Latest news with #AlexandreVauthier
Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Alison Goldfrapp: I'm obsessed with sweatshirts, the older the better
I have a green and blue mohair scarf from the Sixties that was my mum's, so I'm very sentimental about it. It's beautiful and quite unusual, very bright green and blue. Sweatshirts. It's a weird thing, I get so attached to them. I pick them up when I'm on tour like souvenirs. When they are really ancient and if they are nice cotton they become so cosy. I just can't get rid of them. Off-duty I'm pretty casual, a bit boho, a little chic — boho chic, something like that. On stage it's more graphic, textural. Things that have a good silhouette. The French designer Alexandre Vauthier is incredibly generous and lends me a lot of his wonderful clothes, like the incredible dress I wore
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alexandre Vauthier Has Been Ousted From Namesake Brand
PARIS — Alexandre Vauthier is no longer the creative force behind his namesake brand. Confirming a previous WWD report on Tuesday, the designer said Friday he'd been ousted as artistic director of the 16-year-old label, acquired out of administration by U.S.-based retailer Revolve last year. More from WWD A Rick Owens Exhibition in Paris Will Feature His California Bedroom, Brutalist Sculptures and More Théâtre des Champs-Élysées to Spotlight Josephine Baker Ami Paris Celebrates Marais Flagship Opening With Neighborhood Takeover 'L.A. Rive Droite, the acquisition vehicle of Alexandre Vauthier SARL mainly held by Revolve Group Inc., has dismissed Mr. Alexandre Vauthier from his position as artistic director of the couture house,' said the statement first shared with WWD. He 'remains a minority shareholder of L.A. Rive Droite but has no longer any operational or artistic role' and has initiated a procedure to contest his dismissal with French labor courts. Revolve and the Alexandre Vauthier brand did not immediately return requests for comment. The French fashion brand, which offered couture and ready-to-wear, defaulted in November 2023 after being hit by slow payments from retailers, political and economic uncertainty, and lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. It subsequently filed for court protection with the Paris commercial court in February 2024, subsequently going into receivership that month, seeking buyers. Revolve purchased the company in June through L.A. Rive Droite, a French joint stock company. Vauthier transferred all intellectual properties and rights relating to the business in return for a 20 percent stake and voting rights in that company. In its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February, Revolve indicated that the total acquisition cost of the purchase was $500,000 'and primarily related to legal fees.' The brand sat out the spring and fall couture seasons in 2024 before returning off-schedule during Paris Couture Week in January. A revamped e-commerce site under the moniker 'Vauthier Paris' with a new logo offers spring 2025 ready-to-wear, with oblique references to a namesake designer. Best of WWD Bottega Veneta Through the Years Chanel's Ambassadors Over The Years Ranking Fashion's Longest-serving Creative Directors
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alexandre Vauthier Out at Namesake Brand: Sources
PARIS — It seems no designer is immune to the ongoing great shuffle — not even those with their names on the door. According to industry sources, French designer Alexandre Vauthier has been pushed out of his 16-year-old namesake brand. More from WWD Meet the Eight Finalists of the 2025 LVMH Prize What Happens When Melania Trump Wears Your $11,000 Coat and No One Tells You David's Bridal Debuts Diffusion Line With Amazon Storefront U.S.-based retailer Revolve, which purchased the brand out of administration in June, declined to comment. Vauthier, an ESMOD graduate who cut his teeth at the side of Thierry Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier, launched his couture house in 2009 and received the 'haute couture' appellation in 2014. He became one of the red carpet's go-to couturiers thanks to unabashed glamour that telegraphed a strong, confident female character. In addition to his couture line, the designer parlayed his volumes, fabric developments and embellishments into more readily reproducible ready-to-wear variations on his daywear tailoring and sultry evening looks. Despite a roster of A-list wearers that included Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Rihanna and French First Lady Brigitte Macron, the company joined a long list of smaller independent brands faced with slow payments from retailers, political and economic uncertainty, and lingering effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. After defaulting in November 2023, the brand subsequently filed for court protection with the Paris commercial court in February 2024. It went into receivership later that month, seeking buyers. According to French court documents, a joint offer was made by Chinese businessman Zhong Sun and the American e-tailer, a longtime stockist of the French label. After Zhong pulled out of the bidding, Revolve purchased the company in June, pledging to invest a total of 6 million euros to relaunch the brand. Vauthier was permitted by the French court to retain a stake of up to 20 percent. In its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in February, Revolve indicated that the acquisition was made through L.A. Rive Droite, a newly incorporated French joint stock company. It also mentioned that a July shareholder's agreement with Vauthier saw the designer transfer all intellectual properties and rights relating to the business in return for a 20 percent stake and voting rights in the new company. Revolve indicated that the total acquisition cost of the purchase was $500,000 'and primarily related to legal fees.' The brand, which sat out the spring and fall couture seasons in 2024, returned off-schedule to the runway in January with an understated couture lineup that had only hints of Vauthier's erstwhile party-ready exuberance. Ready-to-wear relaunched for spring 2025 on a revamped e-commerce site under the 'Vauthier Paris' moniker, with a new logo and oblique references to a namesake designer. Best of WWD Bottega Veneta Through the Years Chanel's Ambassadors Over The Years Ranking Fashion's Longest-serving Creative Directors
