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Villa Eugénie's Dior desert adventure

Fashion show production agency Villa Eugénie is set to organise a showstopper event in a desert landscape - hot on the heels of its competitor, Bureau Betak, organising Yves Saint Laurent's 2023 men's show in Morocco's Agafay desert. [...]

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Art d'Egypte
Bon Marché
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Dior Men
Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities
Etienne Russo
Hosni Mubarak
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Nadine Abdel Ghaffar
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Prune Nourry
Saint Laurent
Stefano Ricci
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Zahi Hawass

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.

France
Who produced the first Pharrell Williams runway show at Louis Vuitton?

Since 20 June, Instagram has been awash with images of Louis Vuitton's first runway show since Pharrell Williams became creative director. But the company that produced the star-studded event on Paris's Pont Neuf has remained shrouded in mystery.

Subscribers only Houses 22.06.2023

France
Not content with financing films, Saint Laurent considers publishing books

Currently pushing its latest venture as a film producer at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Saint Laurent is also contemplating becoming a publisher.

Subscribers only Houses 18.05.2023

France
Who will dress France's Olympic athletes for the Paris 2024 opening ceremony?

Glitz.paris reveals the name of the stylist in charge of the inaugural show of the next Olympic Games.

Free access Entourage 06.04.2023

France
The Independents' founders ready to build on their property empire

Already planning a new purchase, a year after acquiring fashion show organiser Bureau Betak, the two founders of communications company The Independents, Isabelle Chouvet and Olivier Chouvet, are keeping an eye on Paris's prestige property market.

Subscribers only Families 26.01.2023

France
Dior caught up in bitter neighbourhood battle on Avenue Montaigne

The Paris administrative court has just put an end to a legal dispute that the owners of a mansion next to Dior's new headquarters have been waging for three years. LVMH, the designer's parent company, recently renovated the HQ site at great expense.

Subscribers only Houses 05.01.2023

France
Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche close to reaching 40,000m² of retail space

The Paris department store, owned by the LVMH group, has only just completed major renovation work broadening its premises, but it is already looking to add further square metres wherever it can find them.

Subscribers only Houses 15.12.2022

France, Italy, Russia
High-end tailors Stefano Ricci and Zilli slip through cracks amid Ukraine War sanctions

While most major luxury houses have closed their boutiques in Russia following European sanctions, a handful of brands has continued to sell to local clients.

Subscribers only Entourage 08.12.2022

Spotlight | China, France
The Independents to seal Bureau Betak deal with final payments

Concluded more than a year ago, communications agency The Independents' acquisition of the runway production company Bureau Betak will close in early January. Glitz.paris unveils the terms of the deal and how much Bureau Betak's founder will earn from the sale.

Subscribers only Entourage 01.12.2022

The production company Bureau Betak was founded by Alexandre de Betak.

France
Dior races to become first fashion house at Ramses II's feet

Dior may not be the first fashion house to stage a runway show at an Egyptian historical monument, but the dinner it is hosting after the 3 December event will be held at a site never-before opened to the public.

Subscribers only Houses 01.12.2022

Italy
LVMH cutting ties between Loro Piana and traditional tailors

Both a fabric manufacturer and producer of its own ready-to-wear line, Italian group Loro Piana has built up long-standing links with tailors, to whom it has sold fabric and also enabled its own products to be sold.

Subscribers only Houses 24.11.2022

France
François-Henri Pinault drops off the radar

François-Henri Pinault is making sure his travels don't show up on flight-tracking websites. The Kering CEO, who has owned a large-cabin private jet for two years, is keen to avoid the fate that befell Bernard Arnault, who was famously obliged to give up his own aircraft under pressure from plane-spotters tracking his movements.

Free access Families 20.10.2022

France
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.

Free access Houses 13.10.2022

France
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.

Subscribers only Houses 06.10.2022

Monaco
Caroline of Monaco's daughter fights to protect her 'market value' in court

The daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco is suing two magazines, which she accuses of damaging her image, in particular through the publication of unauthorised photos. She is currently under contract with different luxury brands, such as Chanel.

Subscribers only Entourage 29.09.2022

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