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The Luxury and Fashion Biz: 08/06/10 (Of knockoffs, curves and sales numbers)

August 6, 2010

1.) It’s Not Just the Big Names That Feel the Knockoff Pain: “After years of knocking off luxury products like $2,800 Louis Vuitton handbags, criminals are discovering there is money to be made in faking the more ordinary — like $295 Kooba bags and $140 Ugg boots . . . The shift in the counterfeiting [...]

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Luxury Industry News: 06/11/10

June 11, 2010

1.) Net-A-Porter Introduces Mr. Porter:“Online retail giant Net-a-Porter have just announced plans to add a menswear site to their empire. The boutique launched its discount sister site The Outnet last year and will now launch Mr Porter . . . Mr Porter will launch in time for Spring 2011 and is expected to go live [...]

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Luxury Industry News: Are Luxury Brands Just Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

May 28, 2010

The Urban Dictionary defines “shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic” like this: “Actions taken solely for the feeling (or the appearance) of doing something about an unavoidable situation; actions that not only accomplish nothing but *blatantly* accomplish nothing.” And as I was catching up on the several weeks of news in the luxury brand world [...]

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Photos (+ Giveaway): Tauer Perfumes Orange Star

April 15, 2010

Christopher Brosius, founder and perfumer for the brand CB I Hate Perfume, defines an accord as “the words a perfumer uses to tell the story of a particular perfume; they are the Vocabulary of Perfume & using them creatively is the grammar of the Language of Scent. Every perfumer has a unique accord vocabulary.” When [...]

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In Progress (Day 4): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

March 23, 2010

I’ve now worked on the dress for four days — Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday — so I’m posting a few extra photos to show the continued progress toward completion. The first two photos were taken Monday evening, this one of the small progress I’ve made on the top portion : And this one of [...]

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Scentsless in Detroit: How the Asthma Trigger Has Been Used to Trump the Positive Benefits of Fragrance in the Workplace

March 16, 2010

On Monday, the LA Times posted the following article, which must have cut like a knife through the entire contemporary fragrance industry: Lawsuit settlement means no more perfume, aftershave or other scents for Detroit city workers — “Change is in the air for Detroit city workers. Officials plan to place warning placards in three city [...]

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Spring Giveaway: A Bounty of Ormonde Jayne

March 15, 2010

I’d been casting about for a couple of months trying to think of something special to do for my readers (’cause you know y’all are appreciated . . . right?), when I was contacted out of the blue by Brit luxury fragrance company Ormonde Jayne with an offer to collaborate on a giveaway. Well, you [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/26/10

February 26, 2010

1.) London Fashion week came and went, and now Milan is tossing styles down their runways (ending on Monday), followed by Paris all through next week. Just a few highlights so far: In London, the fashion crowd lost their minds for the Narciso Rodriguez model. 3.) Saks Fifth Avenue Does Better Than Expected:“Luxury department store [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/05/10

February 5, 2010

1.) Celebrities + Fashion Shows = Dirty Little Secret:“Backstage at Armani Prive that night, I chatted with Anne Hathaway about the exquisite collection of pink corseted dresses dusted with stardust we had just seen, every one of which will surely be fought over at the Oscars. I asked her which shows she had enjoyed so [...]

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Havana Vanille + Penhaligon’s Amaranthine: The Rebirth of Bertrand Duchaufour?

January 27, 2010

Can anyone tell me what happened to perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour? Did he go on some spontaneous spiritual junket to Tibet that blew his mind, or did he maybe slip and hit his head on a marble topped table in his foyer and suffer a near-death experience that made him question everything he’s been doing for [...]

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Onda

The Luxury and Fashion Biz: 08/06/10 (Of knockoffs, curves and sales numbers)

Luxury Industry News: 06/11/10

Luxury Industry News: Are Luxury Brands Just Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Photos (+ Giveaway): Tauer Perfumes Orange Star

In Progress (Day 4): Berber Soepboer Colour-In Dress

Scentsless in Detroit: How the Asthma Trigger Has Been Used to Trump the Positive Benefits of Fragrance in the Workplace

Spring Giveaway: A Bounty of Ormonde Jayne

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/26/10

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 02/05/10

L’Artisan Parfumeur Havana Vanille + Penhaligon’s Amaranthine: The Rebirth of Bertrand Duchaufour?

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