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Arnaud de Lummen Awakens Vintage Luxury Brands from Their Slumber

Walli Simpson in Mainbocher | Source: Getty
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  • Vikram Alexei Kansara

"Arnaud de Lummen, 36, has spent the past few years buying up the intellectual property and trademark rights to Mainbocher, the house that invented the strapless bodice and designed Wallis Simpson’s wedding dress, but which closed its doors in 1971 – as well as the rights to about 15 other classic brands, with the intention of reviving the names and selling them on."

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