Acquisition closed
LVMH acquires Celine (1996)
LVMH completed the acquisition of Celine on 1 July 1996.[1]
LVMH acquired Celine, which had begun in 1945 as a made-to-measure children's shoe shop in Paris before becoming a womenswear house. Successive creative directors have redefined it so completely that its identity is closely tied to whoever is designing. The price was not disclosed.
Deal facts
- Announced
- Closed
- Value
- Undisclosed
- Buyer
- LVMH
- Seller
- —
- Assets
- Celine
- Regulatory review
- None recorded
Ownership changes recorded from this deal
Who owns Celine today?
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] LVMH - group history and the houses — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Annual report; retrieved 8 September 2026.
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