August 2011

Luxury & Fashion Biz News: August 26th, 2011 (Moving closer to making a decision at Dior, The Ups and Downs of Social Media Engagement, and Fainting for H&M)

August 27, 2011

1.) Is It Official? Marc Jacobs for Dior, Phoebe Philo for Louis Vuitton: “‘High-ranking industry sources’ have confirmed to The Daily that Marc Jacobs will replace John Galliano as creative director at Christian Dior . . . The news comes on the heels of WWD‘s report that LVMH chair Bernard Arnault was in talks with [...]

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Luxury & Fashion Biz News: August 19th, 2011 (Abercrombie & Fitch vs. Jersey Shore, Luxury Used Paper Bags and Million Dollar Perfume Bottles)

August 20, 2011

1.) Celebrity Contamination – A&F Wants “The Sitch” to Stop Wearing Their Clothes: “Rafael Nadal’s magnificent athleticism is a fine way to differentiate boring underwear (and) Clooney’s handsome cool energize the products he endorses. But when it goes wrong, as it seems to have done with Abercrombie & Fitch, energy is sucked away from the [...]

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Letters to a Fellow Perfumer: Mandy Aftel & Dawn Spencer Hurwitz (ep. 2)

August 18, 2011

July 25th, 2011, Berkeley, CA Dear Dawn When I said that in a classic floral “there is an emphasis on the perfume being beautiful”, I meant a focus on conventional beauty as opposed to something edgier and more difficult. I’m consistently drawn to perfumes that are edgier, so it will be a personal challenge for [...]

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“Milk & Cookies” by Tina Casaceli

August 15, 2011

The new jewel in my library is the “Milk & Cookies” book by Tina Casaceli. A recipe for heaven on Earth Casaceli is the chef and owner of the Milk & Cookies bakery located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, specializing in, of course, cookies, but also offering brownies, ice cream sandwiches, [...]

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Luxury & Fashion Biz News: August 12th, 2011 (Christian Louboutin might lose its trademark, Marc Jacobs might design for Dior, and Nail Polish still rules)

August 13, 2011

1.) Judge Rules Against Louboutin in Red-Sole Trademark Case: “Judge Victor Marrero denied (Louboutin’s) request to halt sales of similar shoes made by Yves Saint Laurent, saying Louboutin would not likely prove its use of the color deserved legal trademark protection . . . ‘Because in the fashion industry color serves ornamental and aesthetic functions [...]

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Tauer Perfumes Pentachord Series: White, Verdant and Auburn

August 11, 2011

You know how it is when you have a cherished author, or movie director, or musician — and you look forward to every new release because you feel like s/he is speaking directly to you? You experience a sense of aesthetic or emotional connection to this otherwise total stranger that makes the world seem like [...]

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Luxury & Fashion Biz News: August 5th, 2011 (Luxury sells briskly but the economy is shaky, Annick Goutal changes hands, and the emergence of DIY fashion)

August 6, 2011

1.) Luxury Retailers are Back in the Black: “Even with the economy in a funk and many Americans pulling back on spending, the rich are again buying designer clothing, luxury cars and about anything that catches their fancy. Luxury goods stores, which fared much worse than other retailers in the recession, are more than recovering [...]

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