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LVMH and Paris 2024 unveil sustainable designs for Olympic ceremonies

Luxury conglomerate LVMH has revealed its latest contributions to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, showcasing a blend of heritage craftsmanship and sustainable innovation. The group, serving as the event's lead sponsor, has designed eco-friendly outfits for medal bearers and bespoke medal trays, adding to its previously announced...

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Changes at the top for LVMH's Berluti and Chaumet

LVMH-owned French luxury menswear brand Berluti has confirmed that Antoine Arnault will step down as chief executive in January 2024. Arnault, the eldest son of Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive at LVMH, will be replaced by Jean-Marc Mansvelt, who has been chief executive officer of heritage jeweller Chaumet since 2014. Mansvelt will...

Culture

Chaumet launches Botanical exhibition at Beaux-Arts de Paris

French luxury jeweller Chaumet will debut a new exhibition, Botanical, at the Beaux-Arts de Paris until September 4. The Kering-owned maison proposes a dialogue between the craft of its jewellery and a botanical vision that resonates with all forms of art, creating an immersive experience that recounts the beauty of plants across 7,000 years of...

Fashion

Two held after Paris jeweller e-scooter robbery

Paris - French police arrested two suspects on Wednesday after a robbery at famed Parisian jeweller Chaumet where a thief made off with up to three million euros worth of jewellery after arriving and making a getaway on an electronic scooter. The two suspects were arrested at a motorway rest area in the east of France and a “substantial quantity...

Fashion

Parisian jeweller robbed, thief gets away on segway

An armed man using a stand-up scooter Tuesday robbed famed Parisian jeweller Chaumet of up to three million euros worth of jewellery in an audacious evening heist, a source close to the case said. The robber stole between two million and three million euros (2.4-3.6 million dollars) worth of jewellery and precious stones after bursting into the...