President Trump last week appeared at the ribbon-cutting of a new Louis Vuitton factory in Texas, receiving a warm welcome from the company’s chief executive.Now one of the brand’s top designers is publicly disowning the affiliation. Back in 2017, Arnault, who does about a quarter of his business, or some $13 billion annually in the U.S., was hedging his political bets. Cue fashion world outrage—of a … He arrived with his couture-client daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, in tow, and Arnault brought his own son, Alexandre, who runs the Rimowa luggage division of LVMH.The factory, which will eventually employ 1,000 people (wages are said not to be luxury-level), was dubbed Rochambeau Ranch, named for a French general who helped the American colonists win the American Revolution. I have no political role. Donald Trump, Louis Vuitton, and the Fashion Scandal That Wasn’t. LVMH does not break out sales for Louis Vuitton, typically folding the brand’s results into a wider fashion and accessories category. Trump celebrates Texas Louis Vuitton factory with LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault Vuitton has promised 1,000 jobs for the region. Donald Trump has a long history of loving fashion. That means sustainable, inclusive brands, who are aware of and scrupulously guard their social justice optics, will win the long game.© 2020, The Kit, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited,Sign up to receive The Kit newsletter, which features exciting offers, promotions, and other information from The Kit, our affiliates and other friends. China, which is set to become the world’s biggest fashion market this year, tends to vote with its wallet more effectively. AD. By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com.
In his speech, he had mentioned how much he loved the name of the ranch, and the fact it referenced the French general who fought on the side of future President George Washington. President Donald Trump has added two more stops to his trip to Dallas next week for a political rally: the new Louis Vuitton workshop in Johnson County and a fundraiser in Fort Worth. So we’re very happy about that. But earlier, The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning.The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. “You listen to the 99 percent,” he added.“This is about creating jobs,” he said later. If a bag is made in a French way, but in America and by Americans, does that change the commercial proposition?For now, they are being shrugged off the way Mr. Burke shrugged off original complaints about the factory. Ambassador to France, Jamie McCourt, is also expected to attend, FOX Business has learned.Louis Vuitton bags are a classic staple, with the brown and tan initials and icon. Very happy.”On the other hand, Mr. Arnault and LVMH were among the forces driving the mythology of “Made in France” as a factor in brand value, embedded in the high prices of their products. ** To best assist you, please email our Care … Nike once again made its voice heard in its 'Don't do it' ad, and fellow competitor adidas agrees with a retweet (Photo: Nike) Amid the countless articles and … At the time Arnault eluded to expanding Louis Vuitton manufacturing with another U.S. factory.“We are going to expand because of the success of the product and we are going to do that in Carolinas or Texas,” he said while speaking to reporters with Trump.The bags were spotted being carted to Marine One from the White House lawn as Trump and First Lady Melania prepared for a trip to Texas to tour the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey.On Thursday, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who is also the former governor of the state, will join the entourage and U.S. “There’s a commonality of interests that is absolutely in keeping with what our overriding social duties are.”As for whether the special relationship with the White House would continue, he said, that remained to be seen. “She’s a dynamic young girl, but she’s surrendering completely to catastrophism.”Ghesquiere was the lone artistic voice to stand up against Louis Vuitton’s Trump endorsement: LVMH’s talent stable includes Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton menswear, Clare Waight Keller at Givenchy and of course, Rihanna. He was wearing bespoke cowboy boots he had bought a few years ago in El Paso. Hailed as a wunderkind, does he feels that secure in his job to do so?A clever conspiracy theory has arisen to address this point—that Ghesquiere’s single post (there was no follow-up, and he gave no interviews) might just be a way for Louis Vuitton to have its cake and eat it, too.