Politics

The Luxury and Fashion Biz: 07/23/10 (of Lacroix, price hikes, world trade and why Preppy still sells)

July 23, 2010

1,) New Lacroix Designer Wants to Do Couture *and* Target: “Christian Lacroix’s new designer, Sacha Walckhoff, who now helms the label without Lacroix, is trying to pull the company out of debt and modernize it a bit. Lacroix’s passion may have been couture, but that won’t sustain a label nowadays. Many high-end designers looking to [...]

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The Luxury and Fashion Biz: 07/17/10 (Of Burberry, Armani, ethics and cultural moments)

July 17, 2010

1.) It’s a Mad About Burberry World:“Burberry Group Plc, the U.K.’s largest luxury retailer, posted a 27% gain in first-quarter sales, beating analysts’ estimates, led by growth in Asia and deliveries to wholesale customers . . . Burberry, known for its plaid designs, plans to increase capital spending by 86 percent this year, opening 20 [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/16/10

April 16, 2010

1.) Survey Says the Right Brand Names Matter More Than Ever:“The importance of a brand of an item of clothing jumped 14% in the survey, with 28% now saying that brands are ‘more’ or ‘much more’ important to them … Five years ago, fewer than 3% thought brands and logo were more important . . [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 01/29/10

January 29, 2010

1.) Lagerfeld Still Knows How to Wow the Critics:“Chanel was the best show of the spring haute couture collections, in a class by itself. Those ethereal cloud colors–pale pink, blue and violet, a sudden vinegary yellow. Those subtle wool boucle dresses and jackets at the beginning with the seams magically erased by flat, random stitches. [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 01/15/10

January 15, 2010

1.) Just When You Started to Believe in All That “Recovery” Talk:“Retail sales drop 0.3% in December as sales for all of 2009 plunge by a record amount . . . The December drop in sales was a surprise given that the nation’s big retailers had reported better-than-expected results last week, reflecting a surge of [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 01/08/10

January 8, 2010

1.) Hell Freezes Over – Hermes Launches Diffusion Line in China:“The new brand will be called Shang Xia (meaning “topsy-turvy” in Mandarin), will be based in Shanghai and is scheduled to launch in Spring 2010. Shang Xia’s creative director is Qiong-Er Jiang, daughter of a noted Chinese architect. Shang Xia will include ready-to-wear and decorative [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 05/08/09

May 8, 2009

1.) The Lagerfeld Twitter of the Week: Speaking of which, the new full-length Chanel No. 5 ad-film has been released — it’s directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (the director of ‘Delicatessen‘ and ‘City of Lost Children‘). It features the Chanel logo prominently, and showcases the classic bottle design of No. 5: Watch their beautiful logo punctuated [...]

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Fashion Industry News Roundup: 09/04/08

September 4, 2008

Did Geopolitics Make Chanel Blink?:“This year Chanel had planned to take the line of luxury fashion items to Moscow but today it announced that due to problems securing a venue in the Russian capital it would now take place in Paris . . . Chanel have disputed that the change is related to recent political [...]

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Night Flight: A Little Reaganesque Irony

July 5, 2008

Speaking of politics, do you remember Night Flight? If you do, then the following clip will make your toes curl with glee: You’re welcome.

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Le 3eme Homme (or The Third Man) by Caron

May 1, 2008

It’s a partly cloudy day, the sun blazing out at intervals, and windy with the Texas humidity barreling back onto the scene after its blissful Autumn/Winter absence. So in honor of what I suppose is the return of the perpetual heat, I received three new fragrances in the mail — well, three new fragrances to [...]

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Politics

The Luxury and Fashion Biz: 07/23/10 (of Lacroix, price hikes, world trade and why Preppy still sells)

The Luxury and Fashion Biz: 07/17/10 (Of Burberry, Armani, ethics and cultural moments)

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/16/10

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 01/29/10

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 01/15/10

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 01/08/10

Fashion Industry News Roundup: 05/08/09

Fashion Industry News Roundup: 09/04/08

Night Flight: A Little Reaganesque Irony

Le 3eme Homme (or The Third Man) by Caron

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