What does LVMH Métiers d’Art represent?
Matteo De Rosa : “LVMH Métiers d’Art is a holding company within the LVMH holding company whose mission, since its founding in 2015, has been to preserve the world’s best materials and guarantee them a future. LVMH Métiers d’Art is also the vigilant guardian of talented artisans. While supporting their activity, we help them to project themselves into the future with audacity and innovation, all in a sustainable spirit. To those with a remarkable history, we offer a sustainable future, to local talents, we offer international careers.”
On a daily basis, what are the concrete actions of LVMH Métiers d’Art?
Matteo De Rosa : “LVMH Métiers d’Art brings together a unique profession in the world. It buys up excellent manufacturers to preserve their know-how and ensure sustainable access to exceptional materials. We are constantly looking for new suppliers and partners. From breeding to tanning, from metalworking to textile manufacturing, LVMH Métiers d’Art is present on five continents through farms, tanneries, metal and fabric workshops. For leather, LVMH Métiers d’Art is involved in France, Italy and Spain, from breeding with its partner Domaine des Massifs to making ready-to-wear. Similarly, for exotic skins, the holding company masters breeding with its network of animal welfare-certified farms in Africa, Australia and the United States. It also owns the Heng Long tannery in Singapore and Italy, a world reference for tanning and finishing crocodile skins.”
What role does LVMH Métiers d’Art play?
Matteo De Rosa : “We play an intermediary role, on the one hand between the manufacturers and the major luxury houses. We also encourage exchanges and dialogues between manufacturers, formerly competitors, who now share the secrets of their know-how, because they are part of the same family. We never stop weaving links of all kinds: between tradition and modernity, between craftsmanship and creativity, between exceptional manufacturers and the most iconic houses.”
What key words define the mission of LVMH Métiers d’Art?
Matteo De Rosa : “Universal, useful, excellence, innovation, passion, future.”
