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Celine Employees Join Odysséa Paris as Event Raises €1.1 Million

A 67-person Celine team joined fellow LVMH maisons at the 25th Odysséa Paris, connecting employee participation with the annual breast cancer fundraising event.

Published: Oct 15, 2026 5:21 PM

By Ifrah Nadeem

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Celine Employees Join Odysséa Paris as Event Raises €1.1 Million

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Celine brought 67 employees to the 25th Odysséa Paris, joining colleagues from other LVMH maisons in a run-and-walk event that raised €1.1 million overall for the fight against breast cancer. The initiative places employee participation at the centre of the house’s October community activity.

Held on October 3 and 4, 2026, at the Château de Vincennes, the event drew 52,000 participants. Odysséa’s official recap identifies Gustave Roussy and the Prolific association as the beneficiaries of the total collected across the event.

An Employee-Led Part of Celine’s Community Programme Celine described its team’s involvement as part of a wider commitment to its people and community, alongside initiatives supporting gender equality and LGBTQIA+ inclusion.

Its employees ran and walked together, with the house represented among the teams taking part across the LVMH group. The format gives that commitment a practical expression: a shared activity outside the workplace, organised around an established fundraising event.

Photographs released by Celine show the team gathered in pink event shirts and carrying Celine signs along the route. The Research Behind the Fundraising Gustave Roussy says Odysséa donations support breast cancer research and patients’ quality of life…

Participants in pink gather at the Odysséa Paris starting arch

Pink Celine team signs held above the Odysséa crowd

Odysséa Paris participants walk along a tree-lined route

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