Lanvin

Lanvin was founded in 1889 in Paris by Jeanne Lanvin as a small millinery shop on Rue du Marché-Saint-Honoré, before pivoting to women's couture in 1909 and then expanding into menswear, perfume, and home goods through the 20th century. The brand's foundational thesis was specific to its origins: Jeanne Lanvin began making elaborate hand-embroidered dresses for her daughter Marguerite, and other Parisian women requested the same — the elaborate decorative-embroidery and saturated 'Lanvin blue' colour palette that defined the house came from this original mother-and-daughter dress-making practice. The Lanvin vocabulary went through long periods of cyclical decline and revival across the 20th century. Alber Elbaz held creative direction from 2001-2015, in a tenure now widely regarded as one of the most influential post-2000 Paris-couture-house revivals — Elbaz's deliberate-deconstruction approach to feminine eveningwear, the iconic Lanvin nude-and-rose colour palette, and the long fitting-back-bodice signature dresses became defining moments. Bruno Sialelli held 2019-2021, then Peter Copping was named creative director in 2024 after the multi-year search. Lanvin is owned by Fosun International (the Chinese conglomerate that acquired the house in 2018) through Lanvin Group, which is publicly listed on the NYSE (NYSE: LANV) following a 2022 SPAC merger. The house operates flagship retail in Paris (Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the historic 1889 location), London (Mount Street, Mayfair), Milan (Via Montenapoleone), Tokyo (Ginza, Aoyama), Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, plus extensive Asian and European wholesale through Net-a-Porter, MR PORTER, MATCHES, Mytheresa, and the major luxury department stores. Lanvin is the oldest continuously-operating French couture house.