Category: Fashion
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Mountain Air, City Pavement: Brunello Cucinelli’s Winter Edit and the Quiet Business Behind It
Brunello Cucinelli, the Umbrian luxury house founded in 1978 in the hilltop village of Solomeo, built its name on coloured cashmere and a gentle philosophy it calls humanistic capitalism. It sells luxury menswear, womenswear and accessories without loud logos, a stance its founder describes as “absolute luxury without a logo.” This October it released its…
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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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Trust, Certified: Audemars Piguet Becomes Its Own Watch Keeper
The Swiss maker of the Royal Oak has opened a marketplace for its own pre-owned watches. The most interesting product on it is not a watch. In brief: Audemars Piguet (AP), the independent Swiss manufacture founded in 1875 in Le Brassus and famous for the octagonal Royal Oak, launched The Watch Keepers on October 26.…
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Checking In at Hotel Moynat: When the Sticker Becomes the Souvenir
A luxury Parisian trunk maker has turned the humble hotel label into leather, and Latin pop culture is the concierge. Anyone who has inherited an old suitcase knows the charm of its stickers: faded crests of grand hotels, a ship’s name, a city half remembered. Moynat has looked at that charm and asked a very…
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A Wrap Dress, a High Line and a Lifetime of Courage: Diane von Furstenberg Takes the Couture Council Award
On a bright Thursday at Gotham Hall, fashion paused to say thank you to a designer who has never stopped moving. There are afternoons in the fashion calendar that feel like family reunions. The Couture Council luncheon at Gotham Hall on October 22 was one of them: a room full of people whose paths had…