Cue fashion world outrage—of a … Kong Wai Yeng. AD. However, currently there were only 150 people employed in Texas (there are another 760 in California) — though that still makes Vuitton the county’s fourth-largest employer. And yes, it was odd. Arnault and his wife, Canadian-born concert pianist Hélène Mercier, also attended the 2018 state banquet thrown by the Trumps for the President of France.Despite its reliance on the Made-in-France cachet for its stable of luxury brands—including Dior, Celine, Givenchy, Fendi and Fenty Maison—LVMH already had two factories on American soil. Nike once again made its voice heard in its 'Don't do it' ad, and fellow competitor adidas agrees with a retweet (Photo: Nike) Amid the countless articles and … President Trump last week appeared at the ribbon-cutting of a new Louis Vuitton factory in Texas, receiving a warm welcome from the company’s chief executive. By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com. But the world is shifting, and attitudes build cumulatively.In this age of the conscious consumer, we are learning to put our money where our values are. Not that the group would put it that way, exactly.What Mr. Arnault said was: “We are very honored to have the president of the United States coming for the opening.”He also said: “I am not here to judge his types of policies. “For every one person who complains there are 99 in favor,” he said. The organization offers companies that have been supporting the Trump administration in some way (such as Equinox and SoulCycle, whose owner held a recent Trump fundraiser in the Hamptons) advice for how to get off the list.Now, LVMH is a diversified behemoth, and Arnault’s chummy rendezvous with Trump is not likely to cause many people to want any of his logos less, once the initial distaste wears off.

Arnault is no stranger to controversy, having made his name as “the wolf in the cashmere coat” when he scandalized the French business community with his ruthless acquisitions of hallowed family brands in the 1980s and ’90s.He laid the bedrock for the modern luxury industry, and has since He has also long played in the corridors of power. He told reporters he had known Trump since the 1980s, when he himself lived in New York, avoiding France at the time because, he said, it “was becoming a little bit socialist.”The Trump embrace follows another Arnault PR misstep in September, at an LVMH sustainability summit meant to highlight the conglomerate’s plans to improve its eco footprint. The parent company of Louis Vuitton is set to open a handbag factory in Rochambeau Ranch in Johnson County, Texas. Get the latest beauty and fashion news, trends, and more—straight to your inbox!© 2018, The Kit, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6, 416-945-8700Get the latest beauty and fashion news, trends, and more—straight to your inbox!© 2018, The Kit, a division of Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, One Yonge Street, 4th floor, Toronto, ON, M5E 1E6, 416-945-8700Why the politics of a status tote are more pressing than everThere was a ribbon-cutting incident in Texas last Thursday, the after-effects of which have been roiling through the fashion industry, and the news cycle. So we’re very happy about that. The country’s Weibo platform is quick to rally consumer support for boycotts, and brands ignore that at their very real peril.For instance, Dolce and Gabbana suffered what is estimated to be a $200 million loss over In North America, attention spans are more challenged by all the freewheeling online noise. Aside from the current French president, Mr. Macron, he also was close to a previous president, There are already two Louis Vuitton workshops in California in San Dimas and Irwin (for the last 30 years, approximately half the bags Vuitton sold in the United States have been made in the United States), and the company has had what Mr. Burke called a “special relationship” with the United States since They considered North Carolina, but chose to buy the approximately 265 acres in Texas instead, in part In return, Vuitton has promised 1,000 jobs; the company signed President Trump’s “Pledge to America’s Workers,” an education and training initiative, the week before the opening. Mr. Burke declined to reveal how much the Texas facility cost, but Mr. Trump announced it in his speech: $50 million (a Vuitton spokesman later confirmed the number).While all the raw materials, including the leather, the machinery and even the thread, are imported from Europe, the employees are local and the bags produced — which include the According to Mr. Burke, the company derives no discernible tax benefits from its American handbag production, thanks to the current low-duty environment, though in the case of a trade war between the United States and Europe, that obviously would change.In his back and forth with reporters during the factory event, Mr. Trump had addressed the same question a little more excitedly: “I can’t tax him, because he moved to the United States,” he said of Mr. Arnault.

Ipsos estimates that 25 per cent of Americans will boycott something each year for political protest reasons. Trump celebrates Texas Louis Vuitton factory with LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault Michael Burke, the company’s chief executive, is at right. “You listen to the 99 percent,” he added.“This is about creating jobs,” he said later. Nike, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and more major brands show support for Black Lives Matter movement. “The plan is to create 1,000 jobs in the next five years…By doing so, Louis Vuitton is making good on its support of the Pledge to America’s Workers, the educational training program that was launched last year,” Arnault was an early supporter of Trump visiting Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, a stone’s throw from his offices, in January 2017. 5 June 2020 - 11:16am. Depends on where you live. The moving film Rather than using “name and shame” tactics that don’t stick, Grab Your Wallet founder Shannon Coulter employs protest methods inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. And his calculation is that LVMH is so vast that it will be difficult for protesters to target.”Mr. Still, the Louis Vuitton factory in Texas seemed to come as a surprise to a number of consumers and fashion fans. Grab Your Wallet — a campaign that encourages consumers to boycott Trump-affiliated companies — added Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy brands to Meanwhile, Ghesquière’s criticism won praise from others in the fashion industry.