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Chimera and Haeres launch a joint venture and acquire Vionnet

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Chimera has launched a joint venture with Haeres Capital to create a new luxury and lifestyle European player looking to revive French haute couture label Vionnet, while seeking other opportunities in Italy, France, Switzerland, and the UK. The new joint venture will be called ChimHaeres Investment Holding and...

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Vionnet announces voluntary liquidation

New York - Vionnet announced through a press note on Tuesday that it will go through a voluntary liquidation process. The release explains that Vionnet Srl and its holding company NVO Srl will close operations with the intention to further sustainability. The French fashion house has been in operation since its founding by Madeleine Vionnet in...

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Vionnet x Marc Quinn sustainable surf collection launches at Selfridges

London - French fashion house Vionnet has teamed up with British visual artist Marc Quinn to create a sustainable capsule collection. Goga Ashkenazi, the creative director of Vionnet, was inspired to develop a sustainable collection together with her friend Quinn after viewing some of his art made from plastic waste taken from the ocean. "I have...

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Vionnet opens first Paris boutique

new York - Vionnet will be returning home to Paris at 31 Rue Francoise-1er, just in time for Paris Fashion Week. The label, which in 2012 went under the creative direction of Gogo Ashkenazi, hasn't had a boutique in Paris for over half a century. The new boutique is located in close proximity to wear Vionnet's original headquarters was decades...

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Hussein Chalayan joins Vionnet

New York - Relaunching a luxury fashion house is no easy task, but for billionaire Goga Ashkenazi who purchased Vionnet in 2012, she's managed to find a way to make it possible. She's in a unique position as the fashion house's sole proprietor and chairman, in addition to being the Creative Director for the brand, although she isn't a designer...

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Paris Fashion Week in 5 trends

The bi-annual fashion parade which jumped from New York, London and Milan has come to a spectacular end in the birthplace of haute couture: Paris. Whilst a number of fashion houses hosted catwalk shows that successfully complimented the collections being presented, some events were said to be so extravagant and star filled that the garments...

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Vionnet makes its mark at PFW

INTERVIEW_ For a woman with everything, including several gold mines, Kazakh oligarch Goga Ashkenazi's purchase of the fabled Vionnet Paris fashion house in 2012 was the chance of a lifetime, even if not everyone in fashion welcomed it. With no real background in fashion, the glamorous, Oxford University-educated Ashkenazi -- who counts...

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New debuts at Couture Fashion Week

This week there were two new design debuts at the couture shows in Paris; Hussein Chalayan's collection for Vionnet, and Marco Zanini's collection for Schiaparelli. The house of Vionnet has been through several reincarnations, though it originally flourished in the 20s and 30s, before the start of the second world war. Known for its bias cut and...

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Hussein Chalayan tapped to design for Vionnet

Designer Hussein Chalayan is set to design the fashion house's demi-couture line. His first collection for Vionnet will be shown on January 21 during Paris Couture week. Vionnet creative director and chairman Goga Ashkenazi told WWD: “I’m extremely happy about this collaboration because I think that Hussein is a supertalented, forward-thinking...

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Vionnet designers depart

French fashion label Vionnet has confirmed that current designers Barbara and Lucia Croce have “interrupted their collaboration” with the brand. The news comes following a reported falling out between the new owner Goga Ashkenazi and the sisters. A statement from the brand added that with a less than a month until the start of Paris Fashion Week...

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Harvey Nichols showcases Vionnet from Madonna film

Harvey Nichols is showcasing a selection of Vionnet pieces worn in Madonna’s debut film, W,E. "The film W.E gave Vionnet such a wonderful opportunity to showcase the exquisite craftsmanship and skill of the house," the label's ceo Matteo Marzotto said. "We were thrilled to be considered for the project and it was so exciting to be part of such a...

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Rodolfo Paglialunga debuts in Paris

Paris Fashion Week in October will see the first designs by Rodolfo Paglialunga for Vionnet. The new collection promises to give a contemporary look on Vionnet’s Grecian heritage. After 13 years working as Miuccia Prada’s assistant, Rodolfo Paglialunga was appointed as designer at Vionnet. The spring collection is inspired by exotic travels and...