From Thursday, April 24 to Saturday, April 26, 2025, the Change Now trade fair was held at the Grand Palais in Paris. To mark its report on the first day of the trade fair, FashionUnited chose to focus on the speech by Hélène Valade (LVMH) about strategic partnerships with suppliers and on the presence of a Native American chief, who came to...
Apr 28, 2025
For this Baby Dior Fall 2025 collection, Cordelia de Castellane once again highlights the prolific heritage of the House. Immersing herself in *Marie-France Pochna’s book Christian Dior, un destin – a unique work punctuated with captivating anecdotes about the life of the founding-couturier – has drawn inspiration from the pages dedicated to the...
Vacationing via yacht and sports car, seeing the journey as the destination, stepping down to the beach from the pool, this is the story of a particular modern traveler-one who respects certain traditions, for example dressing smartly whilst in transatlantic transit. For Louis Vuitton’s Pre-Fall 2025 Menswear collection, designed by Pharrell...
Apr 25, 2025
Louis Vuitton has quietly raised the prices of several handbags in the United States— a move analysts interpret as a preemptive response to the threat of U.S. tariffs on European imports. The adjustment comes on the heels of Hermès’ announcement earlier this month that it will implement a 10 per cent price increase. According to a recent price...
Apr 24, 2025
The LVMH group’s general meeting, which took place on April 17, 2025, featured a presentation of the main figures for 2024, compared to 2023, by LVMH chief financial officer (CFO) Cécile Cabanis, who has held the position since February 2025. The results highlighted that fashion and leather goods are indeed the vibrant heart of the luxury giant....
Apr 23, 2025
Fashion company turnovers have fluctuated in recent months, due to the geopolitical situation, the consumer crisis, and the weather. But what will happen in the coming months and, above all, what can be expected from the markets? According to Kevin Thozet, a member of the investment committee at Carmignac, an independent, family-run European...
Apr 22, 2025
Paris - Since the publication of the AFP article on Sunday, April 21st, regarding the tensions between major French companies and the political powers — an in-depth piece outlining the positions taken by Bercy to encourage several groups to suspend their American projects — none of the main groups concerned — LVMH, Schneider Electric, CMA CGM —...
After years of riding high on the back of strong international demand and an unwavering brand ethos, Louis Vuitton finds itself at a strategic inflection point. The French luxury powerhouse, a key pillar of LVMH, is contending with a confluence of macroeconomic pressures and evolving consumer behaviours that threaten to recalibrate the dynamics...
Paris - French luxury giant LVMH, which had been ousted from its position as the leading company on the CAC 40 on Tuesday, as well as the most valuable luxury company in the world, narrowly regained its lead over competitor Hermès on Thursday. Hermès’ valuation reached approximately 241.4 billion euros on Thursday at the close of the Paris stock...
Apr 18, 2025
Financial news of the week: Trump Tariffs, Geopolitical Tensions Hit Luxury Sector The first financial results of Q1 2025, reported this week, show that trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainty are weighing on the performance of key luxury fashion groups. First Q1 results reveal slowdown across major fashion houses LVMH posted a 3 percent...
Apr 17, 2025
French fashion giant Dior named the highly-rated designer Jonathan Anderson as creative director of Dior Men on Thursday. Anderson, 40, quit Loewe last month after more than a decade in which he turned around the fortunes of the heritage Spanish brand. The Northern Irish designer -- an influential tastemaker with many A-list fans -- made the...
Jonathan Anderson appointed for the Dior Men's collection, to be shown June 2025; quality rather than growth, at all costs; the desire to create a free trade area with the US; and the vote in favour of keeping Bernard Arnault at the helm until the age of 85: these were the four key announcements that emerged from the general meeting of the...