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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...

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Lanvin Group posts increase in H1 revenue, but losses widen

Luxury fashion group Lanvin has reported widening losses in the first half of the year despite a 6.4 percent increase in revenue. The group, whose portfolio includes its namesake label as well as Sergio Rossi, Wolford, and St. John Knits, posted a H1 loss of 72.2 million euros compared to a loss of 68.7 million euros the prior year, while its...

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Lanvin Labs: Rapper Future to design first capsule

French fashion house Lanvin has named American rapper Future as the first creative director of its Lanvin Labs collaboration project. The Grammy-winning star is the first artist to create a capsule collection for Lanvin Labs as temporary creative director, the brand announced on Friday. The collection aims to bridge the gap between music and...

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Lanvin Group posts 37 percent jump in FY sales

Luxury fashion group Lanvin confirmed Thursday it made record sales in 2022, up 37 percent from the prior year. The group, whose portfolio includes its namesake label as well as Sergio Rossi, Wolford, and St. John Knits, posted sales of 422.3 million euros in its audited results Thursday - that’s compared to sales of 308.9 million euros a year...