See fashion show<\/a> Herm\u00e8s explained that “the transaction forms part of the French company’s vertical integration strategy.” When contacted on the matter, Lanificio Colombo declined to comment.<\/p>\n According to press reports, the deal would give the house a 15% stake in the Piedmont-based company and will deepen synergies between the Italian manufacturer and Herm\u00e8s, which produces most of its creations in France through an extensive network of manufacturing sites.<\/p>\n Lanificio Colombo, founded in Borgosesia by textile entrepreneur Luigi Colombo, specialises in the production of cashmere and noble fibres, including yangir, guanaco, vicu\u00f1a, and camel hair.<\/p>\n In the third quarter of its financial year, Herm\u00e8s reported sales up by 5% to \u20ac3.9 billion. Supporting the company’s results was the “slight improvement” in sales in Europe, the Americas and Asia, led by the leather goods division.<\/p>\n To meet growing demand for handbags, the group confirmed more than \u20ac1 billion of investment this year and will open three additional leather goods workshops in France over the next three years.<\/p>\n In October, Herm\u00e8s appointed designer Grace Wales Bonner<\/a> as creative director of menswear, replacing V\u00e9ronique Nichanian<\/a>, who will present her final collection for the maison next January in Paris after 37 years with the house.\n <\/p>\n![\"Herm\u00e8s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/077a.jpg\")
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