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Grazia USA
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Grazia USA
Saoirse Ronan Is Expecting Her First Child With Husband Jack Lowden
Saoirse Ronan at the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 show held at the Palais des Papes on May 22, 2025 in Avignon, France. (Photo by Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images) Saoirse Ronan has confirmed she is pregnant! The four-time Oscar nominee is expecting her first child with husband Jack Lowden, as confirmed by People magazine on Sunday, June 1. Rumours of the Little Women star's pregnancy began to quietly swirl following her recent appearance at Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2026 show in Avignon, France, where the Irish actress, an ambassador for the house, wore a minimalist slip dress with a lace trim and an empire waist that, with effortless elegance, revealed the faintest suggestion of a baby bump. Saoirse Ronan during the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2026 at Palais Des Papes, on May 22, 2025 in Avignon, France. (Photo by) Ronan and Lowden's romance began the way many Hollywood love stories do—on set. In 2018, they met when starring opposite one another in Mary Queen of Scots . Though it's unclear when they officially began dating, after years of quietly building a life together, the couple reportedly wed in a private ceremony in Scotland in July 2024—unsurprising for two talents known for keeping their personal lives out of the spotlight. During the press tour for the film, Lowden gushed about his future wife. 'The woman is a force of nature on and off screen, and utterly fearless and a brilliant leader as well,' he said during an AOL panel. 'For being 24 years old, it's just constantly amazing to me, not just her work, but how she is on a set is amazing.' On the work front, their creative partnership has continued to flourish as well. Most recently, Ronan, 31, starred in The Outrun , a visceral portrait of addiction and recovery set in the Shetland Islands, adapted from Amy Liptrot's memoir. Lowden, 35, served as co-producer on the project. 'Through my partner in crime, life, and love,' Ronan told W magazine , about how she came about the role. '[Jack] handed me the book and said, 'This is the next role that you have to play.'' Saoirse Ronan and Jack Lowden attend the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2025 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by)
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
EQT Real Estate acquires a five-building logistics portfolio across three locations in Southern France
Acquisition of five logistics assets totaling approximately 148,000 square meters Let to nine tenants, this highly reversionary portfolio has a weighted average remaining lease term to break of less than two years With this transaction, EQT Real Estate will meaningfully increase its exposure to the core Southeast and Southwest France logistics markets STOCKHOLM, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- EQT Real Estate is pleased to announce that EQT Exeter Logistics Value Fund IV has acquired a best-in-class logistics portfolio of five warehouses. The portfolio of big-box assets totals approximately 148,000 square meters and are located in the key Southern France submarkets of Avignon and Toulouse. The warehouses' respective locations offer proximate access to core population centres via key motorways, including the A20 and the A7 which provide connectivity to Marseille and Lyon. The properties feature Grade A technical specifications, including eaves heights averaging over ten meters, as well as ample loading and maneuvering features. The portfolio benefits from a strong, global diversified tenant base and is well-suited to meet the growing needs of today's modern logistics users. This acquisition strengthens EQT Real Estate's exposure to core Southern France submarkets, which are structurally undersupplied and continue to experience resilient demand. These are highly desirable occupier markets benefiting from the excellent connectivity which supports supply chains along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. John Toukatly, Partner, Chief Investment Officer, European Logistics at EQT Real Estate, said: "We are excited to add these top-tier logistics properties to our portfolio. Situated in supply-constrained markets, these assets are highly attractive to a wide range of major big-box tenants and are well aligned with EQT Real Estate's strategy of acquiring modern, high-potential logistics properties in underserved areas across Europe. With our operational and asset management capabilities, we intend to further enhance the value of this high-quality portfolio." EQT Real Estate was advised by PwC (financial and tax), Gide and GMH Notaires (legal and notarial), CBRE (commercial), Tauw (environmental), AMF (ICPE and PM) and Gleeds (technical and ESG). ContactEQT Press Office, press@ This information was brought to you by Cision The following files are available for download: Press Release_EQT Real Estate acquires a five-building logistics portfolio across three locations in Southern France_02062025 Picture View original content: Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sophie Turner Is Regal and Sassy in a Micro Set at Louis Vuitton's Cruise Show
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Sophie Turner may not be in Cannes with some of her Hollywood peers, but she too is having a very French spring. On Thursday, the actor jetted off to Avignon, a charming city in the South of France, for Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2026 show at Palais Des Papes. The Joan star exuded both regal elegance and an undeniable cool girl factor in a deep navy Louis Vuitton set with a bold gemstone print. The top was a slick zip-up jacket with structured shoulders and an hourglass, peplum-like silhouette. The bottoms, meanwhile, were tailored micro shorts. Both pieces were covered in the same print, which featured rows of yellow, blue, and clear gems, plus little ornaments of the Louis Vuitton logo. Turner styled the set with the fashion house's funky, chunky white Berlin pumps with black accents. She also carried a little gray-and-black leather handbag and coordinated her glossy, navy manicure with her fit. Others in the front row at the Parisian brand's show included Emma Stone, Chloe Grace Moretz, Cate Blanchett, and Jaden Smith. Turner has been in the South of France filming a newly-released short film with St-Germain. In the clip, she is seen getting ready for a date, which for her involved ordering pre-made food and preparing some fresh, crisp Hugo Spritzes. Last year, the actor spoke to Harper's Bazaar about her summer plans, and jokingly compared herself to a Hugo Spritz. 'What do a spritz and I have in common? Well, we're both pretty flirty,' she said. 'We're bubbly, sweet. I think refreshing—I hope I'm refreshing—and not too overpowering.' Here here. You Might Also Like 4 Investment-Worthy Skincare Finds From Sephora The 17 Best Retinol Creams Worth Adding to Your Skin Care Routine
Vogue Arabia
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue Arabia
A Look at the Louis Vuitton Resort 2026 Collection
Way back in 2000, at the very dawn of the 21st century, Nicolas Ghesquière came to the southern French town of Avignon to visit the historic Palais des Papes, which dates from the 14th century. He was there to see a millennium-themed art exhibition, featuring the likes of a Bill Viola installation and a dance performance from Pina Bausch. All of this took place in what is the biggest medieval structure in Europe, a onetime seat of Western Christianity, but which is now better known as a UNESCO site (celebrating its 30th anniversary of that status this year) and home for many decades to a yearly experimental theater festival. Ghesquière was captivated by the place, which isn't exactly surprising: Magical things tend to happen in his mind when history, culture, and his own particular brand of creativity and intellectual curiosity collide. Now, some 25 years later, here he is, back in town, with his Louis Vuitton 2026 cruise collection: a fantastic 45-look show which offered a masterly meditation on everything from decorative ancient religious tracts to glammy rock stars, medieval heraldic costuming to the myth of Excalibur , with references galore to King Arthur and the Lady of the Lake. I'd have loved to have asked Ghesquière if he thought Nicholas Clay in the 1981 Excalibur movie was as hot as I did, but I managed to hold back. What I do know is this: That the Bausch performance helped him envisage how to show this cruise collection. 'I wanted to put the audience on stage,' Ghesquière said at a pre-show preview. 'This idea of an audience seeing everything from the point of view of the performers. The places I have shown the cruise in the past, like Kyoto, usually have a personal connection,' he went on to say. 'It's rare I ever find a location from scouting. It's always personal, then it goes through this twisted way of mine thinking about fashion [laughs]. When [famed French actor and theater director] Jean Vilar came here in 1947 to perform, he said [of Palais des Papes], 'it's impossible to do theater here, so let's do theater here!' And I love that! I'm not saying it's impossible to do fashion here, but it's the first time that they've done anything like this.' Ghesquière, it has to be said, is no stranger to making the impossible possible. It has rather been a hallmark of his time at the maison for the last 10-plus years: The elevation of the everyday via couture-level artisanal craft and technological experimentation melded into clothes which are deeply rooted in reality; maybe the most inventive and idiosyncratic notion of reality, but a reality nonetheless. It's a wardrobe of leather jackets, artisanal knits, kicky short skirts, flowing dresses, and accessories with plenty of attitude, like this cruise's lavishly embroidered flat peep-toe boots, and the Alma handbag in striped bands of exotic leathers or (be still my beating heart, because this was my personal favorite) with scrolling flowers taken from religious manuscripts dating from the Middle Ages.
The Guardian
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Louis Vuitton captures zeitgeist for conclave chic at Avignon show
The pageantry and drama of the papacy is very much on trend. Hot on the heels of white smoke at the Vatican and Conclave in cinemas, the gothic Palais des Papes in Avignon, home to the popes of the 14th century, hosted a Louis Vuitton catwalk, the first fashion show at the palace in its 700-year history. There was no shortage of pomp and ceremony in the central courtyard of one of Europe's largest medieval structures, where 400 chairs with tall, arched backs and plush, cardinal-red cushions were ranked tightly for Brigitte Macron, Cate Blanchett, Pharrell Williams, a clutch of celebrities making a post-Cannes detour, and a select few of Louis Vuitton's most deep-pocketed clients. In a preview, the designer Nicolas Ghesquière said the collection was part-Arthurian legend, part-Haim sisters on stage. (Danielle and Este Haim were in the audience; the medieval ghosts perhaps watching from within the walls.) 'There is something medieval, for sure, but something futuristic too. This is armour, but for now,' he said. Ghesquière chose the building last year, drawn not by its papal origins but by his own memories of attending the experimental theatre festival it hosts each summer. 'Dressing is a performance that we are all part of. I love that about fashion, I think it's really cool,' he said. That the papacy has been so visible this year is fitting for a designer whose nose for the zeitgeist has secured an impressive 11-year run at the helm of Vuitton. 'The coincidence is interesting, of course. And there is a magnetism to this place, to the idea of believing,' he said. The venue also reflects the scale of Louis Vuitton. It is the biggest fashion brand in the LVMH stable, which generated $88bn in revenue in 2024. Filling a gothic palace with celebrities is a power flex the 14th century popes for whom it was built would have respected. Ghesquière understands that luxury has become a vast industry, not because people want to be seen to have an expensive handbag, but because they want to be seen to have status, taste and class, all of which are signalled by taking over the Unesco-listed Palais des Papes. Louis Vuitton will finance a new architectural lighting project to spotlight the facade after dark. Most of the looks were short tunic dresses worn with slouchy boots, a silhouette that was giving heraldic knight and Glastonbury. For evening there were glittering metallic jersey gowns with bishop sleeves – a bit Joan of Arc, a bit Janis Joplin. Ghesquière, who has stayed at the top of the game during two decades when fashion has grown from being a niche interest to a billion-dollar business, has a way of making esoteric historical and futuristic references look entirely contemporary. His job, he says, is 'to stimulate the eye. If you want to create a classic, first you have to make something new.' Ghesquière, who is contracted to Louis Vuitton until 2028, stands out as a beacon of stability in an industry in flux. Calm and smiling even minutes before the show, he said he was looking forward to the next Paris fashion week, which will be packed with designer debuts. 'October will be really exciting. Fashion is exploding. Fashion should always be about change,' he said.
