Louis Vuitton Just Proved Your Grandmother’s Design Instincts Were a Century Ahead

An armchair designed in 1923 for a Parisian couturier just became the star of Design Week. History has excellent taste. While most of the fashion industry spends September obsessing over runway looks, Louis Vuitton quietly opened the doors of a private Paris townhouse to show off something with no hemline, no season, and no model … Read more

Vacheron Constantin Just Adopted Three Artisans Who Don’t Make Watches

The oldest watch manufacture in continuous operation just spent 18 months mentoring a furniture maker, a ceramicist, and a jeweler. None of them make watches. That’s the point. Luxury patronage usually looks predictable: a fashion house sponsors an art prize, a watchmaker underwrites a museum wing, everyone gets a plaque. Vacheron Constantin and The Metropolitan … Read more

Who Owns a Flower? Louis Vuitton’s Monogram Fight Just Got Complicated

LV won its lawsuit. China’s museums just quietly won the argument. Nothing turns a courtroom win into a PR headache faster than a museum exhibit. That’s the position Louis Vuitton finds itself in after a Chinese court sided with the house in a trademark case — only for a state museum to promptly display artifacts … Read more

Checkmate Has Never Cost This Much

Decoding Chanel’s world-first Haute Horlogerie chessboard — and why the watch industry is suddenly obsessed with games. Somewhere in a Swiss workshop, a team of artisans spent thousands of hours doing something that, on paper, sounds almost absurdly simple: building a chess set. Except this isn’t the chess set gathering dust in your parents’ living … Read more

A Dashboard Clock Grew Up and Became Two Porsches

Decoding Louis Vuitton and Singer’s first-ever co-branded creation — and what it says about where luxury collaborations are headed. Most great collaborations start with a grand plan. This one started with someone wanting a nicer clock. At Monterey Car Week 2026, Louis Vuitton and Singer Vehicle Design unveiled two extraordinary reimagined Porsche 911s — a … Read more

Why a Paris courtroom just told the upcycling industry to put down the scissors

Your Grandmother’s Chanel Buttons Just Got a Restraining Order There’s a particular kind of person who spends a Sunday afternoon prying vintage CC buttons off a thrifted tweed jacket, gluing them onto a chain, and calling it “reworked couture.” As of this season, that person has a legal problem. On May 21, 2026, the Paris … Read more