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Lanvin Group faces double-digit revenue decline in 'transitional year' 2024

The annual results for the Chinese fashion group Lanvin Group Holdings Limited are marked by a "transitional year" in which the company strategically adjusted its creative direction and operations. The owner of the Lanvin fashion house and the Wolford, Sergio Rossi, St. John, and Caruso brands reports a double-digit revenue decline for fiscal...

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In Pictures: Peter Copping’s debut collection for Lanvin

Lanvin, known as the world’s oldest operating couture house, founded in 1889, is beginning a new era with Peter Copping as its artistic director. During Paris Fashion Week, Copping presented his first collection for the house, inspired by founder Jeanne Lanvin. "This collection is very personal – a tribute to the world of Jeanne Lanvin and her...

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Andy Lew named head of Lanvin Group's second headquarters in Europe

Lanvin Group has announced key leadership and board changes designed to strengthen its position in the luxury fashion industry and further advance its strategic goals. The company’s board has appointed Andy Lew, CEO of St. John Knits as executive president of Lanvin Group, while Eric Chan will transition from his role as CEO to join the board as...

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Willy Chavarria and S.S Daley to make Paris Fashion Week Men’s debuts

New York-based fashion designer Willy Chavarria will make his Paris Men’s Fashion Week debut in January, as the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode announces the autumn/winter 2025 provisional schedule. Chavarria’s shift to the Paris calendar highlights a shift in his business to support the brand’s increasing global reach and will be...

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Lanvin to return to Paris Fashion Week with co-ed show

Following a two-year hiatus, luxury French fashion house Lanvin is set to stage its return to Paris Fashion Week. Making its formal return to the official schedule in late January 2025, Lanvin will host the debut runway show from its recently appointed artistic director, Peter Copping. His first collection for fashion house reportedly promises...

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Athletes emerge as luxury's new cultural ambassadors in Lanvin x Monaco partnership

Every since the the summer Olymipcs in Paris, Athletes have emerged as luxury fashion's new cultural ambassadors. In the ever-evolving landscape of branding, the latest fashion house to announce a sportswear tie-up is Lanvin, who have partnered with AS Monaco Basket-ball, positioning professional athletes as the new arbiters of high-fashion...

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Global luxury slowdown impacts Lanvin Group's H1 results

Lanvin Group with Lanvin, Wolford, Sergio Rossi, St. John and Caruso in its portfolio of brands, generated revenue of 171 million euros, a 20 percent decrease versus the prior year. The company said that the main drivers of revenue decline were global market softness coupled with a struggling wholesale market. The group expects a challenging...

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Lanvin appoints Balenciaga’s former couture head as artistic director

French couture house Lanvin has announced the appointment of Peter Copping as artistic director, a role he will take on from September 2024 and in which he will then assume the creative lead of womenswear and menswear collections. The British designer, who graduated from Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art, started out in the...

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Lanvin opens a boutique in Cannes

French luxury fashion house Lanvin has opened a pop-up boutique in Cannes for the summer, which will evolve into a permanent store in 2025, featuring the brand’s new global concept. Situated along the prestigious Boulevard de la Croisette, the boutique sits close to where Jeanne Lanvin opened a boutique within the Royal Hôtel in the 1920s and...

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Lanvin Group maintains growth momentum in 2023

Lanvin Group full year revenue of 426 million euros, increased 1 percent; and gross profit was 251 million euros, representing a 59 percent gross margin, a 250 bps increase versus 2022. Commenting on the full year trading, Zhen Huang, chairman of Lanvin Group, said: "In reviewing our 2023, I thought back to the resiliency we showed during the...

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Lanvin Group’s Joann Cheng to step down, successors named

Luxury conglomerate Lanvin Group has announced that its founding chairman and chief executive officer, Joann Cheng, will be stepping down from her position “to pursue new endeavours outside the group”. Cheng’s departure comes after the exec served for six years at the group, for which Lanvin’s board “expressed its deep appreciation” for her...

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Lanvin unveils first Lanvin Lab collection with rapper Future

French luxury fashion house Lanvin has unveiled its first Lanvin Lab collection created with Atlanta-born rapper and producer Future. The Lanvin Lab project was launched to offer a creative hub for artists and designers “seeking to foster creative collaboration and unique cultural dialogue”. The debut collection takes inspiration from music, the...