Category: Beauty
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Made in Britain, Voted by Peers: Reading the British Luxury Brand of the Year Shortlist
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in Art, Beauty, Best Of Luxury, Business, Cigars & Spirits, Design, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Pets, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|JewelryOn Monday 9 November, at The Dorchester on Park Lane, a London ballroom will crown the British Luxury Brand of the Year. The organiser is Walpole, the official sector body for UK’s £81 billion luxury industry, with more than 250 member companies across fashion, cars, hospitality, beauty and interiors. The prize is not decided by…
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Hermès Passes Louis Vuitton by a Whisker, and the Whisker Is the Least Interesting Part
The headline is easy to write: Hermès has overtaken Louis Vuitton as the world’s most valuable luxury brand. It is also, taken literally, a bit of a stretch, so let us look at the numbers before we get excited. Interbrand, the brand consultancy whose Best Global Brands list has been ranking names by how much…
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La Mer Teaches Its Serum to Think: The Concentrate and the Age of Skin Intelligence
The serum is smarter now, according to the luxury brand. The vocabulary, at least, has certainly been upgraded. Luxury skincare has run out of simple adjectives. “Radiant” and “youthful” have been joined by terms that sound like they belong on a lab door. La Mer’s latest launch is a fine specimen. The Launch in Brief…
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Coty Targets Fragrance Experts and AI Chatbots
Coty Wants a Seat Among the People Who Know Perfume, and a Place in the Chatbot’s Answer Coty has had a curious fortnight. The beauty group, founded in Paris in 1904 and now selling in more than 120 countries, makes fragrances under licence for houses such as Gucci and Hugo Boss, and it is currently…
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How to Keep Up Outdoor Exercise as the Days Get Shorter
The clocks change, you finish work, and it is already dark. The run or the ride that felt easy in summer now feels like a chore, and the sofa looks very cosy. Many people stop outdoor exercise at this time of year, and then find it hard to start again when the days get longer.…
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Open Doors, Smaller Doors: Reading LVMH’s Weekend of Craft
For three days in October the world’s largest luxury group let strangers into its workshops. Here is what changed, who got in, and why it matters. Every so often luxury does something delightfully counterintuitive: it gives away what it normally guards. From October 16 to 18, LVMH, the group behind Louis Vuitton, Dior, Moët &…