{"id":66757,"date":"2026-08-18T18:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/66757\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T18:20:11","slug":"dior-pr-executive-mathilde-favier-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/66757\/","title":{"rendered":"Dior PR Executive Mathilde Favier Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dior has announced the \u201caccidental death\u201d of its public relations director, Mathilde Favier.<\/p>\n

Favier and her partner, filmmaker Nicolas Altmayer, died around 4:00 pm on Monday, August 17 after the car they were driving collided with a heavy goods vehicle traveling in the opposite direction as it attempted to overtake another vehicle on a departmental road in France\u2019s Deux-S\u00e8vres region. According to deputy prosecutor Nicolas Leclainche of the Niort prosecutor\u2019s office, an investigation for involuntary manslaughter by the driver has been opened, per Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Favier joined Dior in 2011 and became director of public relations for Dior Couture, working closely with the brand\u2019s most high profile ambassadors, including Natalie Portman, Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence, and Anya Taylor-Joy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMathilde was an extraordinary person,\u201d said Dior CEO Delphine Arnault in a statement<\/a>. \u201cHer infectious joy, optimism, courage, commitment and loyalty were truly exemplary. She embodied the Dior woman so perfectly. During these tragic times, my thoughts are with her family, her children, H\u00e9lo\u00efse and Carlo, her mother, her sisters Victoire and Pauline, her uncle, her many friends, and the team she loved so dearly. Her energy, her smile and her elegance will be sorely missed.\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all owe so much to her work and dedication,\u201d said Dior creative director Jonathan Anderson. \u201cShe brought such warmth, energy and was the most positive and uplifting person I have ever met. Mathilde was the very embodiment of elegance and in many ways, the spirit of Couture itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, said in his own statement that he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d to learn of Favier\u2019s death. \u201c[She] devoted so many years to putting her passion, energy and talent at the service of the House of Dior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oscar-winning actor Marion Cotillard also posted a tribute to Favier on Instagram. \u201cSuch wonderful memories together, my dear Mathilde. Your beauty, your gentleness, your fighting spirit. And that smile,\u201d Cotillard wrote. \u201cYou went through so many hardships, and every time you got back on your feet, even more light seemed to radiate from you. I had such great admiration for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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