Meet this year’s ultimate beauty staples: beauty buyers’ top products

    Trying out the offering within the Beauty Halls is all part of the job of the Harrods beauty buyers Vesa Kalho, Imogen Porter and Federica Sinisi. The products that make it onto their bathroom shelves, then, must be something special. The list includes a perennial skincare hero, a lipstick that hydrates and doesn’t … Read more

The $16m New York penthouse fit for a UK civil servant

Exclusive: Luxury apartment next to UN headquarters to be used by senior diplomat charged with seeking post-Brexit trade deals

Sustainability is key issue for department store fashion buyers

Brands risk being delisted if they ignore green concerns, according to survey of over 80 global chains

Galeries Lafayette moves to 60 Avenue des Champs-Elysées with a new retail model and 300 Personal Stylists

  High-end French department store Galeries Lafayette moves to 60 Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. With 6,500 sq.m. – the largest retail space on the avenue – this new address aims to offer local and international visitors a one-of-a-kind, more intimate and responsive department store model. Galeries Lafayette also launches a conversational app called Personal … Read more

The final shortlist of the 2019 LVMH Prize for young fashion designers highlights gender-neutral collections

These are the 8 young designers competing for 2019 LVMH Prize to be held at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. This year, LVMH prize had applicants from all over the world, Greece, France, the US, China, Israel, Nigeria and so on. This year’s edition broke all the records with 1,700 registered applications. As noted Delphine Arnault, … Read more

The best places to buy luxury property abroad in 2019

  Although it is technically spring, the weather in the UK has been variable to put it mildly. If torrential downpours, late snow and brutal winds have set you thinking that 2019 would be a good time to buy a luxury property abroad, then here is our guide to the best places in which to do … Read more