Lanvin

When Lanvin died in 1946, ownership of the firm was ceded to her daughter Marguerite,[7] who had shared management of the firm from 1942 with a cousin and then a fashion-industry expert. Because Marie-Blanche de Polignac was childless when she died in 1958, the ownership of the House of Lanvin went to a cousin, Yves Lanvin.

From mid-1960s through to the 1996 takeover by L'Oreal, Lanvin was run by Bernard Lanvin. The export department was in the original factory in Nanterre where all the perfumes were made and bottled. The administrative Head Office was in Paris. In 1979, Lanvin bought its independence from Squibb USA and a major PR promotional tour was arranged by Paris in the United States in the same year.

Midland Bank bought a stake in the company from the family in March 1989, and installed Léon Bressler to revamp the firm's faded image. However, in February 1990, Midland backed out and sold Lanvin to Orcofi, a French holding company led by the Vuitton family. From Orcofi, 50% of the House of Lanvin was acquired by L'Oréal in 1994, 66% in 1995 and 100% in 1996. Under L'Oréal's diverse umbrella, an array of CEOs who circulate within the French fashion industry directed the company.

In August 2001, Lanvin [8] was taken private again by investor group Harmonie S.A., headed by Shaw-Lan Wang, a Taiwanese media magnate.[8] Wang bought out other investors in 2003.[9]

In 2005, Joix Corporatic became the Lanvin ready-to-wear licence holder in Japan with retail value of €50 million.[10] In Japan, Lanvin clothes are sold under a license owned by conglomerate Itochu, which held 5 percent in the company and in 2007 made an estimated $280 million in sales from Lanvin-branded clothes, more than the couture house made itself.[9] In 2007, Wang sold Lanvin's perfumes unit to France's Interparfums for 22 million euros, leaving the group without one of the traditional industry vehicles for brand development. That same year, Lanvin moved into profit for the first time in decades.[9]

On 4 December 2009, Lanvin opened their first US boutique in Bal Harbour, Florida.[11]

In 2011, Lanvin sales reached €203 million, not counting an estimated €4.5 million in revenues from licences.[8] In 2012, Lanvin realized a capital increase of 17.5 million euros as entrepreneur Ralph Bartel increased his stake to 25 percent from 12.5 percent.[12]

On 20 November 2013, Lanvin became the official tailor of Arsenal FC.[13]

On 28 October 2015, Lanvin announced that Elbaz was no longer at the company, due to differences of opinion with the shareholders. He was replaced by Bouchra Jarrar in March 2016. Jarrar left the following year and was succeeded by Olivier Lapidus, who departed on 23 March 2018, after only two seasons. Lapidus' successor was not named upon his exit.

In February 2018, Shanghai-based conglomerate Fosun International became the controlling stakeholder in Lanvin[14] when it acquired shares worth €120 million from Wang and Ralph Bartel, who owned 75 per cent and 25 per cent of Arpège SAS, the holding company that owns the “Lanvin” name.[15] After the acquisition, Lanvin appointed Jean-Philippe Hecquet as CEO; Hecquet stepped down in March 2020 after only 18 months.[15] Joann Cheng, chairman of Lanvin's parent company and head of the board of directors of Lanvin, became interim CEO.[16] Fosun Fashion Group was renamed Lanvin Group in October 2021 as the company pursues acquisitions to build a global portfolio of luxury brands.[1] In 2023, Lanvin was listed on the New York Stock Exchange at a transaction value of $1.3 billion.[17]

In October 2001, Alber Elbaz was appointed the Lanvin artistic director for all activities, including interiors. In 2006, he introduced new packaging for the fashion house, featuring a forget-me-not flower color, Lanvin's favorite shade which she purportedly saw in a Fra Angelico fresco (Suzy Menkes, 2005.). On 2 September 2010, it was announced by H&M that Lanvin would be their guest designer collaboration for the Winter 2010 collection.[8] The collection would be available to view beginning 4 November 2010 at HM.com. The collection would then be available to buy in 200 stores worldwide, on 20 November, with a first look sale the day before exclusively at the H&M store in Las Vegas.[18] The main face of the collection video was supermodel Natasha Poly.[19]

Lucas Ossendrijver

In 2006, Lucas Ossendrijver was appointed the head of the men's line. The 2006 men's ready-to-wear collection was inspired by a Jean-Luc Godard film. He launched the first LANVIN urban sneakers, now with their patent leather toe caps, while presenting his AW 2006 collections; the shoes later became available in women’s collections. While enjoying a revitalized reputation in luxury, Lanvin received mainstream press in the United States in May 2009 when Michelle Obama was photographed wearing a popular line of Lanvin's sneakers made of suede with grosgrain ribbon laces and metallic pink toe caps while volunteering at a Washington, D.C. food bank. The sneaker shoes were reportedly retailed at $540.[20]

Bouchra Jarrar was appointed as Creative Director by Lanvin in March 2016.[21] In 2017, and with the preparation of only two ready-to-wear collections, Jarar stepped down from her position.[22] Upon her departure, Lanvin released the following statement: "Lanvin and Bouchra Jarrar have mutually decided to put an end to their collaboration".[23]

French designer Bruno Sialelli was named the new creative director of Lanvin in January 2019.[24] Lanvin revealed in a statement that Sialelli's appointment marks a "pivotal new direction".[25] Sialelli had worked with Jonathan Anderson at Spanish brand Loewe prior to the appointment and was presumed to be facing "great pressure to turn things around for the maison."[26]