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Skepta has weighed in on Louis Vuitton’s next chapter. The 40-year-old grime rapper took to Twitter this week to offer LV a few suggestions as it continues the search for its next leader. Questions and uncertainty began swirling around the French fashion house in late 2021, when its menswear creative director Virgil Abloh died after a private battle with cancer. Though […]

On Jan. 10, it was announced that KidSuper founder Colm Dillane will guest design Louis Vuitton’s upcoming Fall/Winter 2023 collection. He joins a collective that includes stylist Ib Kamara, filmmakers Michel and Olivier Gondry, and visual director Lina Kutsovskaya. The Fall/Winter 2023 presentation will be the first time that a Louis Vuitton men’s show does […]

On Feb. 1, Louis Vuitton released a book to pay homage to the elite lineage of creators and ateliers that have made the luxury fashion house the massively successful company it is today. Published by Assouline, Louis Vuitton Manufactures sports a hammer on its cover with the brand’s bronze and brown monogram branding wrapping its exterior. Inside, the book features […]

LVMH has been announced to have taken a minority stake in Aimé Leon Dore. Per a report from Business of Fashion on Tuesday, LVMH Luxury Ventures—the Paris-based luxury conglomerate’s investment division—has taken a minority stake in the Teddy Santis-founded label in the form of an “undisclosed sum.” To be clear, the ALD team will remain independent […]

Kering and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton released statements in response to PETA’s allegations of animal cruelty against the luxury conglomerates. Earlier this week, PETA released the findings of a recent investigation into an Indonesian slaughterhouse, which detailed the “violent, inarguably cruel manner” in which lizards are killed for Gucci accessories. “The lizards’ legs are tied, then they’re callously thrown around […]

To bring the Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2022 men’s collection to life, Virgil Abloh assembled a veritable supergroup of collaborators.  The collection is captured via a new fashion show/short film titled “Amen Break,” directed by Mahfuz Sultan. The 16-minute film features GZA, Goldie, Saul Williams, Issa Perica, Caleb Femi, Unknown T, JIM JOE, Kandis Williams, Thelma Buabeng, […]

Rihanna and LVMH are reportedly bringing the Paris-based luxury maison known as Fenty to a close. Per reports from both Women’s Wear Daily and Business of Fashion on Wednesday, LVMH and Rihanna have come to an agreement in which the Fenty maison will be closed. In a statement to WWD, an LVMH rep said the […]

In a move befitting our current era, the 2020 LVMH Prize will see the equal distribution of the award among the eight finalists previously selected by a committee of fashion voices back in February. Tuesday also saw word that the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers itself—originally slated for June 5—had been called off due […]

France is among the many European countries that have been ravaged by the coronavirus. In an effort help, the chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moët Hennessy, Bernard Arnault, has reportedly ordered the fashion house’s Perfumes & Cosmetics department to start manufacturing “substantial quantities” of hydroalcoholic gel to combat the shortages of hand sanitizer. According to a statement from the […]

Earlier today, Supreme released its second collaboration with German luggage maker Rimowa This time around, Supreme veered away from the black and red suitcases covered with oversized branding, which dropped in 2017, and instead covered the aluminum carry-ons in an archival spiderweb pattern. Despite its hefty price tag, the project sold out with relative ease. While many […]