As the Paris Olympic medals are embroiled in controversy over discoloration and corrosion issues, criticism against French luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) is intensifying. The ...
Chaumet, the high-end jeweler that is owned by corporate parent LVMH, has turned into the butt of jokes in France after more than 100 athletes who won the bronze medal at the recently concluded ...
To create this meeting between the most prestigious object of the Games and the iconic monument of France and Paris, Paris 2024 worked on the design of the medal with Chaumet, an LVMH Group company ...
The Monnaie de Paris will replace all damaged medals at the athletes’ request during the first quarter of 2025.”Parisian jewelry house Chaumet designed the medals, which were part of the Games ...
Athletes say the medals, particularly the bronze ones, started to rust and flake as early as August. The LVMH-owned jeweler Chaumet designed the medals, but the French mint, which produced them ...