14 Most Expensive Luxury Fashion Brands

LOUIS VUITTON ($28.4 BILLION)

This brand took the lead in 2018 and thought it wise to indulge in a back-to-back lead in 2019 which actually happened and here it is – the leading and most expensive designer brand in the world. Louis Vuitton is a fashion luxury house and luxury Retail Company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. It’s a foremost designer brand across the world with retail outlets littered virtually in almost every city where people are clad in clothes.

HERMES ($19.2 BILLION)

The French came second and it’s no longer news that they dominated the world’s list of the most expensive luxury brands. Hermes is a French-based luxury goods and Fashion Company founded in 1837 in Paris, France where it is headquartered. They take their specialty in the luxury aspects of goods like leather, watches, lifestyle accessories, jewelry, perfumery, home furniture and ready-to-wear.

GUCCI ($12.7 BILLION)

The Italians are another healthy force to reckon with in the fashion industry and to buttress that, they came in third with Gucci – a foremost designer brand in the world. The Italian luxury fashion and leather goods company was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci in Florence, Tuscany. The brand is the highest-selling brand in Italy.

 PRADA ($9.4 BILLION)

The Italians represented again at number four further driving home the fact that indeed they are a viable option if you are bored with the French fries and fashion. Prada is an Italian fashion house, the deluxe kind, established in in 1913 by Italian Mario Prada. The brand is focused on travel accessories, clothing, watches, wines, spirits, cosmetics, perfumes, shoes, ready-to-wear, handbags and a host of other fashion accessories.

 ROLEX ($7.9 BILLION)

The Swiss hold that’s an undisputed monopoly for making the best watches you can ever find in anyone’s wrist and Rolex is the name raising that Swiss flag higher. Rolex was founded in 1905 in London, the United Kingdom by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis.

CHANEL ($7 BILLION)

The French came back on this one with Chanel. Chanel was founded 110 years ago in 1909 by Coco Chanel a fashion designer. Today the company is chaired by grandsons of Pierre Wertheimer: Alan Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer. Their grandfather was a business partner of the Couturiere Coco Chanel in the nascent stages of the business.

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