PARIS, France — The traditional power woman is all over the runways this season with a high heeled, red-lipped, neatly coiffed femininity making a comeback. It looked particularly alluring at Lanvin, where Bruno Sialelli really came into his own, shaking off the debt to his tenure at Loewe that previously clogged his creative expression. Indeed, […]
Power Moves | Lanvin Names CEO, Nina Ricci Appoints Creative Directors
LONDON, United Kingdom — BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week. Lanvin appoints CEOJean-Philippe Hecquet has been appointed chief executive at Lanvin. Hecquet joins the company from SMCP, where he was chief executive at Sandro. Prior to that he spent 14 years at Louis Vuitton where he held several operational positions between Paris […]
Mayhoola, Fosun Vie for Control of French Fashion Label Lanvin
PARIS, France — Qatari investment fund Mayhoola, which owns Italian fashion house Valentino, and Chinese conglomerate Fosun, the company behind French tourism group Club Med, are vying to acquire a majority stake in struggling French fashion house Lanvin, two sources familiar with the talks said. The storied Parisian label, France’s oldest surviving couture house, is […]