Robert Williams is Luxury Editor at The Business of Fashion (BoF). He is based in Paris and drives BoF’s coverage of the global luxury sector as well as reporting his own features on French and Italian companies in luxury fashion, jewellery and cosmetics. Previously, Robert covered European luxury for Bloomberg News in Paris. He has a Masters in Journalism and International Economic Development from the Paris Institute of Political studies (Sciences Po) and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.
The two brothers join older siblings Antoine and Delphine, meaning that 4 out of Arnault’s 5 heirs now serve on the board. Bernard Arnault, age 75, has placed his controlling interest in LVMH in a stock-share partnership aimed at perpetuating family control.
Advertising executive Blake Harrop is set to join Louis Vuitton as executive vice president, image and communications, according to an internal announcement seen by BoF.
Valentino has scrapped its June runway shows for menswear and haute couture following last week’s announcement that creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli is exiting the brand.
Dior has “postponed indefinitely” its menswear show slated for March 23 in Hong Kong. Production teams, travelling guests and local authorities were informed yesterday of the change, just a month before the event.
Lectra will pay around $85 million for 50.3 percent of the company with plans to acquire the remaining shares by 2030 in 5 annual tranches at prices adjusted for growth.
The Capri-owned Italian label has appointed Caroline Deroche Pasquier communications chief and used the occasion to highlight the long list of key hires made by new CEO Emmanuel Gintzberger.