PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) – LVMH-owned Dior has withdrawn a request for 100,000 euros in compensation from rival style label Valentino for allegedly blocking entry to its Rome retailer with a celebrity-packed runway present on the town’s Spanish Steps, a supply informed Reuters.
Citing a letter from Dior, the supply aware of the matter stated the French label was backing down “in mild of the pleasant relationship between the 2 Maisons”.
Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli drew a crowd of film stars and style figures together with Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour, Naomi Campbell, Andrew Garfield and Kate Hudson with a high fashion present on July 8, sending fashions down the broad staircase, a serious vacationer hotspot, at nightfall in sheer, shimmery robes.
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The efficiency lit up social networks across the globe, drawing reward from followers – and apparently frustration from Dior.
The supply stated Dior had fired off a primary letter to Valentino shortly after the present, saying that shoppers have been blocked from reaching the shop, holding it empty on a usually bustling Friday afternoon, however had now written the second observe.
Valentino declined to remark. Dior didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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Reporting by Silvia Aloisi and Mimosa Spencer; Modifying by Alison Williams
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