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What We’ve Read: Changes at Richemont as Chief Technology Officer Resigns

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Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.

PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.

In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”

The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris

Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

1. Richemont Technology Chief Quits Amid Online Sales Push

Richemont CTO Jean-Jacques Van Oosten is leaving after only four months on the job, during which the Swiss Group bid for control of online retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter to boost web sales.

Read this on Reuters.

2. Zenith Opens its Doors… Permanently

Zenith in partnership with Neuchâtel Tourism launched a unique project in order to promote the Swiss watch industry and make it even more attractive for tourists from all over the world.

Read this on Europa Star.

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3. Gucci Aims to Step into the Shoes of Luxury Leader Louis Vuitton

After a stellar return to growth, the Italian brand hopes to close the gap on its French rival.

Read this on Financial Times.

4. Luxury Brands Still Struggle To Crack The Red Hot Chinese Market, But They're Adapting

Chinese consumers are purchasing luxury goods at an ever-increasing rate, though luxury retailers face challenges to competing in the market.

Read this on Forbes.

Cover image credit: Richemont

Camille Lake

Writer, Luxury Society

Before joining the editorial team at Luxury Society, Camille worked with a South African magazine, The Month, as well as a Swiss digital publication, Luxuria Lifestyle. She then went on to join the team at a leading business publication in Geneva, Bilan Magazine.

RETAIL

What We’ve Read: Changes at Richemont as Chief Technology Officer Resigns

by

Camille Lake

|

This is the featured image caption
Credit : This is the featured image credit

Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.

PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.

In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”

The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris

Luxury Society’s selection of news articles that are not to be missed this week.

1. Richemont Technology Chief Quits Amid Online Sales Push

Richemont CTO Jean-Jacques Van Oosten is leaving after only four months on the job, during which the Swiss Group bid for control of online retailer Yoox Net-A-Porter to boost web sales.

Read this on Reuters.

2. Zenith Opens its Doors… Permanently

Zenith in partnership with Neuchâtel Tourism launched a unique project in order to promote the Swiss watch industry and make it even more attractive for tourists from all over the world.

Read this on Europa Star.

Join Luxury Society to have more articles like this delivered directly to your inbox

3. Gucci Aims to Step into the Shoes of Luxury Leader Louis Vuitton

After a stellar return to growth, the Italian brand hopes to close the gap on its French rival.

Read this on Financial Times.

4. Luxury Brands Still Struggle To Crack The Red Hot Chinese Market, But They're Adapting

Chinese consumers are purchasing luxury goods at an ever-increasing rate, though luxury retailers face challenges to competing in the market.

Read this on Forbes.

Cover image credit: Richemont

Camille Lake

Writer, Luxury Society

Before joining the editorial team at Luxury Society, Camille worked with a South African magazine, The Month, as well as a Swiss digital publication, Luxuria Lifestyle. She then went on to join the team at a leading business publication in Geneva, Bilan Magazine.

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