the luxury women's clothing market | France

The market for luxury women's clothing includes outer coats and jackets, blazers, suits, dresses and skirts, trousers, sweatshirts and blouses. We exclude from this market leather goods, accessories such as watches and jewellery but also cosmetics and perfumes.

The women's luxury clothing sector has shown a certain dynamism in recent years. Strong growth was observed, both in the French market and especially in exports, where French brands performed very well.

The three dominant trends in the global luxury market are the globalization the consolidation and the diversification . Consolidation involves strong external growth by large companies and the presence of major brands in many luxury product segments

This is the case for LVMH, Richemont and Kering, which dominate the market in fields ranging from luxury drinks to cosmetics and watches, for example.

The main source of growth in the luxury clothing market remains China and its upper-middle class with high purchasing power.