Tag: LVMH
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Checking In at Hotel Moynat: When the Sticker Becomes the Souvenir
A luxury Parisian trunk maker has turned the humble hotel label into leather, and Latin pop culture is the concierge. Anyone who has inherited an old suitcase knows the charm of its stickers: faded crests of grand hotels, a ship’s name, a city half remembered. Moynat has looked at that charm and asked a very…
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Loro Piana Builds a Cathedral for Knitwear
While much of fashion outsources, Loro Piana, one of the quietest names in luxury just poured its largest industrial investment into a single sweater-making hub. In an industry that often talks about craft while quietly optimizing costs, a luxury company building a 8,000-square-meter factory for knitwear is making a statement. Possibly even a loud one,…
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A Dashboard Clock Grew Up and Became Two Porsches
Decoding Louis Vuitton and Singer’s first-ever co-branded creation — and what it says about where luxury collaborations are headed. Most great collaborations start with a grand plan. This one started with someone wanting a nicer clock. At Monterey Car Week 2026, Louis Vuitton and Singer Vehicle Design unveiled two extraordinary reimagined Porsche 911s — a…
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LVMH Just Hired Science to Explain Why Designers Are Geniuses
Decoding the new LVMH’s “Sciences & Creation” Chair — and what it actually means once the press release ends Every luxury conglomerate eventually produces a headline that sounds like it was generated by a very expensive fog machine. “LVMH and Institut Français de la Mode launch the Sciences & Creation Chair, dedicated to new scientific…
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The Graduation of the “Little Guys”: Why the LVMH Prize is a Seismic Shift for Indie Watchmaking
Tick-Tock Rebellion: Hazemann & Monnin Win Big and Prove the Future of Time is Independent In the grand, glass-shrouded halls of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, the ticking of a thousand gears just found a new rhythm. The second edition of the Louis Vuitton Watch Prize for Independent Creatives has officially crowned its new…
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Why the world’s most powerful luxury group just bought a business weekly and two science journals
On December 30, 2025, LVMH solidified its grip on the French media landscape by acquiring 100% of Les Éditions Croque Futur. This strategic move folds three heavyweights—the business weekly Challenges and the scientific journals Sciences & Avenir and La Recherche—into LVMH’s investment arm, UFIPAR. While the group frames this as a mission to “secure the…