This week’s luxury news highlights

Arushi Sakhuja 

With the Milan Men’s Fashion Week just drawing to a close, there are several exciting updates in luxury. From Alessandro Michelle’s debut line for Maison Valentino to Rihanna being appointed as brand ambassador for J’Adore, Dior’s iconic in-house fragrance to Bugatti’s newest hypercar Chiron. Here are all the luxury news highlights for the week.

Bugatti’s latest car L’Ultime

When it comes to luxury news highlights in the world of automotive, you can’t miss a mention of Bugatti’s  500th and final Chiron. Marking the end of an era for the iconic hypercar, the car is named L’Ultime, and comes in a striking Atlantic Blue and French Racing Blue which honours the car’s storied history, with its successor set to debut next month

Alessandro Michele’s debut collection for Maison Valentino 

After moving from Gucci to Valentino, the highly anticipated Valentino Resort 2025 collection by Michele was recently unveiled. The collection features 171 looks that include a blend of patterns, textures, and embellishments, with a 60s and 70s-inspired aesthetic. Additionally, a dedicated lookbook for accessories, such as shoes and bags, was also presented. For his first collection at the house, Michele drew inspiration from Valentino Garavani’s “White Fashion Show” of 1968, aiming to evoke a sense of refinement and elegance reminiscent of past eras in fashion.

Omega opens a new store at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

Swiss watchmaker OMEGA has opened a newly renovated boutique in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills area. The boutique features OMEGA’s new design concept, including a lounge area with a library. Currently, the boutique is focusing on showcasing the latest Constellation Meteorite watches, featuring dials made from the Muonionalusta meteorite. The collection includes 20 models in various sizes making it to this week’s luxury news highlights.

Louis Vuitton unveils a new high jewellery collection

This collection stands out as one of the most extravagant yet and unquestionably deserves a place in the luxury new highlights for the week. Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds passionately celebrates the transformative period of 19th-century France, showcasing the explosion of French savoir-faire and inventiveness. The collection pays homage to the country’s flourishing savoir-faire, great craftsmen, and leading inventors of the 19th century. In honouring Louis Vuitton’s spirit of travel, Vision boldly embraces a newfound sense of freedom and limitless potential for discovery in a new era of the voyage. “France in the 19th century was an extraordinary time of profound change, during which Paris truly emerged as the centre of the world,” says Francesca Amfitheatrof, Artistic Director for Watches and Jewelry. The design concept of Awakened Hands, Awakened Minds reflects that – all its intricacies, complications, and innovations – transformed into extraordinary jewels. Comprising 220 unique masterpiece jewels set across 13 different themes, this marks Amfitheatrof’s sixth High Jewelry Collection for the Maison and its most extensive collection to date.

LVMH is investing in Orient Express, ships, trains and hotel

Pushing deeper into luxury hospitality and experiences, LVM is investing in the Orient Express brand, with ambitious plans to add more trains, sailing ships and hotels.⁠ Under the terms of the agreements tLVMH will operate the future hotels and trains, and in the entity that will own the two sailing ships. Sébastien Bazin, Accor Group Chairman and CEO, said, “ With LVMH today, we are opening a new chapter in this exciting journey, with the ambition of exploring new horizons and embodying the audacity and creative passion that drive our groups. We’re delighted to enlist LVMH’s rare expertise to continue pushing further the frontiers of this legend and bringing its embodiment to life in an ever more singular way.”

Rihanna is the face of J’Adore, Dior

Rihanna was previously an ambassador for Dior in the mid-2010s. This year, she has been announced as the new face of Dior’s J’adore fragrance. The luxury brand announced on Instagram on Tuesday, sharing a photo of the singer wearing a black cap, dark shades, a textured jacket, and jewels. The brand’s caption read, “Parfums Christian Dior is truly delighted to welcome icon Rihanna, whose wide-ranging talents, remarkable beauty, and universal appeal now embody the world of J’adore.” Rihanna will be the second celebrity to represent J’Adore, following Charlize Theron.
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