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For the seventh year running, Louis Vuitton has been named the world’s most valuable luxury brand, valued at a very fashionable $25.9 billion.
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While he may have denied and denied dealings with Dior, Maxime Simoens is becoming part of the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton family nonetheless. Bernard Arnault is said to be investing in the 27-year-old couturier’s eponymous line, only weeks after his departure from Leonard.
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The annual 1.618 event, founded in 2010, was held in Paris this weekend where the focus was on “Sustainable Luxury.” With the luxury industry under mounting pressure to provide transparency and accountability, 1.618 brought together some 40 firms, foundations and innovators to discuss cleaning up luxury’s act. However, the three largest industry players — LVMH, PPR and Richemont — were largely absent. Since they control the majority of the luxury industry, will luxury ever truly green its ways?
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Forbes Magazine, that wealth of celebrity-earnings knowledge, has published its 25th annual list of the world’s billionaires — all 1,226 of them. Their combined net worth is $4.26 trillion, or to put things in perspective: about a third of the U.S. national debt; or if they decided to break off and form their own country, Billionaire Island, the world’s fourth largest GDP. Besides Spanx founder Sara Blakely‘s debut, the fashion industry made a decent showing on the list with Miuccia Prada returning after a six-year absence.
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For a while it seemed that every other week there was a new rumor regarding who would take over the reigns at Christian Dior. Recently, however, only one name has been circulating around town: Raf Simons. As reported in December, Dior and LVMH were close to signing the designer since the Marc Jacobs talks famously fell through — but if Simons abandoned his post at Jil Sander, who would take over? Won’t the real Jil Sander please stand up?
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If you’re a fashionable New Yorker like me, you probably don’t have the time nor the responsibility acumen to take care of another living creature. Thankfully, we can satisfy our pet-owning itch with these lovely little animals by masion Louis Vuitton.
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Put away all your blacks gentlemen, next season is all about navy, brown, and charcoal grey according to the new Louis Vuitton Fall 2012 menswear collection that live streamed straight off the runway this morning. Blanket scarves, mixed textures, and robe-style wrap jobs were some of the interesting notes that you can feel safe to try. Check out the looks after the jump.
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While the Republicans scramble to choose a nominee from their clown car of potential candidates, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have already laid down the groundwork for their 2012 campaign. The Obama-Biden ticket has recently partnered with 22 fashion designers for Runway to Win, an initiative to create T-shirts, tote bags, scarves and wristlets benefiting the Obama Victory Fund. And the driving force behind it is none other than Vogue‘s very own iron lady, Anna Wintour.
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Some style savvy thieves are in heaven right now: Marc Jacobs‘ Spring 2012 one of a kind sample collection has been stolen from a train leaving Paris on its way to their press day. Who could it be! Angry team from Dior punishing him for not joining their brand? Is Carla Bruni in desperate need of cocoon shaped pregnancy coats? More details after the jump.
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At the glacial pace Bernard Arnault and co. are moving to replace John Galliano at Christian Dior, the ousted designer will have time to finish rehab, mount a comeback, and muck it all up again in another drunken, anti-Semitic tirade. The luxury brand has been in talks with Marc Jacobs for months, which have been less than smooth, but now it seems that Jacobs and Dior might be calling it quits.
