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Fashion Network
2 days ago
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Louis Vuitton names Jeremy Allen White new ambassador
Allen White's relationship with the Louis Vuitton began at the SAG Awards in February, and then the 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' edition of the Met Gala earlier in May, where both times the actor was dressed in the Parisian brand, whose menswear is designed by Pharrell Williams. 'Jeremy's got a quiet confidence and authenticity that you can't fake. It's effortless. At Louis Vuitton, it's about real people who move culture forward—and Jeremy lives that. We're proud to welcome him into the family," said Williams. A notion reiterated by the LVMH -owned brand, whose mega male celebrity roster already includes J- Hope, BamBam, Jackson Wang, Callum Turner, Timothée Adolphe, Léon Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Felix, and Enzo Lefort. "With a refined personal flair and magnetic on-screen presence, he captures the essence of modern artistry: effortlessly blending style and elegance in harmony with Louis Vuitton's signature," said Louis Vuitton, in a press release. Louis Vuitton's partnership with Allen White follows the actor's viral underwear campaign with U.S. brand Calvin Klein for Spring 2024, which depicted the chiselled star walking around New York City in a pair of white boxer briefs, soundtracked by Lesley Gore 's hit, "You Don't Own Me." While Allen White's raunchy partnership with Louis Vuitton isn't likely to cause a social media firestorm, parent company LVMH is hoping that the actor's new connection with its biggest brand will inject some much needed buzz. In its most recent trading update in April, LVMH reported a 3% drop in first-quarter sales, compared to 1% growth in the fourth quarter, as the luxury industry bellwether fights a downturn in demand for its high-end goods.
Fashion Network
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Louis Vuitton names Jeremy Allen White new ambassador
Allen White's relationship with the Parisian fashion house began at the SAG Awards in February, and then the 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' edition of the Met Gala earlier in May, where both times the actor was dressed in Louis Vuitton. 'Jeremy's got a quiet confidence and authenticity that you can't fake. It's effortless. At Louis Vuitton, it's about real people who move culture forward—and Jeremy lives that. We're proud to welcome him into the family," said Louis Vuitton men's creative director, Pharrell Williams. A notion reiterated by the LVMH -owned brand, whose mega male celebrity roster already includes J- Hope, BamBam, Jackson Wang, Callum Turner, Timothée Adolphe, Léon Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Felix, and Enzo Lefort. "With a refined personal flair and magnetic on-screen presence, he captures the essence of modern artistry: effortlessly blending style and elegance in harmony with Louis Vuitton's signature," said LVMH, in a press release. Louis Vuitton's partnership with Allen White follows the actor's viral underwear campaign with U.S. brand Calvin Klein for Spring 2024, which depicted the chiselled star walking around New York City in a pair of white boxer briefs, soundtracked by Lesley Gore 's hit, "You Don't Own Me." While Allen White's raunchy partnership with Louis Vuitton isn't likely to cause a social media firestorm, parent company LVMH is hoping that the actor's new connection with its biggest brand will inject some much needed buzz. In its most recent trading update in April, LVMH reported a 3% drop in first-quarter sales, compared to 1% growth in the fourth quarter, as the luxury industry bellwether fights a downturn in demand for its high-end goods.
Fashion Network
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Louis Vuitton names Jeremy Allen White new ambassador
announced on Tuesday the appointment of Jeremy Allen White as its new ambassador, as the French luxury maison looks to bring the American actor's star power into its already burgeoning celebrity fold. The born-and-bred New Yorker rose to fame for his lively portrayal of chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in the series, "The Bear,' which earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series. Allen White has also featured in the series 'Shameless,' as well as the short film ,'Cornflower', and his recent role in 'The Iron Claw.' Next, the actor will play Bruce Springsteen in 'Deliver Me from Nowhere', as the he looks to expand his repertoire into biopics. Allen White's relationship with the Parisian fashion house began at the SAG Awards in February, and then the 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' edition of the Met Gala earlier in May, where both times the actor was dressed in Louis Vuitton. 'Jeremy's got a quiet confidence and authenticity that you can't fake. It's effortless. At Louis Vuitton, it's about real people who move culture forward—and Jeremy lives that. We're proud to welcome him into the family," said Louis Vuitton men's creative director, Pharrell Williams. A notion reiterated by the LVMH -owned brand, whose mega male celebrity roster already includes J- Hope, BamBam, Jackson Wang, Callum Turner, Timothée Adolphe, Léon Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Felix, and Enzo Lefort. "With a refined personal flair and magnetic on-screen presence, he captures the essence of modern artistry: effortlessly blending style and elegance in harmony with Louis Vuitton's signature," said LVMH, in a press release. Louis Vuitton's partnership with Allen White follows the actor's viral underwear campaign with U.S. brand Calvin Klein for Spring 2024, which depicted the chiselled star walking around New York City in a pair of white boxer briefs, soundtracked by Lesley Gore 's hit, "You Don't Own Me." While Allen White's raunchy partnership with Louis Vuitton isn't likely to cause a social media firestorm, parent company LVMH is hoping that the actor's new connection with its biggest brand will inject some much needed buzz. In its most recent trading update in April, LVMH reported a 3% drop in first-quarter sales, compared to 1% growth in the fourth quarter, as the luxury industry bellwether fights a downturn in demand for its high-end goods.
Fashion Network
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Louis Vuitton names Jeremy Allen White new ambassador
Louis Vuitton announced on Tuesday the appointment of Jeremy Allen White as its new ambassador, as the French luxury maison looks to bring the American actor's star power into its already burgeoning celebrity fold. The born-and-bred New Yorker rose to fame for his lively portrayal of chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in the series, "The Bear,' which earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series. Allen White has also featured in the series 'Shameless,' as well as the short film ,'Cornflower', and most recently, 'The Iron Claw.' Next, the actor will play Bruce Springsteen in 'Deliver Me from Nowhere', as the American looks to expand his acting repertoire into biopics. Allen White's relationship with the Louis Vuitton began at the SAG Awards in February, and then the 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style' edition of the Met Gala earlier in May, where both times the actor was dressed in the Parisian brand, whose menswear is designed by Pharrell Williams. 'Jeremy's got a quiet confidence and authenticity that you can't fake. It's effortless. At Louis Vuitton, it's about real people who move culture forward—and Jeremy lives that. We're proud to welcome him into the family," said Williams. A notion reiterated by the LVMH -owned brand, whose mega male celebrity roster already includes J- Hope, BamBam, Jackson Wang, Callum Turner, Timothée Adolphe, Léon Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Felix, and Enzo Lefort. "With a refined personal flair and magnetic on-screen presence, he captures the essence of modern artistry: effortlessly blending style and elegance in harmony with Louis Vuitton's signature," said Louis Vuitton, in a press release. Louis Vuitton's partnership with Allen White follows the actor's viral underwear campaign with U.S. brand Calvin Klein for Spring 2024, which depicted the chiselled star walking around New York City in a pair of white boxer briefs, soundtracked by Lesley Gore 's hit, "You Don't Own Me." While Allen White's raunchy partnership with Louis Vuitton isn't likely to cause a social media firestorm, parent company LVMH is hoping that the actor's new connection with its biggest brand will inject some much needed buzz. In its most recent trading update in April, LVMH reported a 3% drop in first-quarter sales, compared to 1% growth in the fourth quarter, as the luxury industry bellwether fights a downturn in demand for its high-end goods.
TechCrunch
3 days ago
- Business
- TechCrunch
At WWDC 2025, Apple sang developers' praises amid AI letdowns and App Store battles
At the end of the WWDC 2025 keynote address on Monday, the company literally sang its praises to app developers, as singer-songwriter Allen White humorously turned customers' positive App Store reviews into song lyrics for a tune titled '6 out of 5 stars.' 'Best app I've ever set my sorry eyes upon,' he crooned. 'This is not an app. It's a piece of art.' Image Credits:Apple (screenshot) What Apple didn't mention, however, was anything related to the tumultuous past few years for its developer community, or more broadly, why its developers should continue to put their trust in a company that's fighting them for every nickel and dime while failing them in other ways. In recent years, the Cupertino-based tech giant has put its app developer community through the wringer as it stringently fought against regulation, lawsuits, and any other efforts to rein in its alleged App Store monopoly by nations, lawmakers, and the courts. Meanwhile, it has yet to deliver on some of the key technology advances that could modernize developers' apps for the AI era. In March, it delayed its 'more personalized,' AI-powered Siri, demonstrated at last year's WWDC. Apple only briefly acknowledged this fumble during this year's keynote address, when SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi said the work 'needed more time' to meet Apple's high bar. Image Credits:Apple At WWDC, Apple's scattered mentions of AI related to features that Google's AI already has, such as Apple's AI-powered translation features, though it tried to differentiate from Google by offering lyrics translation in Apple Music. Apple's AI-powered Visual Intelligence feature was even demonstrated by tapping into Google's app for image search results, something that feels more native on Android devices with innovations like Circle to Search, Lens's multisearch, visual search in videos, and more. Techcrunch event Save $200+ on your TechCrunch All Stage pass Build smarter. Scale faster. Connect deeper. Join visionaries from Precursor Ventures, NEA, Index Ventures, Underscore VC, and beyond for a day packed with strategies, workshops, and meaningful connections. Save $200+ on your TechCrunch All Stage pass Build smarter. Scale faster. Connect deeper. Join visionaries from Precursor Ventures, NEA, Index Ventures, Underscore VC, and beyond for a day packed with strategies, workshops, and meaningful connections. Boston, MA | REGISTER NOW Elsewhere, Apple appeased developers' demand for AI with further integrations with OpenAI technology, like the addition of ChatGPT in Apple's Image Playground app and for coding assistance in Xcode. But no deals with other AI providers were announced, despite rumors that Google Gemini integration was on the way and that Apple was teaming up with Anthropic on an AI-powered coding assistance tool. Image Credits:Apple Apple also made its scripting and automations app Shortcuts easier to use with the addition of AI features, but this ended up feeling more like a stop-gap to tide over power users until an AI Siri could take actions in their apps for them. Then there was the deafening silence over the increasingly controversial App Store commissions. In the U.S., for instance, Apple is fresh off a key loss in its battle with Fortnite maker Epic Games that forces Apple to now allow U.S. developers to point to alternative payment mechanisms on the web, where it can't take a commission. Yet Apple didn't spend time during its hour-and-a-half-long keynote to talk about how its App Store is the best place to build an app business, improvements it's made to payment processing systems, or how it's weeding out scams. (It touted some of its developer benefits in the days leading up to WWDC, where it focused on its anti-fraud features and developer revenues.) Apple also launched a standalone Games app, but the keynote address focused on the consumer benefits — Challenges, social features, easy access to Apple's own gaming store Arcade — not on what it could do for mobile developers. Image Credits:Apple Nor, as some had hoped, did Apple announce a reduction in its App Store commissions across the board for all developers, finally putting the question to rest as to whether Apple's in-app payments system is worth its price. While arguably more developer-focused improvements will roll out this week at WWDC, through its developer keynote, Platforms State of the Union, and its various sessions, Apple missed a chance to surprise its developer community with some sort of acknowledgement that it's understood that these past years have been tough, but ultimately it's on developers' sides. Instead, the only reference so far to the changing market dynamics of the App Store ecosystem was a small update to its App Review Guidelines, which has swapped out the wording 'alternative app marketplace' for 'alternative distribution' — a subtle reminder that Apple only thinks the only app 'marketplace' that can exist is its own App Store. As for boosting developers' businesses, Apple seemed to be thinking of itself and its own coffers first. In the initial developer beta of iOS 26, the App Store opens up to its Search page by default, meaning that Apple is pushing developers to spend more on its App Store Search ads for discovery. Image Credits:Apple Other changes point to Apple seeing developers as just another lever to be pulled to make the company more money, while it focuses on delighting consumers with new bells and whistles, like its interface design overhaul dubbed Liquid Glass. Though inspired by its VR headset Vision Pro, Apple didn't offer developers an explanation as to why they should make over their perfectly functional apps to meet these new design guidelines. The company could have at least hinted at the fact that Liquid Glass seems an obvious precursor to building an operating system that would eventually extend beyond smartphones and tablets, to reach new computing platforms, like AR glasses. But Apple's cultural preference for keeping secrets, despite years of comprehensive leaks, largely from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, kept it from suggesting that Liquid Glass was anything but an updated new look to wow consumers. In wrapping the event by singing cheery App Store reviews (a system now beset by bots and fake reviews, as developers know), Apple tried to lighten the mood. It knew that this year's event would let down its developer community with its AI delays, amid an aggressive pursuit of developer revenue. The end result made the song feel like a performative act of developer appreciation — yes, an actual performance! — rather than a true reflection of how valuable developers are to Apple's ability to ship more iPhones and make consumers happy.
