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Jay-Z sells half his champagne brand to LVMH
LVMH, the world's biggest luxury goods company, said on Monday it had agreed to buy 50 percent of Armand de Brignac, the champagne brand owned by rapper Jay-Z.
Lifestyle
Celine Homme winter 2021: Teen Knight Poem in Chambord Chateau
Just when the first chill winds of schadenfreude were swirled around Hedi Slimane’s tenure at Celine, along came the creative director to silence his doubters with a brilliant video and teen rebel collection.
Luxury
Target and Levi's launch limited-edition home and apparel collection
Priced from $3 to $150 with most items under $25, the collection includes home items like tableware, quilts and pillows, pet apparel and accessories, as well as apparel like Levi's trucker jackets and sleepwear.
Fashion
Moschino debuts limited line with skateboard specialist Palace
Italian fashion house Moschino is to launch a brand-new fashion and accessories collection with the seminal skateboard brand Palace, in the latest link-up between the worlds of runway fashion and street style.
Fashion
Galerie Goossens expands the Chanel group marque into decoration
Goossens, the preferred costume jewelry marque of Coco Chanel, has quietly expanded into decoration with a new boutique, Galerie Goossens, located at a key nerve center of luxury retailing in Paris.
Luxury
Hermès opens new Las Vegas store at the Wynn Plaza Shops
The two-story, 4,715 square-foot store houses the brand's silks and fashion jewelry, leather goods, women’s and men's ready-to wear, shoes and more.
Luxury
Le Château files for creditor protection, will close all stores
The Montreal-based fashion chain announced on Friday that under the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) it will begin liquidating assets and will permanently close its 123 locations.
Fashion
French presidential palace requested LVMH letter - sources
France's presidential palace asked Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to send luxury goods company LVMH a letter advising it to defer its acquisition of U.S. jeweller Tiffany, two sources said.
Luxury
Giorgio Armani opens new boutique in Monte Carlo
Giorgio Armani Group has opened his first signature boutique in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in the latest retail expansion by the legendary Italian designer and empire builder.
Fashion
Dolce's Cabana - duo open in Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
A select few fashion brands are managing to open boutiques this summer, but Dolce & Gabbana have chosen a more novel inauguration – a rarefied cabana in the Côte d’Azur’s legendary Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat.
Fashion
Britain's Selfridges to axe jobs on virus retail storm
British department store group Selfridges warned Tuesday that it plans to axe 450 jobs after sales slumped due to the coronavirus and the aftermath of the nationwide lockdown.
Fashion
Chanel haute couture evokes the glory days of Le Palace
Talk about a concise couture concept. Chanel unveiled its latest haute couture collection on Tuesday online, a stylish video that referenced the legendary Paris nightclub Le Palace in just one minute and 22 seconds.
Fashion
Monique Lhuillier to bring third flagship to Costa Mesa
Set to open in early fall, the new 7,000 square-foot store will stock Monique Lhuillier’s entire ready-to-wear, bridal and accessories collections, as well as exclusive items.
Luxury
Cannes travel retail show cancelled as duty free reels from air travel halt
The Tax Free World Association has cancelled its flagship World Exhibition that was due to take place in Cannes in September and October.
Fashion
Giorgio Armani closing Milan hotel and commercial businesses during coronavirus lockdown
Giorgio Armani has decided to temporarily close down its luxury hotel, restaurants and all its boutiques in Milan, the company announced Tuesday evening, in reaction to the rapid spread of coronavirus in Italy.
Lifestyle
Macron fêtes fashion at Dîner de la Mode in the Élysée Palace; praises contribution of foreign designers to France
Emmanuel Macron fêted fashion creativity with a gilded dinner inside the Élysée Palace on Monday night, praising the imaginative foreign elements in the industry, but picking out Jean-Paul Gaultier for special praise.
Fashion