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Louis Vuitton in Top 10 of Europe's most valuable brands

Louis Vuitton is the only luxury company to make the top 10 of most valuable European brands, according to the latest report by Brand Finance. In its annual Europe 500 2022 report, Mercedes Benz tops the list of most valuable brands and Ferrari as the strongest. Louis Vuitton comes in at number 8 of most valuable companies. In a separate...

Jun 22, 2022

Fashion

As Dior embarks on a series of international catwalk shows, it must remain thoughtful to sentiment

Dior has announced it will show its pre-fall collection in Seoul on April 30th followed by a cruise presentation in Seville, Spain, on 16 June. The French luxury house has previously iterated the importance of live shows, seeing the runway medium held across international cities as key to its growth and success. The brand continues to invest...

Apr 12, 2022

Business

Dior presents a combination of "beauty and protection" in Paris

Dior's show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday struck a sombre tone, with designer Maria Grazia Chiuri telling AFP her focus on combining "beauty and protection" was apt for a time of war. The collection was put together long before the Russian military began bombarding Ukraine last week. But with Dior's models sporting a range of protective gear...

Mar 1, 2022

Fashion Featured

Paris Fashion Week starts under a cloud of war

Paris Fashion Week starts today, with 45 houses and brands set to hold physical shows, according the official schedule published by the French Fashion Federation (FHCM). Alongside the runway shows there will be 37 presentations as well as 13 digital format events. In total there are 95 events listed on the schedule. Around town, Dior will...

Feb 28, 2022

Fashion Featured

Milliner Stephen Jones on collaboration, cultural appropriation, and Boy George

For 25 years he has designed the hats for the house of Dior, working under five different creative directors, as well as creating hats for Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs, Thom Browne, and Schiaparelli, among others, but Stephen Jones says he’s still faking it till he makes it. At a special event at Brooklyn Museum over the weekend to celebrate...

Feb 16, 2022

Fashion Featured

Paris Haute Couture week celebrated a modern vision of craftsmanship

The spring summer 2022 season at Paris Haute Couture has come to an end, with perhaps less spectacle and more focus on its glorious savoir faire. The front rows were predictably absent of guests absorbing the limelight, with the exception of Kanye West and new girlfriend / muse Julia Fox. Images Schiaparelli FW22, courtesy of Schiaparelli Images...

Jan 28, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Dior unveils collaboration with Birkenstock

French fashion house Dior unveiled a new collaboration with heritage footwear brand Birkenstock in its Dior Men’s autumn/winter 2022 collection designed by Kim Jones during men’s fashion week in Paris. For the collaboration, Dior has given two Birkenstock clogs a high fashion makeover, the Tokio mules, first released in 1987, and the Milano...

Jan 24, 2022

Fashion

Kim Jones presents Dior menswear FW22 with Covid frustration

Kim Jones may be borrowing from Dior's most iconic female looks for his latest menswear collection but that doesn't mean he believes gender boundaries are ready to disappear yet. "We live in cities and they are incredibly open, but go outside and it's not the same," Jones told AFP at his studio in Paris. "There are 40 countries in the world...

Jan 21, 2022

Fashion

Womenswear pre-fall 2022

Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into the Pre-Fall womenswear collections for 2022. The Pre-Fall women’s collections showcased fashion designing its way out of lockdown. Playful subversion, the art of dressing up and attention to detail that focused on frivolity introduced a renewed sense of optimism without losing sight of...

Jan 14, 2022

People

Dior reorganizes press team

Dior has reorganized its press team. Giuseppe Sperandio is now the brand’s international press and public relations director for Christian Dior Couture and corporate communications. He will oversee womenswear, home, and childrenswear. He succeeds Sandrine Serre and Isabel Moessigner, who spearheaded press and public relations for international...

Jan 14, 2022

Retail

Dior to open pop-up stores introducing Dior Vibe line

French luxury house Dior is set to open a series of pop-up stores to debut its Dior Vibe line, designed by its creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri for the brand’s cruise 2022 show. The collection involves the merging of sportswear with that of the house’s typically elegant design values, and includes pieces inspired by sport and dance....

Jan 7, 2022

Video

Video: Dior Lady Art: Genieve Figgis

In this video, Dior has presented artist Genieve Figgis' interpretation of the iconic Lady Dior handbag, one of the 12 international artists participating in Dior Lady Art. Watch the video below. Video: Dior via YouTube Photo credit: Image: Dior via YouTube

Dec 20, 2021