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Gainsbourg family contracts out the management of its bar

Serge Gainsbourg's heirs are working to have the renowned French crooner's former Paris home opened to the public, and to build a museum and a bar nearby. Both attractions are sure to draw a large crowd, and luxury restaurants and nightclub operators are keen to get involved. [...]

Published on 24/11/2022 at 06:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Saint Laurent, top donor to newly opened Maison Gainsbourg

Kering brand Saint Laurent, which counts Charlotte Gainsbourg among its ambassadors, is the main donor to the museum opened in her father Serge Gainsbourg's home. The fashion house is also about to launch a limited-edition pinstriped jacket in homage to the late singer's signature look.

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Serge Gainsbourg bar is strictly teetotal

The late French singer-songwriter's home was opened to the public last week as a museum. But in an ironic twist of fate, given the musical icon's notoriously decadent lifestyle, the establishment's café-bar, Le Gainsbarre, is unable to sell alcohol.

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Paris Society founder Gourcuff looking to reinvest profits from Accor sale

Less than eight months after selling 95% of his events company Paris Society to the Accor hotel group, Laurent de Gourcuff is in talks to reinvest the sum he received.

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Accor tempers Paris Society's ambitions six months after purchase

French hotel giant Accor has compelled Paris Society, the restaurant group it acquired in November, to part with a spectacular historical property to finance the cost of renovating other assets.

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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.

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Cabourg mayor sidelining as consultant for Laurent de Gourcuff's Paris Society

The French restaurant group has turned to the mayor of Cabourg for help in developing and securing funds for its luxury hotel in the heart of the historic Vauban Citadel on Brittany's Belle-Ile-en-Mer.

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Ex-Paris Society owner Laurent de Gourcuff's Ile de Ré real estate splurge

Paris Society restaurant and events group founder Laurent de Gourcuff recently became one of the upscale French Ile de Ré's principal property owners.

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Ex-Vogue France editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's family businesses

Carine Roitfeld, the former editor-in-chief of Vogue France, is working closely with Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al-Missned to organise an unprecedented fashion show marking the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Roitfeld, who now works as a consultant, has established a series of businesses run or owned by her children.

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Faux war rages on leather and fur front among LVMH, Kering, Chanel and Hermès

To make good on their countless environmental commitments, luxury giants are furiously seeking out substitute leathers and furs for their bags and coats. Their quest has turned into a pitched battle centred on a handful of subcontractors and specialised start-ups.

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Paris Fashion Week plays host to tarpaulin tug-of-war between luxury giants

Luxury house giants made strategic use of the tarpaulins masking construction work in key Paris fashion week locations, buying them up to serve as advertising billboards that became uninvited guests at their rivals' otherwise perfectly choreographed fashion shows.

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Castel
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Didier Grumbach
Eric Losfeld
Fédération de la haute couture et de la mode
Gigi Paris
Grumbach
Laurent de Gourcuff
Le Gainsbarre
Les Planches
Louis Vuitton
Maison Gainsbourg
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Patrick Molis
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Cabourg mayor sidelining as consultant for Laurent de Gourcuff's Paris Society

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Ex-Vogue France editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's family businesses

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France Accor tempers Paris Society's ambitions six months after purchase

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

France Cabourg mayor sidelining as consultant for Laurent de Gourcuff's Paris Society

France Ex-Paris Society owner Laurent de Gourcuff's Ile de Ré real estate splurge

France Ex-Vogue France editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's family businesses

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France
Gainsbourg family contracts out the management of its bar

France
Saint Laurent, top donor to newly opened Maison Gainsbourg

France
Serge Gainsbourg bar is strictly teetotal

France
Paris Society founder Gourcuff looking to reinvest profits from Accor sale

France
Accor tempers Paris Society's ambitions six months after purchase

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

France
Cabourg mayor sidelining as consultant for Laurent de Gourcuff's Paris Society

France
Ex-Paris Society owner Laurent de Gourcuff's Ile de Ré real estate splurge

France
Ex-Vogue France editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld's family businesses

France
Faux war rages on leather and fur front among LVMH, Kering, Chanel and Hermès

France
Paris Fashion Week plays host to tarpaulin tug-of-war between luxury giants