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The tie-up will involve several of LVMH’s houses, including Louis Vuitton, Moët Hennessy and TAG Heuer.

Rider, a top design deputy during Phoebe Philo’s tenure at Celine who left his role at Ralph Lauren earlier this year, will oversee all collections at the LVMH-owned house from early 2025.

The star designer is departing the Parisian fashion house after months of thorny contract negotiations. During his tenure, Slimane more than doubled Celine’s annual sales to nearly €2.5 billion.

The struggling luxury-streetwear pioneer will join Bluestar's stable of brands, including names like Tahari and Scotch & Soda.

Remo Ruffini is tightening his control of the outerwear specialist after striking a deal with LVMH, which will take a stake in the Ruffini investment vehicle that is Moncler’s biggest shareholder.

LVMH Fashion Group’s managing director Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou will add CEO of the Roman brand to his responsibilities, according to an internal announcement.

Former Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke is stepping back from overseeing LVMH’s sprawling Fashion Group just four months after he was named the unit’s chief executive, BoF has learned.

For fashion’s private market investors, deal-making may provide less-than-ideal returns and raise questions about the long-term value creation opportunities across parts of the fashion industry, reports The State of Fashion 2024.

Dior veteran Olivier Bialobos has balanced heritage, innovation and unprecedented scale as he steered communications through the tenures of a succession of designers and three CEOS. "Desirability — not just visibility— has to be the target," he told BoF in The State of Fashion 2024.

For The State of Fashion 2024, trailblazing influencer Gstaad Guy’s online parodies of the ultra-wealthy highlights how a niche genre of influencer marketing is helping to inject newness into how brands connect with customers.