Fashion News Updates - Revlons’ Gucci Westman, Louis Vuitton acquires Hublot

Revlon has named Gucci Westman as the brand’s new global artistic director.
Westman last held a similar position at Lancôme as international artistic director from 2003 through last December. (WWD)
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Rumor has it that Louis Vuitton plans to feature a coupla Coppolas in the next installment of its “core values” campaign. According to sources, “Godfather” director Francis Ford Coppola and his daughter, Sofia, recently posed together for photographer Annie Leibovitz in Argentina, where father Ford is filming his latest movie, “Tetro.” Keith Richards, Mikhail Gorbachev and Catherine Deneuve are among personalities already featured in Vuitton ads underscoring its travel roots. (WWD)
Luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said early Thursday that it reached an agreement to acquire Switzerland’s Hublot watch group from founder Carlo Crocco and a firm controlled by Jean-Claude Biver, who’s managed the brand since 2004.
LVMH described the Hublot brand as “highly complementary” to its existing watch portfolio, which includes Tag Heuer, Zenith, Dior Montres and Louis Vuitton.
SELMA HAYEK - joins Puma.NEW YORK) Salma Hayek will soon add another title to her résumé: godmother. The actress and mother of Valentina Paloma is slated to be Puma’s godmother for the company’s new boat and its ocean racing team. Hayek, whose husband François-Henri Pinault’s company PPR acquired a controlling stake in Puma AG in February, is expected at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston on May 12 for the boat christening and VIP dinner. (FWD)










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