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From graduate to Nina Ricci’s artistic director in 4 years: Lisi Herrebrugh’s graduation show

Last week, Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter were announced as Nina Ricci’s new artistic directors . The duo, which is behind menswear label Botter, won this year’s Première Vision Grand Prize at the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography. Did you know Herrebrush graduated as recently as 2014? She studied at the Amsterdam...

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Nina Ricci hires Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh as artistic directors

After bagging the Première Vision Grand Prize at the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography in April for their men’s wear designs, Dutch designer duo Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh are joining Nina Ricci as the new artistic directors for fashion, reports WWD. The reports added that the duo joins Puig, the Spanish fragrance...

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Timeline: Puig, the centenary family business acquiring Dries Van Noten

Belgian designer Dries Van Noten announced yesterday that he has sold a majority stake of his label to Spanish group Puig, a third-generation family business which reported 1935 million euros in revenues in 2017. Active both in the fashion and beauty industries, Puig currently owns fashion houses Carolina Herrera, Jean Paul Gaultier, Nina Ricci...

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Nina Ricci names new general manager

Change is coming at Nina Ricci. First, the brand officially announced that Guillame Henry has departed as creative director, and now the luxury Parisian label has announced that Charlotte Tasset has been appointed general manager of fashion and fragrances. Tasset will start in her new role on May 22, and succeeds Sophie Templier who joined Nina...

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Confirmed: Guillaume Henry’s departure from Nina Ricci

London - Rumours that Guillaume Henry, creative director at Nina Ricci, was set to leave his role at the fashion house first emerged two weeks ago during Paris Fashion Week. But now these rumours have been put to bed as Nini Ricci confirmed his departure. In a joint statement, first seen by WWD, the French fashion house confirmed Henry is set to...

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Guillame Henry reportedly leaving Nina Ricci

After three years in Nina Ricci's top design post as creative director, Guillame Henry is reportedly stepping down from his position. His fall 2018 collection for the brand, which will show at Paris Fashion Week this Friday, will be his last. The story first broke on *WWD*, and Nina Ricci has yet to reply for comment. In October 2014, Henry was...

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Heiress to Nina Ricci fortune avoids jail for tax fraud

A French appeals court ruled Friday that the heiress to the estate of fashion designer Nina Ricci will not serve jail time over her conviction for tax fraud, reducing an earlier sentence. The court handed Arlette Ricci, 76, a three-year suspended sentence and confirmed a one-million-euro (1.1 million dollars) fine and the confiscation of two...

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Heiress to Nina Ricci fortune launches tax fraud appeal

The heiress to the fortune of French couturier Nina Ricci on Thursday launched an appeal to avoid jail time for tax fraud, in one of the toughest sentences of its kind in French fiscal history. Arlette Ricci, 75, was handed a one-year prison term and a million-euro fine in April 2015 for allegedly hiding 18.7 million euros (19.8 million dollars)...

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Prison term in France for Ricci heiress over tax fraud

A French court Monday sentenced Arlette Ricci, heiress to the French fashion designer Nina Ricci's estate, to three years in prison and handed her a million-euro fine for tax fraud. Ricci, who was not present in court for the verdict, was exposed in the so-called "SwissLeaks" cache of secret data of HSBC clients that was passed to French...

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Nina Ricci confirms Guillaume Henry as Creative Director

For several weeks rumours have been circulating that Carven's Creative Director, Guillaume Henry, was to take the helm at Nina Ricci, replacing Peter Copping. Nina Ricci confirmed today Henry will commence his appointment early 2015. The French luxury house, which was founded in Paris in 1932 is a far cry from Carven, and famous for its elegant...

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Carven begins search for successor to Guillaume Henry

French fashion label Carven has begun its hunt for a new creative director, after Guillaume Henry announced his impending exit from the brand. Henry presented his final collection for Carven on Thursday during Paris Fashion Week, and has been the label's only creative director since it's relaunch in 2009. Carven officially confirmed late last...

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Couture designer Gérard Pipart dies

Gérard Pipart, the designer of Nina Ricci couture for more than 30 years, died on Friday at the age of 79 following a long illness, French fashion's governing body said over the weekend. Pipart started his fashion career at Pierre Balmain at the age of 16, and worked for a number of fashion houses including Givenchy, Jean Patou and Chloe, before...