LVMH's luxury wares earn top billing at Olympics opening

Aya Nakamura, France's most-listened to female singer in the world, performed a medley of her top hits clad in a Dior over-the-shoulder gold feather and silk dress. — Photo: REUTERS/Esa Alexander

Bernard Arnault, France's wealthiest man and chief executive of luxury group LVMH , paid some €150mil (RM758.2mil) to be the premium sponsor of the Paris Olympics'. At the Games' opening ceremony, his wares were placed front and centre of an extravaganza viewed by a global audience.

Grammy-winner Lady Gaga delivered an energetic performance of Renee 'Zizi' Jeanmaire's Mon truc en plumes (My Feather Friend) decked out in a Dior Haute Couture black feather jacket over a black satin bustier.