marquise mark: Youssef Marquis, who recently completed an eventful year as Director of Fashion Communications at Louis Vuitton, launches the eponymous agency with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton as its first major client.
The company, called Marquis, specializes in communications consulting for fashion and luxury brands and talent.
In addition to advising various LVMH Maisons on communication, image and celebrity relations, Marquis also advises emerging designers, established brands, media properties and other potential clients including international talent and celebrities. will accept a selection list of
A popular and itinerant figure on the international fashion scene, Marquis spent most of his career at LVMH, working for Givenchy for 13 years and serving as Director of Worldwide Communications for 7 years.
He straddled two very different Givenchy creative directors, Riccardo Tisci and Clare Waight Keller, and has worked in their respective roles, including Madonna’s Super Bowl performance in 2012 and Meghan Markle’s dress for the royal wedding in 2018. We helped get some major red carpet moments.
Marquise, usually dressed in head-to-toe black and sporting a broad smile, is a member of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences de l’Information et de la, a French school of communication and journalism that is part of the Sorbonne. Graduated from Communication. He started his career at Lanvin, working with designer Alber Elbaz and eventually specializing in celebrity relationships.
A social media whiz, he has amassed 159,000 followers on his personal Instagram account, featuring workouts with “Emily in Paris” star Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Amanda Seyfried and Courtney Love. , Melissa McCarthy, Tisci and others.
The Marquis agency officially opens on Monday with an office in the heart of Paris.