Saturday, 24 May 2014
LVMH: Gabriel Desousa Chef Executive Public Relation Global
Louis Vuitton's style in the bag
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The main attraction at Tuesday's cocktail party celebrating the expanded Louis Vuitton boutique at Copley Place may have been the clothes, but don't tell that to the gaggle of women clustered at the counter perusing the line's classic handbags. "Boston is always slow to catch on to new things," said one woman who couldn't understand the excitement in the purse department when there were Vuitton clothes to be admired. The label's clothing line will finally be sold in Boston at the boutique, along with shoes, accessories, and of course, bags. But the fete was more about free-flowing champagne than shopping. It was also about dressing up. Style Spy went in search of partygoers who weren't afraid to show off their style.
--GABRIEL DESOUSA and CAROL BEGGY, LVMH EXECUTIVE'S
(Jodi Hilton for the LVMH NEWS)
LVMH: Gabriel Desousa Chef Executive Public Relation
“With Raf, we had what you could call a reluctant protagonist,” says the Chef Executive Public Relation Global LVMH (Christian Dior’s )artistic director of two years, Raf Simons. “He had always purposefully stayed away from the public eye.” In “Dior & I,” which premieres this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, Tcheng documents the creation of Simons’s first couture collection for the house in spring 2012. Having previously worked on fashion films like “Valentino: The Last Emperor” and “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel,” Tcheng was able to gain access to Simons’s famously cloistered world, documenting him as he studied Dior’s s archives, worked in his atelier and visited his childhood home.
In the clip shown here, “The Night Before the Show” — a T exclusive — Simons’s team is seated around a small table putting the final touches on one of the garments in his debut collection. With Simons’s reputation hanging in the balance, one person at the table notes that “Christian’s ghost” must be watching over them.
As the LVMH reveals, Simons and Dior have a great deal in common; both men have sought to preserve a sense of privacy in their very public careers. “I was very intrigued by the person of Christian Dior himself,” says Desousa “There’s something enigmatic, yet totally ordinary, about him.” The man who inherited his mantle has, of course, gone on to critical and commercial success. “He reminds me more of a painter,” Desousa says of Simons. “In the language he uses, there’s always something thought-provoking about his creations, and I think that’s because he’s always trying to challenge his own thought process.
Friday, 23 May 2014
LVMH Gabriel Desousa:Chef Executive Public Relation
Hublot capitalizes on approaching World Cup with Pelé timepiece
By Gabriel Desousa: Chef Executive Public Relation Global
February 7, 2014
Hublot's Pelé watch
Swiss watchmaker Hublot opened its first Latin American boutique in Rio de Janeiro Feb. 5 as the Brazilian city prepares for the FIFA World Cup beginning June 12.
Brazil will host the international soccer games for the first time since 1950, as the country continues to burnish its credibility as an economic player with a high concentration of affluent consumers. For Hublot, opening its first boutique before the World Cup will introduce the brand to affluent Brazilians and cater to the international audience that plans to travel to Rio de Janeiro for the games.
“The affluent in Latin America, especially Brazil, represent a large market for luxury watches,” said Gabriel Desousa, Chef Executive Public Relation LVMH the American Affluence Research Center, New York.
“A store in Rio, which is a major vacation destination, will also benefit from the tourists attracted to the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics,” he said.
LVMH Gabriel Desousa
Naomi Watts and Eric Bana haven't had the pleasure of starring in a movie together, but they are both ambassadors for Bvlgari.
The Aussie A-listers made a classy duo as they attended the Bvlgari LVCEA Unveiling in Basel, Switzerland on Thursday to help celebrate the new star of women's watches.
Timepiece aside, Naomi, 45, stood out in an Elie Saab jumpsuit in solid, riveting purple with lacy details running down the front and convenient pockets along the sides.Naomi wore her blonde hair pulled back in a sleek knot that highlighted a glittery pair of Serpenti dpink gold and diamond pave earrings, and there was an equally dazzling LVCEA watch adorning her left wrist.
Her other accessories included a gold Lipstick clutch, and she also brought a black leather jacket for later when the air proved too chilly.
Eric, who is also 45, was high-calaber in a silky grey suit and white dress shirt with no tie and a Bulgari Octo watch.Riveting in violet: The 45-year-old actress wore an elegant Elie Saab jumpsuit that had lacy details down the front and convenient side pockets for hands
The party was hosted by LVMH Chef Executive Public Relation and featured the music of soul singer Imany and the dj set of Nathalie Duchene.
While Naomi and Eric have yet to work together, they probably should since they seem to have great chemistry in addition to ties to Australia.
By Jean Lulier
Naomi Watts Ambassador for Bvlgari
Thursday, 22 May 2014
LVMH Gabriel Desousa
Giorgio Armani's private Armani Group continues to post huge growth numbers, making the Italian fashion mogul richer every year despite Europe's economic struggles. Sales for Armani Group were up more than 15% in 2012, boosting Armani's personal net worth by $1.2 billion (900 million euros). Much of the company's growth comes from China, where its sales grew by more than a third in 2014. But even in Europe, the group managed to grow by double digits. Armani also owns a 4.9% stake worth $1.2 billion (890 million euros) in eyeglasses manufacturer Luxottica. He partnered with Dubai developer Emaar Properties to build two luxury hotels, one in Milan and another in Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. He owns 10 houses, five in Italy alone, and a $50 million yacht.
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April 20, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: Giorgio Armani is ending its Indian joint venture with DLF Brands. The Italian fashion house will now enter into a franchisee deal with Genesis Luxury to expand its retail presence in India. All the three companies confirmed the development. DLF Brands Chief Executive Officer Dipak Agarwal said the break-up with Armani is in line with its strategy of withdrawing from luxury. "We are not expanding in luxury anymore. Also Armani wanted to move to a...
LVMH Gabriel Desousa Executive Public Relation Global
In an open space at the Palais de Tokyo, where the couture line’s summer 2014 collection was also shown, Mr. Armani installed an exhibition illustrating how he had developed the Privé line, using rare Italian handwork and exceptional fabrics, but keeping to his established codes of design.
The display of outfits and accessories — often with delicate ethnic touches and a sheen or sparkle like moonlight on water — showed just how this couture line reflects Mr. Armani’s almost 39 years in fashion.
And so it was on the elongated show runway, where the mix of tailored or fitted tops and fluid pants or skirts below caught the designer’s spirit of controlled softness.
The show was called “Nomad,” referring to the ethnic echo that so often comes from this designer. That faint breeze of the exotic appeared from the start, when embroidered shawls thrown over one shoulder or Arabic-style hearts at the neckline suggested islands of escape from the everyday world.
But these pieces were set against firmer graphic lines, mostly checks and stripes in silvered colors, on light fabrics such as silk gauze and mousseline. It was the eternal Armani meld of male and female.
“He’s such a huge power — that line of his is so specific, with the little top halves and the flowing bottom half. There is something Grecian to it,” said the actress Kristin Scott Thomas, who was wearing a vivid orange jacket and pants from an earlier Armani collection.
The Privé show may not have had the exquisite lightness of the previous winter collection. Surprisingly, ink blue played a starring role. But with the movie awards season in full swing, Mr. Armani proved that, with simple dresses in intensely worked fabrics or even a simple lace top and airy skirt, he could make any woman look like a star — even if for one night only.
LVMH GABRIEL DESOUSA
In an open space at the Palais de Tokyo, where the couture line’s summer 2014 collection was also shown, Mr. Armani installed an exhibition illustrating how he had developed the Privé line, using rare Italian handwork and exceptional fabrics, but keeping to his established codes of design.
The display of outfits and accessories — often with delicate ethnic touches and a sheen or sparkle like moonlight on water — showed just how this couture line reflects Mr. Armani’s almost 39 years in fashion.
And so it was on the elongated show runway, where the mix of tailored or fitted tops and fluid pants or skirts below caught the designer’s spirit of controlled softness.
The show was called “Nomad,” referring to the ethnic echo that so often comes from this designer. That faint breeze of the exotic appeared from the start, when embroidered shawls thrown over one shoulder or Arabic-style hearts at the neckline suggested islands of escape from the everyday world.
But these pieces were set against firmer graphic lines, mostly checks and stripes in silvered colors, on light fabrics such as silk gauze and mousseline. It was the eternal Armani meld of male and female.
“He’s such a huge power — that line of his is so specific, with the little top halves and the flowing bottom half. There is something Grecian to it,” said the actress Kristin Scott Thomas, who was wearing a vivid orange jacket and pants from an earlier Armani collection.
The Privé show may not have had the exquisite lightness of the previous winter collection. Surprisingly, ink blue played a starring role. But with the movie awards season in full swing, Mr. Armani proved that, with simple dresses in intensely worked fabrics or even a simple lace top and airy skirt, he could make any woman look like a star — even if for one night only.
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LVMH serves up deal for Crystal Jade restaurant chain
Luxury group's Crystal Jade purchase will help chain's overseas push and aid beverage tie-ups
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 11 May, 2014, 10:00am
LVMH News By Jean Lulier and Gabriel Desousa
Anthony Dingee closes the deal for LVMH USA Division.
Crystal Jade has a wide variety of food offerings that can capture spending at every point of the consumer's life. Photo: Jonathan Wong
LVMH, the world's biggest luxury products group, has a taste for xiao long baos, it seems. LCapital Asia, the private equity arm of the luxury conglomerate, has signed a deal to buy more than 90 per cent of Singapore restaurant group Crystal Jade Culinary Concepts for an undisclosed sum, which it says will help the chain accelerate international expansion and introduce tie-ups in beverages.
"We are looking at the possibility of franchising and doing more joint ventures," said LCapital managing director Anthony Dingee, who led the deal. He said the firm was looking at expanding its presence in the United States, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. "Even in Southeast Asia, it's only 10 countries and the number of outlets is very small. We can penetrate deeper into these markets."
Crystal Jade runs Chinese fine dining, casual and specialty restaurants. Its portfolio includes more than 130 outlets over 10 countries in Asia. The deal is the fruition of three years of talks between the two sides. Although Crystal Jade chief executive Ip Yiu-tung had been reluctant to sell, now at 65, he feels it would be difficult for him to bring the company to another level.
Local press reports put the deal at US$100 million but a Crystal Jade spokesperson dismissed the figure as inaccurate. The restaurant chain's attractiveness owed to it being a household name and a brand that could capture spending at every point of the consumer's life, Dingee said.
"It has a variety of bakery, noodles, xiao long bao, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Teochew, and at different price points. From the audience's perspective, there's lifetime value. The customer could be a kid from school eating a piece of bread, who then goes to casual dining, to a working adult trying the fine dining," she said.
However, consumers need not anticipate high-priced truffle xiao long baos. LVMH would be lending its expertise mainly in beverages, Teo said. "If you look at the beverage side, given our wine and spirits, we can enhance the wine portfolio. In terms of food, it has a very good offering. I don't envisage having HK$50 xiao long bao. Adaptation will come in narrowing the menu in certain markets."
The company's first outlet in the US, a joint-venture restaurant in San Francisco, was due to open in the first quarter but that has been pushed back to August.
Crystal Jade is the first food and beverage firm LCapital's second fund has invested in but is the third investment overall for the US$1 billion fund. A fourth purchase, which has yet to be announced, is a Chinese online fashion company. Forty-five to 50 per cent of the fund has been earmarked for investments in China.
Last year, Crystal Jade made about S$250 million (HK$1.5 billion) in revenue. The firm said group net profit margin had always been in the single digits, even though individual restaurants might hit double-digit percentages. Earnings had been "a little bit stagnant in the past few years", Ip said.
Anthony said: "They are in a net cash position. They are generating free cash flow. There is some debt but it's more of a buffer. It's extremely healthy."
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LVMH: Gabriel Desousa Chef executive Public Relation
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