the Label was bought and owned by Max Azaria (the owner of BCBG) after they fired leger the hired Jerome Dreyfuss (btw, what happened to Dreyfuss ? ) former boyfriend of Isabel Marant, which i think only lasted for two seasons.
the name Leroux, i read in a magazine interview was suggested to Herve by Karl Lagerfeld ( i think it means redhead, of which Herve natrually is)
fashion is littered with these kind of stories. This is why im not interested in any investor, I will never sell my name (not that anyone wants to buy it now anyways,
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i make what i can make, sell what i can sell, and try to grow my business slowly.
i think all independent designers should read the chapter in Teri Agins' book on the designer Zoran.