Antoine Arnault may be best regarded as the son of France's richest gentleman and the boyfriend of supermodel Natalia Vodianova, but it looks he's gently been understanding the tips of the trade from his father as he prepares to a single day get cost of LVMH, the luxurious conglomerate for which his father is CEO.
Speaking to The Observer this weekend, the 35- calendar year - aged explained the finest lesson he has learnt from his father Bernard is how to communicate with designers adequately - a thing which was highlighted additionally by the events bordering John Galliano very last 12 months.
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" I am sorry, but designers are not artists. They may possibly have the expertise of 1, but if they want to operate in that way they need to paint or sculpt. Here they're performing in small business and they want a short. Which is what my father does so properly. I've witnessed him do it plenty of occasions and I'm seriously encouraged by that," he said, ahead of outlining that in the guide up to Galliano's devastating drunken rant, the conversation between his father and the designer experienced damaged down completely. " Towards the conclusion, my father just couldn't chat to John Galliano at all, it was not possible - he wouldn't pay attention to everything. At that stage, it crashes."
Arnault, who is the CEO of LVMH-owned bootmaker Berluti, also spoke of his dislike for snobbery. "If I see a single of my sales assistants neglecting an individual simply because he isn't going to appear like a very good consumer, he is fired instantly. I loathe it when those guys are p****s and do not say hi. Not the very least mainly because it is a awful slip-up."
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