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Bruno Pavlovsky

Spotlight | France
Top luxury houses caught up in financial woes of Villa Noailles

In the spotlight following a Ministry of Culture audit, the financial mismanagement of Villa Noailles, a nurturing ground for French design talent, has occurred under the stewardship of a board that boasts many leading figures in the fashion industry.

Subscribers only Houses 05.06.2025

Accused of financial mismanagement, Villa Noailles is trying to weather the storm.

France
Chanel snaps up three new workshops in Loire region

The luxury fashion house's spending spree on production sites shows no signs of letting up. Late last year, it acquired three workshops specialising in luxury textiles from a manufacturer based in Anjou in western France.

Subscribers only Houses 08.05.2025

Spotlight | France
Chanel fashion on verge of big bang

The fashion house founded by Gabrielle Chanel will announce in December who will succeed Virginie Viard as creative director. The choice will reflect a new balance of power and a change of generation within the famed brand.

Subscribers only Houses 31.10.2024

Chanel will reveal the name of the designer taking over from Virginie Viard in December.

France
For Chanel, green is the colour of money

The luxury brand, which has stepped up its production rate in recent years, is beginning to take an interest in the end of life of its products, in order to comply with relevant legislation and potentially profit from an eco-bonus system.

Subscribers only Houses 18.07.2024

France
Chanel's beauty division gets leg up on its fashion counterpart

The luxury brand's fashion and beauty divisions have long been at odds, with the former enjoying the limelight and dominating the more lucrative latter. But the appointment of a perfume executive as number two at the group's European holding company could change that dynamic.

Subscribers only Houses 18.07.2024

France, United States
Revolve to the rescue for French designer Alexandre Vauthier

The haute couture brand Alexandre Vauthier was placed in receivership on 13 February but has since negotiated an ambitious recovery plan with US e-retailer Revolve. The designer himself has been granted a sizeable stake in his namesake label.

Subscribers only Houses 04.07.2024

Spotlight | France
Chanel quietly buys up workshops across France

The fashion house has been registered in the UK for years, but behind the scenes Chanel has been pursuing a proactive expansion plan in France, acquiring subcontractors and workshops across the country in a bid to catch up with rivals Hermès and LVMH.

Subscribers only Houses 27.06.2024

In recent years, Chanel has focused its acquisition policy on buying up factories and workshops.

France
Fashion world struggles to forge common front amid French political turmoil

The very real prospect of a far-right government coming to power next month has shaken France, including key players in the fashion industry who are trying, so far without success, to form a unified stance.

Subscribers only Entourage 20.06.2024

France
Chanel secretly acquires founder Coco's original workshops in Biarritz

The fashion house has quietly bought the property that housed one of Gabrielle Chanel's very first workshops in the 1910s, in Biarritz, on France's Atlantic coast.

Subscribers only Houses 13.06.2024

France
Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Chanel has begun renovation work inside the building at 40 Avenue Montaigne, in Paris's 8th arrondissement. A small, 36 m2 space will serve to expand the adjacent Eres boutique.

Subscribers only Houses 09.05.2024

Spotlight | France
Is Saint Laurent producing films, or discreetly advertising on the big screen?

Kering is investing in film production to offset the waning impact of traditional forms of advertising. Touted as production partnerships, the luxury group's approach is in fact closer to brand content, not unlike the strategy adopted by rivals LVMH and Chanel.

Free access Houses 25.04.2024

Saint Laurent creative director Anthony Vaccarello is directly involved in his company's film production activities.

France
Luxury industry wins reprieve on clothes labelling requirements

A fresh set of measures on garment labelling in France was due to come into force early this year. But the application of those new rules, aimed at improving fashion items' sustainability, has been gridlocked since last summer, when France's environment secretary post was vacated.

Subscribers only Entourage 08.02.2024

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom
Chanel braced for new generation of leadership

No fewer than four of Chanel's longstanding executives have left the company and its board within less than 10 months. Will CEO Leena Nair seize the opportunity to rethink the company's management, with a younger, more women-centred team?

Subscribers only Houses 18.01.2024

Chanel's board of directors, which has seen four of its long-standing members leave in recent months.

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

In the face of increasing competition from affordable luxury brands for cashmere products, Chanel has been discreetly working to buy out cashmere assets in Mongolia, where the fine wool is produced. To soften cashmere's troubling environmental reputation, Chanel has employed specialised consultants.

Free access Houses 23.11.2023

Chanel secures its cashmere supplies by investing in Mongolia, where the finest wool is produced.

Front Row | France
Pascal Morand and the politics of fashion

Every week, Glitz presents "Front Row," offering an insider's view of the luxury sector's most influential figures, from household names to the ones-to-watch. This week: meet Pascal Morand, the politically-minded number two at France's Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM), who has forged a network stretching far beyond the world of fashion and luxury.

Free access Entourage 02.11.2023

Pascal Morand, executive chairman of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM).

France
Élysée Palace plays host to Paris Fashion Week

Breaking published on 02/10/23 at 19:30 GMT - French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are, for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, inviting the fashion world to dinner at the Élysée Palace on Monday evening.

Subscribers only Entourage 02.10.2023

United Kingdom
Chanel loses a director

The forthcoming departure of one of Chanel's directors will change the equilibrium on the luxury group's board.

Subscribers only Houses 30.03.2023

Spotlight | France
A pretty penny: Inside Chanel's lucrative brand ambassador contracts

Brand ambassadorships have become a primary marketing tool for luxury houses, making such contracts very profitable for the stars who sign on. Glitz.paris has the lowdown on one such deal, between Chanel and the Belgian singer Angèle.

Free access Houses 16.02.2023

France
Luxury industry forms alliance with H&M and Zara in battle against labelling requirements

Luxury's big names are appealing to H&M and Zara parent company Inditex via France's fashion federation with a view to developing clothing sustainability criteria that work in their favour, and that can feature on their garments without harming their businesses.

Subscribers only Entourage 19.01.2023

France
Quiet storm brews at Haute Couture Federation in Paris over Chanel's London move

The appointment of Chanel executive Bruno Pavlovsky as head of the French Haute Couture Federation, a few months after the group became British, is causing muted malaise within its governing bodies.

Subscribers only Entourage 20.10.2022

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Bruno Pavlovsky

Spotlight | France
Top luxury houses caught up in financial woes of Villa Noailles

France
Chanel snaps up three new workshops in Loire region

Spotlight | France
Chanel fashion on verge of big bang

France
For Chanel, green is the colour of money

France
Chanel's beauty division gets leg up on its fashion counterpart

France, United States
Revolve to the rescue for French designer Alexandre Vauthier

Spotlight | France
Chanel quietly buys up workshops across France

France
Fashion world struggles to forge common front amid French political turmoil

France
Chanel secretly acquires founder Coco's original workshops in Biarritz

France
Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Spotlight | France
Is Saint Laurent producing films, or discreetly advertising on the big screen?

France
Luxury industry wins reprieve on clothes labelling requirements

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom
Chanel braced for new generation of leadership

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

Front Row | France
Pascal Morand and the politics of fashion

France
Élysée Palace plays host to Paris Fashion Week

United Kingdom
Chanel loses a director

Spotlight | France
A pretty penny: Inside Chanel's lucrative brand ambassador contracts

France
Luxury industry forms alliance with H&M and Zara in battle against labelling requirements

France
Quiet storm brews at Haute Couture Federation in Paris over Chanel's London move

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The geopolitics of fake goods

Brands brave the Wild West of the second-hand market

Jewellery sector's quest for clarity

Bruno Pavlovsky

Spotlight | France Top luxury houses caught up in financial woes of Villa Noailles

France Chanel snaps up three new workshops in Loire region

Spotlight | France Chanel fashion on verge of big bang

France For Chanel, green is the colour of money

France Chanel's beauty division gets leg up on its fashion counterpart

France, United States Revolve to the rescue for French designer Alexandre Vauthier

Spotlight | France Chanel quietly buys up workshops across France

France Fashion world struggles to forge common front amid French political turmoil

France Chanel secretly acquires founder Coco's original workshops in Biarritz

France Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Spotlight | France Is Saint Laurent producing films, or discreetly advertising on the big screen?

France Luxury industry wins reprieve on clothes labelling requirements

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom Chanel braced for new generation of leadership

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

Front Row | France Pascal Morand and the politics of fashion

France Élysée Palace plays host to Paris Fashion Week

United Kingdom Chanel loses a director

Spotlight | France A pretty penny: Inside Chanel's lucrative brand ambassador contracts

France Luxury industry forms alliance with H&M and Zara in battle against labelling requirements

France Quiet storm brews at Haute Couture Federation in Paris over Chanel's London move

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About Glitz

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Indigo Publications' websites

Spotlight | France
Top luxury houses caught up in financial woes of Villa Noailles

France
Chanel snaps up three new workshops in Loire region

Spotlight | France
Chanel fashion on verge of big bang

France
For Chanel, green is the colour of money

France
Chanel's beauty division gets leg up on its fashion counterpart

France, United States
Revolve to the rescue for French designer Alexandre Vauthier

Spotlight | France
Chanel quietly buys up workshops across France

France
Fashion world struggles to forge common front amid French political turmoil

France
Chanel secretly acquires founder Coco's original workshops in Biarritz

France
Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Spotlight | France
Is Saint Laurent producing films, or discreetly advertising on the big screen?

France
Luxury industry wins reprieve on clothes labelling requirements

Spotlight | France, United Kingdom
Chanel braced for new generation of leadership

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

Front Row | France
Pascal Morand and the politics of fashion

France
Élysée Palace plays host to Paris Fashion Week

United Kingdom
Chanel loses a director

Spotlight | France
A pretty penny: Inside Chanel's lucrative brand ambassador contracts

France
Luxury industry forms alliance with H&M and Zara in battle against labelling requirements

France
Quiet storm brews at Haute Couture Federation in Paris over Chanel's London move