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director of Christian Dior Couture. In her five years in the post, the label’s sales climbed 67 percent to 1.28 billion euros, more than double the total industry growth rate, according to consultant Bain & Co. sales slow from Barcelona to Beijing. Delphine’s experience at the more-exclusive Dior brand will help move Vuitton upscale, Vuitton CEO Michael Burke said in a statement when she was appointed. LVMH, which doesn’t break out cheap Hermes Walletsrevenue by brand, in April posted its weakest fashion and leather-goods sales growth since 2009. Vuitton revenue reached about 7.3 billion euros in 2012, accounting for more than 70 percent of sales at the fashion and leather goods division, HSBC estimates. Antoine Arnault is more gregarious. An accomplished poker player -- his winnings exceed $600,000, according to Pokerpages.com -- he appears regularly in the media, from Paris Match to The New York Times’s style magazine. And he dates model Natalia Vodianova, the face of Guerlain perfume and Etam lingerie. Exclusive Dior At Vuitton she’s overseeing all product-related activities as sales slow from Barcelona to Beijing.

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 The appealing part of this collection was the notion of long, slim tunic over a flared, below-the-the knee skirt — be it A-line or pleated with an asymmetrical hemline. And one of the best examples (anyway, the least overwrought) was a tank top in what looked like navy linen with a matching skirt and a green plaid undershirt that seemed based on a Canal Street plastic shopper. LVMH, which doesn’t break out revenue by brand, in  Hermes Lindy BagsApril posted its weakest fashion and leather-goods sales growth since 2009. Vuitton revenue reached about 7.3 billion euros in 2012, accounting for more than 70 percent of sales at the fashion and leather goods division, HSBC estimates. Antoine Arnault is more gregarious. An accomplished poker player -- his winnings exceed $600,000, according to Pokerpages.com -- he appears regularly in the media, from Paris Match to The New York Times’s style magazine. And he dates model Natalia Vodianova, the face of Guerlain perfume and Etam lingerie.