First of all Adrienne Newman- not Arpel,a name she must have purchased recently from ADRIEN ARPEL the company she represented at Dept. Stores for many years. She took advantage of the fact that her first name was Adrienne to let people believe she WAS the Arpel on on the label. I believed it for many years until a few years ago I contacted the Arpel company to talk about Signature Club A. I was told that they were not connected in any way and Adrien Arpel did not exist. It was just the name of one of their divisions run by Newman until she was fired and sued by A Arpel accused of fraud over control of the name. Ms. Newman counter sued and they settled quietly ( I read the legal affidavits) Now Adrienne is calling herself Arpel again so I surmise that she must have legally obtained the rights to the name. What is astonishing to me, is the fact that there is no information publicly available about either the ugly court fight nor any purchase of brand name. Usually these matters create scandals and are in the news. I have never heard one word in the news.
First of all Adrienne Newman- not Arpel,a name she must have purchased recently from ADRIEN ARPEL the company she represented at Dept. Stores for many years. She took advantage of the fact that her first name was Adrienne to let people believe she WAS the Arpel on on the label. I believed it for many years until a few years ago I contacted the Arpel company to talk about Signature Club A. I was told that they were not connected in any way and Adrien Arpel did not exist. It was just the name of one of their divisions run by Newman until she was fired and sued by A Arpel accused of fraud over control of the name. Ms. Newman counter sued and they settled quietly ( I read the legal affidavits) Now Adrienne is calling herself Arpel again so I surmise that she must have legally obtained the rights to the name. What is astonishing to me, is the fact that there is no information publicly available about either the ugly court fight nor any purchase of brand name. Usually these matters create scandals and are in the news. I have never heard one word in the news.