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Louis Vuitton has taken on Virgil Abloh as its men’s artistic director, with his first show scheduled for Men’s Fashion Week in Paris in June. “Having followed with great interest Virgil’s ascent since he worked with me at Fendi in 2006, I am thrilled to see…
Despite losing popularity with American teenagers and a drop in brand value of 41 per cent, Nike is still way out in front in the Brand Finance Top 50 list of the most valuable apparel brands in the world. In the list, just been release by the independent…
Virgil Abloh, the founder of the haute street wear label Off-White and a longtime creative director for Kanye West, will be the next artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, one of the oldest and most powerful European houses in the luxury business. He…
Asia’s pre-owned luxury fashion market is continuing to grow, with shoes and t-shirts gaining ground, according to multichannel retailer Reebonz. Although bags continued to dominate, with an average of 77 per cent of total transactions in 2016 and 2017, both…
It has been another record year for luxury products group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Revenue increased by 13 per cent year on year to reach €42.6 billion (US$52.9 billion), while organic revenue growth was 12 per cent. All business groups recorded…
The Louis Vuitton Ginza Namikidōri Store has a new design and a new home, moving to the new Tokyo Ginza Asahi Building. The move is a result of its former location being closed for rebuilding. Now covering two storeys, the store features a modern façade…
Kim Jones is reportedly parting ways with Louis Vuitton. The English designer was appointed as LV’s men’s artistic director in 2011, and has been largely credited with breathing new life into the storied fashion house. His implementation of streetwear…
Louis Vuitton Singapore has opened a spectacular duplex store taking centre stage in the new Crystal Garden in the Terminal 3 departure transit hall at Changi Airport. The first-ever airport store of its type in south Asia, the store has a theme of travel and…
Louis Vuitton has recently begun separating its men’s stores from women’s at major department stores in Korea. According to the French luxury brand on 11 December 2017, a Louis Vuitton store specializing in men’s fashion items was opened on the sixth floor of…
Passengers at Changi Airport Terminal 3’s Transit Hall will be welcomed by the refurbished Central Piazza, featuring the airport’s latest feature garden made up of elegant glass dandelion sculptures – the Crystal Garden. The Crystal Garden is brought to life…
In a bid to think “client first”, Louis Vuitton has launched a chatbot on Facebook Messenger that advises shoppers on products, aiming to provide meaningful feedback during the busy holiday period. The bot is powered by mode.AI, which has also previously…
The sales growth rate of Louis Vuitton has backtracked in 2017 at the nation’s major department stores, losing its market prestige as one of the most desired luxury brands, industry sources said on 13 November 2017. According to market insiders, sales of the…
Louis Vuitton Korea has fallen behind its rivals, with sales dipping into minus territory this year, industry data shows. Sales at a leading department store for the international fashion house for the January-October period backtracked 5.3 per cent. Demand…
Balenciaga has overtaken Gucci as the hottest fashion label, according to the latest Lyst Index. The index draws on data analysis by fashion-search platform Lyst in conjunction with the Business of Fashion website. The 4.5 million data points analysed include…
More famous painters are referenced in the second Louis Vuitton Masters collection in collaboration with US artist Jeff Koons. While the first wave of the collection celebrated Da Vinci, Fragonard, Rubens, Titian and Van Gogh. Koons chose Edouard Manet’s 1863…
It has been a bubbly nine months for the LVMH luxury business – with the exception of its wines and spirits division, which was hampered by supply constraints. Revenue grew by 14 per cent for the period to reach €30.1 billion (US$35.4 billion). With organic…
