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Chanel

The Chanel company was created by Gabrielle Chanel, better known as Coco Chanel, in 1910, and is currently owned by Alain Wertheimer and Gérard Wertheimer. Chanel SAS has been managed by Bruno Pavlovsky since 2018.

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
The damaging double life of a Chanel senior auditor

Apart from gossip about the abrupt and just-announced exit of creative director Virginie Viard, there has been another, far more convoluted story that has recently set Chanel employees' tongues wagging around their coffee machines.

Subscribers only Houses 13.06.2024

China, France
Cosmetics power struggle continues between Paris and Beijing

A few days before Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Paris last month, a new round of negotiations pitted his country's regulators against the French cosmetics industry. Faced with increasingly strict regulations in China, the sector fears its formulas might be copied if it shares its manufacturing secrets with Chinese authorities.

Subscribers only Entourage 06.06.2024

Spotlight | France
How second-hand sales send Hermès bag prices soaring

Manufactured in limited quantities, Hermès's most sought-after bags are at the core of a resale system orchestrated by second-hand luxury retailers, which sell brand-new items as if they had been pre-owned. That practice distorts the market and ramps up prices.

Free access Entourage 16.05.2024

Among Hermès bags, the Birkin and Kelly models are very popular on luxury consignment platforms.

France, United States
Court orders Texan heirs to foot tax bill for Coco Chanel's legendary Riviera villa

Once a gift from the Duke of Westminster to Coco Chanel, the La Pausa villa, acquired in 2015 by the Chanel fashion house for €20m, has for many years been burdened by a major tax debt.

Subscribers only Families 16.05.2024

Front Row | France, Italy
Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

The founder of Villa Eugénie, one of three regular producers of haute couture fashion shows, is establishing more and more footholds abroad in an effort to resist significant pressure from his competitors, each of which is backed by a group.

Subscribers only Entourage 16.05.2024

Étienne Russo, founder of the Villa Eugénie events agency.

European Union
LVMH's low-profile EU fight for right to use fur

Just as the European Commission was weighing in on whether to ban fur, LVMH sent a high-level delegation to Brussels to defend the use of the controversial animal product in its clothing.

Subscribers only Houses 16.05.2024

France
Fondation Louis Vuitton's 2025 line-up revealed

Just days into the Henri Matisse and Ellsworth Kelly exhibitions, the Fondation Louis Vuitton is already prepping for its next events. We can reveal the names of the artists it has picked out for 2024 and 2025.

Subscribers only Entourage 09.05.2024

France
Sale of former Karl Lagerfeld mansion held for ransom by Gabon's creditors

The sale of the Hôtel Pozzo di Borgo has ground to a standstill. Long the Paris home of German designer Karl Lagerfeld, the historic mansion, now owned by the central African state of Gabon, has garnered interest from luxury magnates, including Bernard Arnault.

Subscribers only Families 09.05.2024

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

Front Row | France
Albane Cleret, Cannes luxury party hostess

Every year during the Cannes Film Festival, luxury brands rent out the Marriott's rooftop terrace, as it becomes an ephemeral restaurant-bar and festival hot spot. During the rest of the year, the venue's manager, Albane Cleret, stages dinners for the luxury sector.

Subscribers only Entourage 02.05.2024

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.

Front Row | France
André Messika, the Place Vendôme diamond dealer

As Glitz.paris revealed, jeweller Messika Paris is on the hunt for a new investor. Overseeing that quest is its founder and main shareholder, André Messika, who supplies diamonds to luxury brands and high-net-worth individuals.

Subscribers only Families 18.04.2024

France
Nicolas Bazire leaves LVMH board, but remains at Bernard Arnault's side

Nicolas Bazire, Bernard Arnault's trusted confidant, has left his seat on the LVMH board to his boss's children. But he continues to work for the luxury giant's CEO on a number of key issues.

Subscribers only Houses 18.04.2024

France, Italy
Valentino makes fashion show deal with crumbling Beaux-Arts

The Italian fashion house has signed an exclusive contract with the Parisian art school to hold its shows there. It's a major coup for the Beaux-Arts, which is badly in need of the rental income.

Free access Entourage 18.04.2024

France
Lagerfeld heirs gradually pay off his tax debt

The sale of the fashion designer's properties has enabled his nine heirs to repay some of the money sought by the authorities, even as they continue to challenge the tax demands in court.

Subscribers only Families 18.04.2024

Spotlight | France, Russia, United States
Luxury goods giants tickled pink by Brad Pitt's rosé woes

As the actor battles with his rosé production partner Yuri Scheffler, LVMH and Chanel are making the most of an opportunity to develop their own pink wines.

Subscribers only Families 28.03.2024

American actor Brad Pitt and the Domaine de Miraval, in Provence.

France
Spirits dynasty snaps up another Karl Lagerfeld property

A lesser-known Paris property that the late Chanel artistic director used as a dining hall and reception space has been sold to a family office linked to one of France's leading alcoholic beverage companies.

Subscribers only Families 28.03.2024

Italy
Tuscan luxury subcontractor employees poisoned by glue

The luxury goods industry is caught up in a workplace health scandal at subcontracting factories in Tuscany involving misuse of Takter 650, an adhesive commonly used to secure embroidery on leather goods.

Subscribers only Entourage 28.03.2024

Front Row | Italy
Will Antonella Mastrototaro maintain her reign over Milan luxury real estate?

Brands are prepared to pay a premium for a spot on Via Monte Napoleone in Milan's luxury shopping district. Antonella Mastrototaro's boutique real estate agency is currently the first port of call for hopeful occupants - but international conglomerates are circling.

Subscribers only Entourage 21.03.2024

Antonella Mastrototaro founded Fabbrica Italiana di Mediazione in 1977. She now operates 18Montenapoleone.

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Chanel

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

France
The damaging double life of a Chanel senior auditor

China, France
Cosmetics power struggle continues between Paris and Beijing

Spotlight | France
How second-hand sales send Hermès bag prices soaring

France, United States
Court orders Texan heirs to foot tax bill for Coco Chanel's legendary Riviera villa

Front Row | France, Italy
Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

European Union
LVMH's low-profile EU fight for right to use fur

France
Fondation Louis Vuitton's 2025 line-up revealed

France
Sale of former Karl Lagerfeld mansion held for ransom by Gabon's creditors

France
Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Front Row | France
Albane Cleret, Cannes luxury party hostess

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

Front Row | France
André Messika, the Place Vendôme diamond dealer

France
Nicolas Bazire leaves LVMH board, but remains at Bernard Arnault's side

France, Italy
Valentino makes fashion show deal with crumbling Beaux-Arts

France
Lagerfeld heirs gradually pay off his tax debt

Spotlight | France, Russia, United States
Luxury goods giants tickled pink by Brad Pitt's rosé woes

France
Spirits dynasty snaps up another Karl Lagerfeld property

Italy
Tuscan luxury subcontractor employees poisoned by glue

Front Row | Italy
Will Antonella Mastrototaro maintain her reign over Milan luxury real estate?

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Indigo Publications' websites

Brands brave the Wild West of the second-hand market

From the Martinez to Claridge's, hostilities rage between five-star hotel mogul Paddy McKillen and Qatar

The geopolitics of fake goods

Chanel

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

France The damaging double life of a Chanel senior auditor

China, France Cosmetics power struggle continues between Paris and Beijing

Spotlight | France How second-hand sales send Hermès bag prices soaring

France, United States Court orders Texan heirs to foot tax bill for Coco Chanel's legendary Riviera villa

Front Row | France, Italy Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

European Union LVMH's low-profile EU fight for right to use fur

France Fondation Louis Vuitton's 2025 line-up revealed

France Sale of former Karl Lagerfeld mansion held for ransom by Gabon's creditors

France Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Front Row | France Albane Cleret, Cannes luxury party hostess

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

Front Row | France André Messika, the Place Vendôme diamond dealer

France Nicolas Bazire leaves LVMH board, but remains at Bernard Arnault's side

France, Italy Valentino makes fashion show deal with crumbling Beaux-Arts

France Lagerfeld heirs gradually pay off his tax debt

Spotlight | France, Russia, United States Luxury goods giants tickled pink by Brad Pitt's rosé woes

France Spirits dynasty snaps up another Karl Lagerfeld property

Italy Tuscan luxury subcontractor employees poisoned by glue

Front Row | Italy Will Antonella Mastrototaro maintain her reign over Milan luxury real estate?

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Indigo Publications' websites

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

France
The damaging double life of a Chanel senior auditor

China, France
Cosmetics power struggle continues between Paris and Beijing

Spotlight | France
How second-hand sales send Hermès bag prices soaring

France, United States
Court orders Texan heirs to foot tax bill for Coco Chanel's legendary Riviera villa

Front Row | France, Italy
Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

European Union
LVMH's low-profile EU fight for right to use fur

France
Fondation Louis Vuitton's 2025 line-up revealed

France
Sale of former Karl Lagerfeld mansion held for ransom by Gabon's creditors

France
Chanel bolsters Eres, from Paris to the Emirates

Front Row | France
Albane Cleret, Cannes luxury party hostess

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

Front Row | France
André Messika, the Place Vendôme diamond dealer

France
Nicolas Bazire leaves LVMH board, but remains at Bernard Arnault's side

France, Italy
Valentino makes fashion show deal with crumbling Beaux-Arts

France
Lagerfeld heirs gradually pay off his tax debt

Spotlight | France, Russia, United States
Luxury goods giants tickled pink by Brad Pitt's rosé woes

France
Spirits dynasty snaps up another Karl Lagerfeld property

Italy
Tuscan luxury subcontractor employees poisoned by glue

Front Row | Italy
Will Antonella Mastrototaro maintain her reign over Milan luxury real estate?