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Saddleback Leather: New and Improved (Part 2)

September 6, 2010

The word “artisan” to describe consumer brands has lately become as ubiquitous in PR copy as the word “luxury” — it’s gotten to the point where you can’t swing a faux-mink wrap in a crowded e-shop without hitting one or the other, if not both. For instance, I ran across a recent article that used [...]

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The Luxury & Fashion Biz: 08/27/10 (Of Swiss Watches, Black Swans and Material Girls)

August 27, 2010

1.) The Wristwatch is Dead? A Million Swiss Watchmakers Howl in Protest: “One day soon the wristwatch will be viewed as quaint and old-fashioned, the same as a pocket watch is seen today . . . This year’s list for the class of 2014 reminds us that these college freshmen were born in 1992, that [...]

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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 & Fashion Biz: 07/09/10 (or, “Of Haute Couture, the China Problem and Getting Creative”)

July 9, 2010

1.) Time For the Haute-Couture Relevancy Debate . . . Again:“Unless you have been catching up on “Gossip Girl” reruns, national deficits and unemployment do not correlate with a couture dress that costs as much as a Harvard education. Couture is slipping off people’s radars faster than a U.F.O. And virtually all of the luxury [...]

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Luxury Industry News: 06/18/10

June 18, 2010

1.) Get Your PH.D. In Designer Fashion Fave Lady Ga-Ga:“The (web)site, Gaga Stigmata, is a collection of musings and art about Gaga, including submissions comparing the ‘Bad Romance’ video to the work of Stanley Kubrick and a look at the legacy of Michael Jackson in Gaga’s work . . . ‘When people dismiss Gaga’s art [...]

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Luxury Industry News: 06/04/10

June 4, 2010

1.) Why Luxury Brands and Celebrities Don’t Always Mix:“What I wonder is if Lady Gaga sits in her spacious first class seat as she flies from location to location with a glue gun and a bag of studs working on her handbag-art-project. You know, with anyone else I would be shocked, but this is Lady [...]

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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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The Beautiful Mind Series Vol. 1: Intelligence & Fantasy

May 24, 2010

Despite its clunky hard plastic packaging, unwieldy bottle and retro 3-D label that gives me unpleasant flashbacks of 1970′s flared corduroys and digital print polyester shirts (which are, surprisingly enough, fashionable again, albeit only in arch, hipster circles), I’m a big fan of perfumer Geza Schoen’s first release under The Beautiful Mind Series moniker. Schoen [...]

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A Few Last Observations (re: Paris, Zurich and Shopping)

May 23, 2010

The weather in Zurich was even colder and rainier than it had been during our stay in Paris. Pair that up with a good case of sore feet, tired legs and exhausted tourist-syndrome and there wasn’t much in the way of Swiss sightseeing on our agenda for the couple of days we were there. Though [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/23/10

April 23, 2010

1.) Lipstick? What Lipstick? Welcome to the Nail Polish Effect:“Lipstick may no longer be a recession staple as sales in the lip care category were outstripped by those of nail polish in 2009 . . . ‘Cosmetics & Toiletries USA 2009′ revealed that sales of lipsticks and lip glosses declined 5.3% last year, while nail [...]

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Saddleback Leather: New and Improved (Part 2)

The Luxury & Fashion Biz: 08/27/10 (Of Swiss Watches, Black Swans and Material Girls)

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

The Luxury & Fashion Biz: 07/09/10 (or, “Of Haute Couture, the China Problem and Getting Creative”)

Luxury Industry News: 06/18/10

Luxury Industry News: 06/04/10

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

The Beautiful Mind Series Vol. 1: Intelligence & Fantasy

A Few Last Observations (re: Paris, Zurich and Shopping)

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/23/10

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