TEAM SPIRIT: Jean-François Palus, second-in-command at French luxury group Kering since 2008, would most definitely applaud this fashion trend: Rugby shirts made a minor comeback through the recent men’s fashion weeks for spring 2024.
Palus was captain of his university rugby team, and the game seems to have shaped him as an individual, and a business leader, an audience in Paris heard Thursday night as the manager was decorated with an Ordre national du Mérite, a French honorific for distinguished civil achievements.
Serge Weinberg, chief executive officer of Kering’s precursor PPR until 2005, did the honors, pinning the vivid blue medallion on Palus’ left lapel in front of a crowd that included Kering chairman and CEO François-Henri Pinault, sustainability executive Marie-Claire Daveu,...
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