What is Celine (brand)?
{{Infobox company | name = Celine | logo = Celine logo.svg | type = Subsidiary of public company | foundation = {{start date|1945}} | founder = Céline Vipiana | location_city = [[Paris]] | location_country = [[France]] | locations = | area_served = | key_people = [[Hedi Slimane]] (Creative director) | industry = Fashion | services = | revenue = €172.2&nbsp;million (2012) | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = [[LVMH]] | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.celine.com/}} | footnotes = }} '''Céline''' is a French luxury [[fashion design|fashion house]]. It was founded in 1945 by Céline Vipiana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essortment.com/lifestyle/allcelinefashi_tqwu.htm |title=All about celine vipiana |work=essortment.com |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-date=1 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501224613/http://www.essortment.com/lifestyle/allcelinefashi_tqwu.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Today, it is an international brand owned by [[LVMH]]. It was sold to LVMH in July 1988 for 2.7&nbsp;billion [[franc]]s (US$540&nbsp;million).<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E0DF1439F931A15750C0A960958260 New York Times]</ref> Céline started as a children's [[shoe]] business. It later began selling women's shoes and [[Fashion accessory|accessories]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/celine/ |title=Celine at New York Magazine |access-date=2013-06-25 |archive-date=2013-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205071124/http://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/designers/bios/celine/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It began selling ready-to-wear shoes in the 1960s. Celine Vipiana remained the designer until 1997. American fashion designer [[Michael Kors]]