{"id":160903,"date":"2025-03-10T13:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/?p=160903"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:50:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:50:24","slug":"will-mark-thomas-rekindle-the-flame-at-carven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/will-mark-thomas-rekindle-the-flame-at-carven\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Mark Thomas rekindle the flame at Carven? <img class=paid src=\/paid.png>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Appointed to replace Louise Trotter, who left for Bottega Veneta and of whom he was the right-hand man, Mark Thomas has just taken over as design director at Carven. The fashion house, which was taken over in 2018 by the Chinese group Icicle, is not at its best.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Will <b>Mark Thoma<\/b>s <b>give Carven a new lease of life<\/b>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fashion house, which <b>was bought in 2018 by the Chinese group Icicle<\/b>, is certainly pinning its hopes on its <b>new design director<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The departure of its previous creative director,<b> Louise Trotter,<\/b> for <b>Bottega Veneta<\/b> was announced at the end of 2024 after only three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A heavy loss in 2023<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But above all, according to <b>Fashion Network,<\/b> the House has declared to the Paris Commercial Court <b>a loss of more than 7 million euros for 2023, almost half of its turnover,<\/b> which itself is just over 15 million euros. 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