Often photographed in a modest navy blue suit, matching tie and crisp white shirt, you’d never guess Bernard Arnault is the world’s richest man in fashion. He doesn’t flaunt his wealth with flashy outfits, gilted watches and over-the-top branding, unlike Trump’s bold and brash personal branding strategy. Instead, the chairman and CEO of LVMH Group…
PARIS (AP) — It-designer Anthony Vaccarello on Tuesday sent out a Saint Laurent men’s collection that felt both sun-drenched and haunted, set not just in the heart of Paris, but drifting somewhere between the city and the legendary queer enclave of Fire Island in New York. Staged at the Bourse de Commerce, the grand art…
Fashion is learning how to talk — and when to keep quiet — in the “Art of the Deal” age. U.S. President Donald Trump decided he wanted more from the European Union on Friday and recommended 50 percent tariffs on imports starting June 1. While that would be a profit-crushing levy at the border of…
ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton have lost additional billions during the last three trading days after $10 trillion in stock market sell-offs in response to the new “reciprocal” tariffs against all other nations and the increased likelihood of a global recession due to a trade war. “It’s going to affect everything,” one…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine, Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey. The European import tax, which was unveiled in response to steel and aluminum tariffs by the U.S. administration, is expected to go into effect…
ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton lost billions on March 7 and March 10 after stock market sell-offs motivated by investor concerns about the new Trump tariffs and a potential global recession. By the end of the trading day Friday, the major US indices had fallen by more than 2…
Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Jeff Bezos (From L to R) When Donald Trump was sworn in as the United States President on January 20, he was surrounded by some of the globe’s most affluent individuals. The billionaires in attendance – including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg – were at their…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first week in office isn’t over yet, but already it offers signals about how his next four years in the White House may unfold. Some takeaways from the earliest days of his second term: He’s emboldened like never before Within hours of being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than…
Topline President-elect Donald Trump, billionaire Bernard Arnault and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gathered in Paris on Saturday for the reopening ceremony for the Notre Dame cathedral, which closed for years after it was damaged during a fire in 2019. The cathedral was damaged after a fire in 2019. Getty Images for Notre-Dame de Paris Key…
Photo: Josh Edelman (Getty Images) In This Story Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the second-richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are neck-and-neck with crypto voters, Coinbase poll says With a net worth of $206 billion — driven higher by a recent rally…