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While the luxury industry processes Trump’s multibillion-dollar assault on global trade, LVMH and Kering are confronting the consequences of their own success: greater exposure to macroeconomic trends, creative exhaustion, and consumer fatigue… at least until a new wave of designers arrives.
Lauren Sherman & Sarah Shapiro March 8, 2025
As a week of shows reaches its denouement, a survey of how various brands in the LVMH portfolio presented their collections—and, of course, a roundup of all the front-row chatter. Plus, a look at a brewing crisis in Gap Inc.’s athletic wear division.
Delphine Arnault
Lauren Sherman March 3, 2025
The designer’s Milan spectacle featured leather, lewd fur, and fashion editors picking the shelves bare. Plus, the latest Arnault family maneuvers.
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Lauren Sherman October 7, 2024
Bernard Arnault has begun clearing the executive decks for the next generation—Delphine, Antoine, Alexandre, Frédéric, and Jean—amid growing anticipation of another sale and fresh acquisition targets as the fashion world braces for change.


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Lauren Sherman September 26, 2024
Optimizing Dior is the first true test for its new C.E.O., Delphine Arnault, who has inherited a sprawling house that aspires to design under one vision, but often falls short of that noble goal. Her own vision for its future—both creatively and structurally—will determine whether she has what it takes to win the family succession battle.
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Lauren Sherman May 16, 2024
The surprise news that Michael Burke, the longtime Arnault lieutenant, was “stepping back” from his role as C.E.O. of LVMH’s fashion division has thrown Delphine Arnault into the catbird seat. Is her interim appointment a major step forward in the interminable sibling rivalry to one day replace her father?
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Lauren Sherman April 25, 2024
Rumors that Hedi Slimane will be replaced at Celine could just as easily have been seeded by Hedi as by his bosses. But don’t discount the rise of Delphine Arnault, the eldest LVMH heir, in determining whatever happens next.