Dior

The tie-up between the French couture giant and the Hindi film star comes as luxury executives eye India’s high growth potential.

Fashion revenue at the Louis Vuitton, Dior and Loewe owner fell 5 percent in the third quarter, badly missing estimates.

Economic headwinds, higher prices and a lack of novel design are all weighing on what was previously fashion’s most dynamic segment. LVMH’s quarterly results Tuesday will offer hotly-watched insights on the severity of the slowdown and how long it will last.

The British designer is leaving the Roman fur and leather goods house and will ‘concentrate fully’ on his role as menswear artistic director at LVMH stablemate Dior.

An Italian probe linking luxury labels including Dior and Armani to labour exploitation — with the supply chains of up to a dozen more brands under the microscope — has exposed a seedy practice deeply embedded in the luxury system, creating an unpredictable PR crisis at a precarious time for the sector, a BoF investigation has found.

The Prefecture of Milan is aiming to beef up the fashion sector’s monitoring systems after an investigation by Milanese prosecutors found labour exploitation in the supply chains of luxury brands including Armani and Dior. The scheme currently in draft would be voluntary and limited to the Lombardy region.

Olympics viewership surged past expectations, but fashion brands largely failed to seize the moment beyond sportswear giants like Nike and official partners like Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren.

The luxury brand, which is under scrutiny for links to sweatshop labour in Italy, was behind on publishing supply chain disclosures required by UK law until last month.

Just like post-boom Tokyo in the 1990s, the Chinese are embracing value for money and mix-and-match. That’s bad news for Europe’s fashion empires, writes Shuli Ren.

Fashion was in the spotlight as the Paris 2024 games opened with an awe-inspiring spectacle including a mock runway show, as well as performances by Lady Gaga, Aya Nakamura and Celine Dion.