Lanvin Deputy CEO Siddhartha Shukla Steps Down After Four Years

Siddhartha Shukla, the American executive who spent four years steering Lanvin's commercial ambitions and pushing the Paris house toward a more elevated positioning, has stepped down as deputy CEO, the company confirmed on Friday. Lanvin characterized the exit as "by mutual agreement," and executive president of Lanvin Group and chairman and CEO of Lanvin Andy Lew will "continue to oversee the brand and its strategic ambitions, ensuring continuity and supporting the leadership teams."

Shukla joined Lanvin from Theory and quickly moved to reset nearly every visible dimension of the house, from brand identity and product strategy to store concept and visual language. In 2022, he tapped photographer Steven Meisel for a stark black-and-white campaign that introduced a new logo conceived by M|M Paris, signaling the upscaling drive he had been tasked with executing. That same year, he guided the house through Lanvin Group's IPO. After creative director Bruno Sialelli departed in April 2023, Shukla hired Peter Copping as artistic director in June 2024. Copping, whose résumé includes creative director tenures at Nina Ricci and Oscar de la Renta, remains in his role. "As Jeanne Lanvin used to say herself, it's a return to le chic ultime, the ultimate chic," Shukla told Vogue Business in November 2024, framing the creative direction he had been building toward.

In his own departure statement, Shukla was characteristically measured. "Guiding the brand and business of Lanvin has been one of the greatest challenges and greatest honors of my career," he said. "As I step down after four remarkable years, I do so with immense pride in what we have achieved together and with enduring confidence in the team's ability to carry forward our convictions and our shared vision for this treasure of French fashion and culture."

Lew, who was appointed executive president of Lanvin Group and chairman and CEO of Lanvin in January 2025, offered a brief tribute. "I would like to thank Siddhartha for his contribution to Lanvin during these past four years. We wish him every success in his future professional endeavors," he said.

The departure lands against a backdrop of considerable corporate activity at Lanvin Group, the Shanghai-based, US-listed parent formerly known as Fosun Fashion Group. Since 2025, the group has been in a reorganization phase targeting divestments to contain costs and strengthen liquidity, reportedly studying the sale of assets including factories and real estate. Weeks before Shukla's exit was announced, the proposed sale of tailoring brand Caruso to MondeVitq came to light. No source has explicitly linked these corporate maneuvers to Shukla's departure, and Lanvin Group has said it remains "fully committed" to the French label's development under Copping's creative direction with Lew managing the business.

No successor has been named to the deputy CEO role. With Lew assuming direct oversight and Copping's artistic direction affirmed by ownership, Lanvin enters its next chapter without the executive who did much of the foundational work to define what that chapter might look like.