsa Schiaparelli, Lili de Alvarez, Lea Pericoli, Teddy Tinling, Sinner, Clive Brunskill, Serena Williams, Emma Raducanu, Dior, Arthur Ashe —, Wimbledon —, Arthur Ashe's, Tony Triolo, Bjorn Borg, Babe Ruth, Fila, Pat Cash, Andre Agassi, Chris Cole, Anna Wintour, Carlos Alcaraz, Louis Vuitton, Calvin Klein, Andrey Rublev, Nick Kyrgios, Sinner’s Gucci, it’s, Kyrgios, Women’s, ” Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, Tiffany’s, Adidas, Nike, Rowing Blazers, Getty, Vogue, International Tennis Federation, Association of Tennis Professionals, Air Jordan Locations: Italian, Wimbledon

☆ Fendi takes contemporary haute couture lineup to Palais Brongniart in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A model presents a creation by designer Kim Jones as part of his Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2023-2024 collection show for fashion house Fendi in Paris, France, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, July 6 (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Fendi took to the former Paris bourse headquarters on Thursday for its fall haute couture catwalk show, where designer Kim Jones showed a contemporary lineup of light, sensual gowns for formal occasions. Models marched steadily down the marble runway of a stark, white space set up in the neoclassical Palais Brongniart while dramatic opera singing played on the soundtrack. Jones, who is also creative director for the menswear line of Dior, another LVMH-owned fashion house, took his bow with Delfina Delettrez Fendi, artistic director of jewellery. The Paris haute couture shows wrap up Thursday, having featured labels Giorgio Armani Prive, Kering-owned (PRTP.PA) Balenciaga, Dior, Valentino and American fashion house Thom Browne.

Persons: Kim Jones, Sarah Meyssonnier PARIS, Fendi, Jones, Dior, Delettrez, Shakira, Naomi Watts, Giorgio Armani Prive, Valentino, Thom Browne, Mimosa Spencer, David Holmes Organizations: Haute Couture, REUTERS, Paris bourse, Thomson Locations: Paris, France

☆ Bernard Arnault, the French luxury tycoon, gathers his 5 kids monthly for a private work lunch and drills them on company strategy, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Mary Hanbury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bernard Arnault is the billionaire behind LVMH and was recently crowned the world's richest man. Arnault reportedly hosts a monthly private lunch with his five children to discuss strategy, per WSJ. "At no moment did he [Bernard Arnault] tell me, 'I must prepare my children for my succession," Toledano told The Journal. Toledano told The Journal that Arnault taught kids to prize the company over personal disagreements from a young age. Arnault overtook Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to become the world's richest person this year.

☆ Louis Vuitton boss Bernard Arnault is only the 3rd person to be worth $200 billion – and his 5 kids are all Nepo babies
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Luxury goods mogul Bernard Arnault is the world's richest person. Eric Piermont/Getty ImagesBernard Arnault is currently the world's richest person with a net worth of about $201 billion, according to estimates by Bloomberg. He's only the third person to surpass the $200 billion mark following tech moguls Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, both of whom have since seen their wealth fall. Arnault cofounded LVMH in the 1980s, and is its CEO and chair. Last year LVMH raised the age limit of its CEO from 75 to 80, extending Arnault's possible tenure.

☆ World's richest person Bernard Arnault's fortune has increased by more than $33 billion this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The multi-billionaire tops its rankings of the world's richest people, followed by Elon Musk. The LVMH CEO and co-founder has a current net worth of $196 billion, per Bloomberg. Bernard Arnault is the CEO and co-founder of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, more commonly known as LVMH. The 73-year-old French billionaire is currently ranked by Bloomberg as the world's richest person, followed by Elon Musk whose net worth is valued at $175 billion. The CEO recently appointed his daughter, Delphine Arnault, CEO and chair of Dior.

☆ The Arnaults are betting big on K-Pop, and it shows the power of South Korea's luxury spending machine
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Experts tell Insider this is a calculated move to tap into the booming South Korean market. A targeted move to win over the South Korean marketBTS member Jimin (left) and BLACKPINK singer Rosé. "Fashion trends tend to be created and adopted in South Korea, before being diffused to other markets in Asia," Dubois said. She also said South Korea is "increasingly known" for its K-Pop stars, movies, and shows in the US — which helps with promotions stateside too. Once the COVID situation settles, it is possible that Chinese tourists, with their spending power, return to Korea," Kim said.

☆ Stuck in an Underwear Rut? Five (Yes, Five) Ways Out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Andrew Barker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

YOUR DAD most likely wore the same model of underwear every day, be it tighty-whities or billowy boxers. One style, one brand, quite possibly even one color, day after day. But what if you wanted to experiment with underwear that’s not so obviously “your type”? Thanks to an influx of innovative startups in the past decade, there has never been as much scope for underwear infidelity. On the 2022 catwalks of Dior and Louis Vuitton, among others, the waistbands of silky boxers peeked above models’ trousers.

☆ The world's richest person has made his daughter the CEO of Dior. All 4 of his sons have top roles at his companies, too.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Luxury-goods mogul Bernard Arnault is the world's richest personEric Piermont/Getty ImagesBernard Arnault is the world's richest person with a net worth of about $182 billion, putting him $50 billion ahead of Elon Musk. Arnault cofounded LVMH in the 1980s, and is its CEO and chair. All four of Bernard's sons work at LVMH and its brands, too. "Succession planning in strategic roles has been instrumental to the success of LVMH's key brands over the past 20 years," Citi analyst Thomas Chauvet said, per Reuters. Last year LVMH raised the age limit of its CEO from 75 to 80, extending Arnault's possible tenure.

☆ LVMH names new Louis Vuitton CEO, puts Arnault daughter in charge of Dior
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Pietro Beccari, who has been the head of Dior since 2018, is moving to replace long-time Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke, 65. Delphine Arnault, 47, has worked at Louis Vuitton for the past decade alongside Burke and previously spent a dozen years at Dior. [1/2] Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, and Delphine Arnault, Executive Vice President of Louis Vuitton, leave after the Spring/Summer 2020 collection show for fashion house Louis Vuitton during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, June 20, 2019. Alexandre Arnault, 30, is in charge of products and communication at Tiffany, while Frederic Arnault, 28, is CEO of another group brand, TAG Heuer. The youngest child, Jean Arnault, 24, heads marketing and product development for Louis Vuitton's watches division.

☆ LVMH's Arnault tightens family grip as daughter becomes Dior CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The world's largest luxury group also replaced long-time Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke with Pietro Beccari, head of Dior since 2018. Delphine Arnault, 47, has worked at Louis Vuitton for the past decade alongside Burke and previously spent a dozen years at Dior. Burke will continue to work with Bernard Arnault, the company said in a statement. The move follows the recent appointment of Antoine Arnault, Bernard Arnault's eldest son, to head the family holding company, replacing veteran executive Sidney Toledano. Alexandre Arnault, 30, is an executive at Tiffany & Co. while Frederic Arnault, 28, is CEO of TAG Heuer - both LVMH brands.

☆ Meet Delphine Arnault, the daughter of the world's richest man and now one of the most powerful women in fashion as the CEO of Dior
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"I was learning strategy," she told the Financial Times. "In a presentation in America they would start with the conclusion and say how they got there, and I found that very interesting. It was straight to the point." LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault onboard his private jet between Beijing and Shanghai on October 11, 2004. Marc DEVILLE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesSource: FT

☆ LVMH could pick Pietro Beccari as new Louis Vuitton CEO - paper
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

ROME/PARIS, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The world's largest luxury group LVMH (LVMH.PA) could pick Pietro Beccari as new CEO of Louis Vuitton, the flagship brand of the French group, according to a media report on Wednesday. Italian Repubblica daily reported that Beccari, who took over as chairman and CEO of Dior Couture in 2018, could replace Michael Burke after LVMH will release its 2022 results. Officials at LVMH could not be immediately reached for comment. Reporting by Francesca Piscioneri in Rome and Geert de Clercq in Paris, editing Federico MaccioniOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/5] Gingerbread themed decorations presented as part of ‘The Fabulous World of Dior’ installation hang from the facade of the Harrods store in London, Britain, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - French fashion label Christian Dior kicked off the holiday shopping season in London on Thursday, unveiling a Christmas spectacle at Harrods – with tennis star Emma Raducanu presiding over the event. The LVMH-owned (LVMH.PA) brand outlined the London department store's façade with lights, emblazoning the entrance with an enormous star and filling the windows with sugar sculptures and merchandise. The elaborate holiday set up comes as the luxury sector grows strongly, with wealthy locals and deep-pocketed tourists splashing out on designer fashion despite soaring prices. Reporting by Hanna Rantala and Mimosa Spencer, Editing by Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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