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...Swiss group Richemont, for example, has established foundations to support nature and the arts, as well as humanitarian causes, to which it has donated more than SFr100mn ($111mn) through its Cartier Philanthropy...
...That same year, the South African designer Thebe Magugu won the LVMH Prize, and has since designed a collection for AZ Factory, the Richemont-owned brand founded by the late designer Alber Elbaz, while his...
...Working, too, is Pieter Mulier’s gentle remaking of Richemont-owned Alaïa in the wake of its founder’s passing in 2017....
...More appealing were sleek column and tuxedo dresses with power shoulders, plunging V-necks and chunky gold buttons, which had a fierce glamour, as did oversized jackets worn with flares....
...But the biggest (v)indicator of the power of the past is the recent resurgence of Cartier as a watchmaker, under the leadership of Cyrille Vigneron....
...“This is not going to be a V-shaped recovery, at best, this is going to be a U-shaped.”...
...If ending lockdown marks the climb back up to a V-shaped recovery, watchmakers will be among the first to know....
...For Vevers, that meant youth fully optimistic shearling-trimmed bombers, V-neck sweaters and leather pencil skirts paired with colourful trainers and tube socks....
...Ms Mattoon was chief operating officer of Richemont North America, the luxury group, and Mr Schmitz, a former McKinsey partner, was a director of KKR Capstone, KKR’s in-house consultancy....
...In recent months, the Richemont-owned luxury brands Cartier and Chloé have polished their presence on the street....
...In 2014, he was appointed a trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and he later became the chairman of V&A enterprises, the museum’s commercial arm....
...Read part two on the domination of LVMH, Kering and Richemont, but how fears of a trade war have hit record valuations....
...V-10 Terrazzo Pierre Pekin, €125, veja-store.com Rock the kaftan Pippa Holt’s cult brand of holiday-wear now offers fabric belts and children’s kaftans....
...The exhibition is the brainchild of Johann Rupert, the South African billionaire behind the Swiss luxury goods group Richemont....
...The incredible demand to buy into a Chinese company that does not yet have any clear products is just one sign that China's venture capital market is overheating (FT) Xerox v activist investors Xerox is...
...He notes that Richemont has been an exception, seeking to stamp out the grey market by buying back (and destroying) stock in Asia....
...(FT) US v China: the new cold war? David Pilling looks at the simmering tensions between the two superpowers....
...Massenet built Net-a-Porter internationally before selling it to luxury-goods group Richemont for more than $50m in 2010, and remains an executive chairman....
...Trilantic V North America is the company’s first fund after rising from the ashes of Lehman’s merchant banking unit four years ago....
...Frida Giannini, the creative director of Gucci, and Patrizio di Marco, the chief executive, are in the ornate restaurant of the George V hotel in Paris, posing for a portrait. They look uncomfortable....
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