LVMH Big Guns Come Out for Alexandre Arnault’s Rimowa Debut

CARRIED AWAY: Alexandre Arnault presided over a family reunion at the inauguration of the Rimowa flagship in Paris on Monday night, marking his official entry into the closed circle of top brass at luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The 24-year-old, who is joint chief executive officer of the German luggage maker, welcomed guests including his father, luxury magnate Bernard Arnault, mother Hélène, brother Frédéric and half-siblings Delphine and Antoine, as well as their respective partners, Xavier Niel and Natalia Vodianova. “We’re superproud,” he said as guests including Karl Lagerfeld, Bella Hadid, Sidney Toledano, Virgil Abloh, Remo Ruffini, Mario Testino, Caroline Vreeland, Eugenie Niarchos, Bianca Brandolini and Alexia Niedzielski stopped by to pay their respects. LVMH in January completed the acquisition of an 80 percent stake in Rimowa, making Arnault joint ceo of the firm alongside Dieter Morszeck, the grandson of the founder. The towering young executive has been playing a more prominent role at LVMH lately, accompanying Bernard Arnault to New York for a meeting with Donald Trump in January. It appears there was more than one Rimowa fan in the crowd. “I am actually a Rimowa client. I have been for a long time,” said Dior men’s designer Kris Van Assche. “Mine

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