eyeinform: Delphine Arnault to Head Dior Business Affairs

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Delphine Arnault to Head Dior Business Affairs

Bernard Arnault, a fashion mogul has given his daughter Delphine a key to run Dior brand. There is a lot of known about the Christian Dior, Luis Vuitton and other designers of the brand. There is however very little known about the company directors and people who are actually running the business.

These are people who feed us, consumers with what we like and wear. Designers are employees, they take creative jobs to make collections and promote them at parties. Directors are those who make all decisions, including who will become a designer. Just in a similar way, Delphine Arnault was in a forefronts of making a decision of Raf Simons taking over after John Galliano, we can be assured, she was the one who fired the previous designer.

So, what is known about Delphine Arnault? She is a daughter of one of the richest men in France and the world. She is 37, married with one child born just last year. She spent a lot of her life in New York after her father moved his family there when she was just a little girl. She is educated, studied business in EDHEC, Lille and in London School of Economics. After doing a lot of education and apprenticeship at LVMH, she over 5 years ago was put to head John Galliano brand. While it was a productive experience, it now carries a dark legacy and Delphine has shifted to Dior.

Leading such an important brand for LVMH as Dior is not an easy task. Brand has always had an iconic designers of the world and with the fashion world globalizing when style and trend disappearing as phenomenons keeping the big brand name going needs not just good education and background, it needs talent. We wish Delphine success. Let's assume she was also in forefronts of creating these beautiful Dior sunglasses that hit shelves this year.