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France
French culture minister honours slew of luxury professionals

Rachida Dati has been on something of a luxury gong binge since taking office, handing out state honours with great pomp and circumstance to Demna Gvasalia, Simon Porte Jacquemus, Naomi Campbell, Julia Roberts and a host of others in the sector.

Subscribers only 20.03.2025

France
Is this the last European Artistic Crafts Days?

For the first time since its creation in 2002, the annual Journées Européennes des Métiers d'Art event in Paris that showcases excellence in craftsmanship has been deprived of funding from the French state. This is a blow for manufacturers and workshops providing services to the luxury goods industry.

Subscribers only 20.03.2025

France
Eco-organisation Refashion under fire over 'repair bonus' scheme

Management of the textile industry's ecological body, which has annual funding totalling more than €100m, is being widely challenged by fashion houses and the French authorities. Most complaints concern the "repair bonus" scheme it set up less than two years ago.

Subscribers only 20.03.2025

Led by engineer Vidyuth Srinivasan, Entrupy uses AI to help authenticate luxury goods. © Studio Pachamama

Front Row | France, United States
Vidyuth Srinivasan automated the fight against fakes

Srinivasan has developed technology that can authenticate luxury goods with a high level of accuracy. His tool is widely used by second-hand platforms, and some even outsource their entire counterfeiting checks to his firm Entrupy.

Subscribers only 13.03.2025

Luxury brands with boutiques on Avenue Montaigne are competing to find storage space on the same street. © Studio Pachamama

Spotlight | France
Avenue Montaigne luxury stores battle for storage space

The boutiques on Avenue Montaigne, the epicentre of Paris luxury, are at war. The prize they are fighting for is the upper floors of the buildings on the street, which they desperately need for storage space.

Subscribers only 06.03.2025

Samer Al Rayes, 34, has a property portfolio of 40 or so flats that he rents to modelling agencies. © Studio Pachamama

Front Row | France
Samer Al Rayes, the dentist who provides lodgings for Paris Fashion Week models

He has been well known for years as the preferred dentist of the top models who gather in Paris six times a year for fashion week. He has made use of his contacts, however, to build up a substantial collection of properties, where the models can be accommodated when they are not on the catwalks.

Subscribers only 27.02.2025

United Kingdom
The hottest picks: burglars' favourite luxury watches

Customs officers and detectives investigating burglaries at the homes of luxury world bigwigs are likely to be paying close attention to a recent report detailing thefts last year of ultra-pricey timepieces.

Subscribers only Entourage 20.03.2025

China, France
How luxury fragrances end up on Shein

The fast-fashion giant, which is the target of several legislative broadsides in France, is working to reposition itself as a marketplace, particularly for luxury brands. Products from several fashion houses are already on sale on the site.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.03.2025

France
Foreign model agencies regularly flout French labour regulations

Russian, US and Japanese agencies are well used to circumventing strict French regulations in order to get their models on the catwalks of Paris. This situation has alarmed French agencies, and they have turned to the country's labour authorities for help.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.03.2025

France, Qatar
Qatar overhauls The Peninsula Paris hotel management

Katara Hospitality, a subsidiary of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, has carried out a major overhaul of the management of the heavily-indebted The Peninsula Paris.

Subscribers only Entourage 06.03.2025

Europe, United States
Agencies troubled by AI-generated models

Agencies are struggling to find solutions to deal with the influx of models generated by artificial intelligence, particularly on social media.

Subscribers only Entourage 06.03.2025

France
French parliamentary commission to look into models' debts to agencies

A French parliamentary commission of inquiry into violence in the film and fashion industries has expressed concern about deductions taken from models' pay by their agencies. Several agencies are due to be summoned to a new hearing this month.

Subscribers only Entourage 06.03.2025

France, United States
Luxury sector struggles to rid Instagram of counterfeiters

Instagram has become indispensable to the luxury sector, but its owner, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta group, largely ignores companies' complaints about the widespread use of the platform by counterfeiters.

Free access Entourage 06.03.2025

France, Saudi Arabia
As Al Fayed abuse storm gathers strength, Ritz Paris gets a new chairman close to Riyadh

So far unaffected by complaints filed by victims of late former owner Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse, the Ritz Paris has replaced its chairman, financier Keith Lindsay, with a lawyer who used to manage the lucrative licensing of the Ritz brand.

Subscribers only Entourage 27.02.2025

France
Financier Thierry Gloaguen buys fourth modelling agency

Fever Management, which has been in receivership for over a year, has just been bought by a former member of Kering's finance team, Thierry Gloaguen. Over the past four years he has been consolidating modelling agencies into a single group.

Subscribers only Entourage 27.02.2025

France
Who has the Louvre hired to organise its 'Met Gala'?

The Louvre Museum in Paris is counting on support from the fashion industry to help finance the renovation of its dilapidated premises. It has hired several agencies in the sector to put on a major fundraising dinner on 4 March.

Subscribers only Entourage 27.02.2025

Turkey
Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

The Turkish counterfeiter Cumali Demirci, who specialises in fake Hermès products, has had his Instagram account deleted.

Subscribers only Entourage 27.02.2025

France, United States
Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

The shopping platform, recently valued at €5bn, is seeking to establish itself in the luxury second-hand market in France. But the way it operates favours counterfeiters.

Subscribers only Entourage 20.02.2025

France
Luxury's lobbying win now under threat from anti-Shein MPs

The French government has asked Brussels to suspend a European directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, which would have hefty consequences for luxury companies. But several MPs are worried that the suspension will mainly benefit fast-fashion giant Shein and are putting up resistance.

Subscribers only Entourage 20.02.2025

Front Row | France, Turkey
Cumali Demirci, the counterfeiter thumbing his nose at Hermès

Like the brand whose iconic bags he knocks off, the Turkish-based manufacturer of fake Birkins and Kellys has waiting lists and an Instagram account, and is giving the luxury house's legal department a hard time.

Subscribers only Entourage 20.02.2025

Turkish national Cumali Demirci is taking advantage of the lax attitude the authorities in Ankara have adopted towards counterfeiting.

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Entourage

France
French culture minister honours slew of luxury professionals

France
Is this the last European Artistic Crafts Days?

France
Eco-organisation Refashion under fire over 'repair bonus' scheme

Front Row | France, United States
Vidyuth Srinivasan automated the fight against fakes

Spotlight | France
Avenue Montaigne luxury stores battle for storage space

Front Row | France
Samer Al Rayes, the dentist who provides lodgings for Paris Fashion Week models

United Kingdom
The hottest picks: burglars' favourite luxury watches

China, France
How luxury fragrances end up on Shein

France
Foreign model agencies regularly flout French labour regulations

France, Qatar
Qatar overhauls The Peninsula Paris hotel management

Europe, United States
Agencies troubled by AI-generated models

France
French parliamentary commission to look into models' debts to agencies

France, United States
Luxury sector struggles to rid Instagram of counterfeiters

France, Saudi Arabia
As Al Fayed abuse storm gathers strength, Ritz Paris gets a new chairman close to Riyadh

France
Financier Thierry Gloaguen buys fourth modelling agency

France
Who has the Louvre hired to organise its 'Met Gala'?

Turkey
Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

France, United States
Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

France
Luxury's lobbying win now under threat from anti-Shein MPs

Front Row | France, Turkey
Cumali Demirci, the counterfeiter thumbing his nose at Hermès

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Indigo Publications' websites

The geopolitics of fake goods

The Ritz after Al-Fayed

Karl Lagerfeld's long-time mansion, a luxury playground in Paris

Entourage

France French culture minister honours slew of luxury professionals

France Is this the last European Artistic Crafts Days?

France Eco-organisation Refashion under fire over 'repair bonus' scheme

Front Row | France, United States Vidyuth Srinivasan automated the fight against fakes

Spotlight | France Avenue Montaigne luxury stores battle for storage space

Front Row | France Samer Al Rayes, the dentist who provides lodgings for Paris Fashion Week models

United Kingdom The hottest picks: burglars' favourite luxury watches

China, France How luxury fragrances end up on Shein

France Foreign model agencies regularly flout French labour regulations

France, Qatar Qatar overhauls The Peninsula Paris hotel management

Europe, United States Agencies troubled by AI-generated models

France French parliamentary commission to look into models' debts to agencies

France, United States Luxury sector struggles to rid Instagram of counterfeiters

France, Saudi Arabia As Al Fayed abuse storm gathers strength, Ritz Paris gets a new chairman close to Riyadh

France Financier Thierry Gloaguen buys fourth modelling agency

France Who has the Louvre hired to organise its 'Met Gala'?

Turkey Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

France, United States Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

France Luxury's lobbying win now under threat from anti-Shein MPs

Front Row | France, Turkey Cumali Demirci, the counterfeiter thumbing his nose at Hermès

About Glitz

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Glitz on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

France
French culture minister honours slew of luxury professionals

France
Is this the last European Artistic Crafts Days?

France
Eco-organisation Refashion under fire over 'repair bonus' scheme

Front Row | France, United States
Vidyuth Srinivasan automated the fight against fakes

Spotlight | France
Avenue Montaigne luxury stores battle for storage space

Front Row | France
Samer Al Rayes, the dentist who provides lodgings for Paris Fashion Week models

United Kingdom
The hottest picks: burglars' favourite luxury watches

China, France
How luxury fragrances end up on Shein

France
Foreign model agencies regularly flout French labour regulations

France, Qatar
Qatar overhauls The Peninsula Paris hotel management

Europe, United States
Agencies troubled by AI-generated models

France
French parliamentary commission to look into models' debts to agencies

France, United States
Luxury sector struggles to rid Instagram of counterfeiters

France, Saudi Arabia
As Al Fayed abuse storm gathers strength, Ritz Paris gets a new chairman close to Riyadh

France
Financier Thierry Gloaguen buys fourth modelling agency

France
Who has the Louvre hired to organise its 'Met Gala'?

Turkey
Instagram bans Cumaliibags counterfeiter

France, United States
Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

France
Luxury's lobbying win now under threat from anti-Shein MPs

Front Row | France, Turkey
Cumali Demirci, the counterfeiter thumbing his nose at Hermès