SNL has this new skit where relatively brain dead former porn stars hilariously try to shill luxury goods they can’t pronounce.
Saturday night, they (and Ben Affleck as “Girth Brooks”) took on Hermès. Or is it herpes?
A new investigative report reveals some juicy new details on the methods through which LVMH came into its 22.6% stake in Hermes. And those details don’t exactly support Bernard Arnault’s recent claims that LVMH came into those shares “unexpectedly.”
There are plenty of emerging Singapore-based fashion labels, but maybe not one so well-supported as the less-than-a-year-old Zardoze, which showed its second ready-to-wear collection Friday at Audi’s Fashion Festival Singapore.
The former Balenciaga designer reveals a bit more about what he plans to do next.
LVMH and Hermès are in the midst of an ugly legal battle over LVMH’s apparent relentless pursuit of Hermès and the potentially unlawful ways in which the luxury conglomerate came into 22.6% of the heritage brand.
While LVMH’s investments have been described as a gradual hostile takeover, Bernard Arnault now insists that is not the case. In fact, it wasn’t even on purpose!
To coincide with Costume Institute’s upcoming “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit Moda Operandi has tapped 12 high fashion designers and brands to create a limited edition punk-inspired capsule collection–that’ll ring in at luxury price points no doubt.
Fashion’s ever-revolving door spins again.
Edun, the label founded by Ali Hewson and hubby Bono in 2005, announced that their creative director of six seasons Sharon Wachoub is leaving the brand to focus on her eponymous line.
As if being the head of one of the world’s largest luxury goods conglomerates wasn’t enough, LVMH‘s chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault can now add another fancy title to his already ample resume: Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
It’s been a season of second, third, and even fourth chances. After stints at Perry Ellis, Paco Rabanne, and Gap, designer Patrick Robinson is once again staging a comeback–this time, as creative director of Armani Exchange.
Currently waiting in the wings is former Dior designer John Galliano, who has been assisting in Oscar de la Renta’s atelier and is purportedly in talks to teach at Parsons.
We can’t say for sure whether either of these comebacks will take, but we can tell you about the returns other designers have staged in the past. Here are fashion’s greatest comeback stories:
The artist luxury conglomerate formerly known as PPR is making moves.
The just-christened Kering has acquired a majority stake in one of the world’s largest tanneries, WWD is reporting.
Yes, John Galliano was at Central Saint Martins last week. No, he’s not working there.
But here’s what he was up to.
Expect the John Galliano vs. Dior labor dispute case to drag on for quite a while. In the latest development, the suit is moving to a French appeals court because the two sides are still splitting hairs over whether the case should be heard in a labor court, or a commercial court. That’s right–there’s yet to be a single argument heard.
