Lanvin Names Design Veteran Peter Copping as New Artistic Director

Peter Copping steps out to applause from the audience after the modeling of the Oscar de la Renta Fall 2016 collection during Fashion Week, Feb. 16, 2016, in New York. (AP)
Peter Copping steps out to applause from the audience after the modeling of the Oscar de la Renta Fall 2016 collection during Fashion Week, Feb. 16, 2016, in New York. (AP)
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Lanvin Names Design Veteran Peter Copping as New Artistic Director

Peter Copping steps out to applause from the audience after the modeling of the Oscar de la Renta Fall 2016 collection during Fashion Week, Feb. 16, 2016, in New York. (AP)
Peter Copping steps out to applause from the audience after the modeling of the Oscar de la Renta Fall 2016 collection during Fashion Week, Feb. 16, 2016, in New York. (AP)

Lanvin, the world’s oldest continuously running couture house, named veteran designer Peter Copping on Thursday as its new artistic director.

Founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin and based in Paris, Lanvin will welcome Copping as the creative head of its women’s and men’s collections starting in fall.

“Jeanne Lanvin was a visionary of her time whose passions and interests went beyond fashion, something I share with her,” Copping said in a statement.

British by origin and a veteran designer, Copping is a graduate of Central Saint Martins and the Royal College of Art in London. He began his career at Sonia Rykiel, spent over a decade at Louis Vuitton as head of women’s ready-to-wear alongside Marc Jacobs, and later served as creative director at Nina Ricci in Paris and Oscar de la Renta in New York.

Most recently, Copping led haute couture at Balenciaga, overseeing the reintroduction of the house’s couture collections.

His “arrival at Lanvin marks a significant step in the renaissance of one of the great French houses,” said Siddhartha Shukla, Lanvin’s deputy general manager.

Lanvin, which recently celebrated its 135th anniversary, is a big name in luxury ready-to-wear, leather goods, and accessories.



France Fines Shein 40 Million Euros for Misleading Discounts

FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
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France Fines Shein 40 Million Euros for Misleading Discounts

FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view of a Shein pop-up store at a mall in Singapore April 4, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo

France's antitrust agency said on Thursday it had fined China-founded fast-fashion retailer Shein 40 million euros ($47.17 million) for alleged deceptive business practices including misleading discounts, following a nearly year-long probe.

The agency, in charge of consumer protection as well as competition, said Infinite Style E-Commerce Co Ltd, which handles sales for the Shein brand, had misled customers about discounts, and that the company had accepted the fine, Reuters reported.

Under French regulations, the reference price for any discount is the lowest one given by a retailer during the 30 days preceding the offer. Shein infringed that rule by not taking into account previous offers, and sometimes increasing the price before applying a discount, the agency said.

It said its investigation showed the company "deceived consumers about the authenticity of discounts they could benefit from."

The probe, conducted across thousands of products on Shein's French site between October 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023, found 57% of advertised deals were not, in fact, offering a lower price; 19% had less of a discount than advertised; and 11% were in fact price increases.

In a statement, Shein said the antitrust agency had informed Infinite Style Ecommerce Co Ltd (ISEL) of breaches related to reference price and environmental regulations in March last year, and ISEL had taken corrective action within the following two months.

"This means that all identified issues were addressed more than a year ago," Shein said, adding that ISEL was committed to complying with French regulations.