You Call Yourself A "Luxury" Brand?
Oct 28 2015
Better not drop that bag.
There is more to a luxury brand than merely a hefty price tag and a haughty attitude.
Better not drop that bag.
There is more to a luxury brand than merely a hefty price tag and a haughty attitude.
To my mind, the hallmark of a good collaboration is when the resulting products combine both brands' DNA into a graceful, cohesive whole. In other words, the product itself must be desirable on its own independent of the brands behind it. In this respect, the new Jean Charles de Castelbajac collaboration with Petit Bateau looks like a winner.
Continue reading "A Fresh Take On Petit Bateau Classics Courtesy of JCdC." »
One of the first things Hedi Slimane did when he was named creative director of Yves Saint Laurent was to drop the "Yves" from the brand name. In hindsight, it was a very good decision, if not for the brand, then for the man who founded it.
Continue reading "Not Much Yves Left In This Saint Laurent." »
The sight of Liya Kebede in an advert for Louis Vuitton on the inside cover of this past weekend's How To Spend It has me mulling over the issue of racial diversity in fashion.
The duel announcements that Chanel would be joining the e-commerce fray in 2016 and debuting a fine jewellery collection on Net-A-Porter starting this week may not seem like much at first blush but in luxury industry terms, it amounts to a minor earthquake.
You'll be happy to know that according to Euromonitor International, a market research company, "luxury toilet paper" sales reached $1.4 billion USD last year outselling regular toilet paper for the first time in 10 years. It has been hailed as a sign of a strengthening economy.
Roy Lichtenstein's "The Ring (Engagement)" (1962).
It has been a rather frothy two weeks in the world of fashion what with all the talk of mergers and acquisitions relating to Net-A-Porter. As my regular readers will attest, I'm a huge fan and loyal customer of the pioneering luxury fashion site so I've been following these stories very closely.
Continue reading "On The Marriage/Merger of Yoox & Net-A-Porter." »
It's been a long, hectic winter and I'm very much looking forward to a family vacation somewhere warm and sunny. I've therefore been looking for swimwear both online and off.
First, they took on ageism with their Bright Old Things initiative. And now, gender too.
Continue reading "Selfridges To Offer Gender-Neutral Shopping Experience." »
I don't believe print is dead although sometimes, it seems to me that the people who work in the industry are doing their best to kill it.
Continue reading "'23 Stories by Conde Nast' & Other Fairy Tales." »
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The Luxe Chronicles is a collection of interviews, profiles and musings on various aspects of the luxury industry and occasionally, a rant on our celebrity obsessed culture and the dumbing down of our collective sense of style and esthetic.
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