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The Luxury & Fashion Biz: 08/13/10 (Of Lagerfeld, logos and zero waste)

August 13, 2010

1.) Is It Time for Karl Lagerfeld to Retire? “As a lover of brands and someone who has worked for a decade for some of the biggest luxury houses as a consultant, I always gain inspiration from a local Church of Chanel. But in recent months, I must confess a growing sense of disappointment at [...]

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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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Photos: Thierry Mugler Womanity

June 7, 2010

When the Clarins Fragrance Group + Thierry Mugler (pronounced “Moo-Glay” or “Moo-Glair“, depending on your proficiency with the French “r”) brand launched the Womanity site back in March of this year, the marketing chatter was all about creating an online community for women that allowed for a comfortable space where women could feel free to [...]

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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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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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He Said, She Said: Part 1

April 14, 2010

Katie Puckrik tells her side of the story. Sniffapalooza Spring Fling 2010 Debriefing: Part One: “My humble Le Sportsac hobo starts to feel a tad outclassed, but once Nathan gets me going, I acquire champagne tastes in no time, confidently fondling $2,000 snakeskin clutches, zipping, clipping and flipping flaps on purses with more secret compartments [...]

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Photos: Thierry Mugler Alien Liqueur de Parfum

April 7, 2010

Thierry Mugler’s Angel Liqueur was easy enough to figure out — Port-wine sweet with lashings of honey and patchouli — and even easier to wear, but the Alien Liqueur is more elusive, a global, mainstream fragrance release with two somersaults and a twist. Alien Liqueur de Parfum, like its Angel Liqueur counterpart, is the more [...]

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The Luxury & Fashion Biz: 08/13/10 (Of Lagerfeld, logos and zero waste)

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

Photos: Thierry Mugler Womanity

Luxury Industry News: 06/04/10

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

Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/16/10

He Said, She Said: Part 1

Photos: Thierry Mugler Alien Liqueur de Parfum

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