Various members of LVMH's shareholding family are using the group's shares to underwrite their own projects. Among them is Antoine Arnault, who earlier this year purchased the old headquarters of the Banque de France on Paris's Left Bank.
Already struggling with logistical problems that are hindering the in-store roll-out of Jonathan Anderson's first creations, Dior is also contending with a consumer complaint in South Korea that could go viral.