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The truth is never as obvious as what it might appear to be: a revelation for luxury brand through the lens of Gabrielle Chanel
This study is not a biography of Gabrielle Chanel, whose life story everyone has probably read about in different places. Rather, it is an account of how an intuitive brand manager brilliantly wielded the resources at her disposal in line with the social, cultural, ideological,and philosophical norms at that particular time, whether intentionally or not,…
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Beyond the bling: the most pointless luxuries ever
A bubble-bath necklace? A DNA vending machine? An unwearable gold hat that took 12 years to weave? Through a collection of priceless, pointless and surprising objects, the V&A’s new exhibition asks: what is luxury?
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Cannes 2015: 30 films we’d like to see
The first films for this year’s festival are being announced: ahead of the deluge, here’s a selection of likely titles we predict will be screening
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Dolce and Gabbana are unafraid of spats, but IVF row divides family of fans
The Italian fashion partnership rooted in Dolce’s Sicilian style and Gabbana’s graphic inventiveness are unrepentantly bound to family
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Pop-up dinners aboard luxury trains in the UK
Celebrity Chefs take to the rails with Belmond in 2015. Luxury trains in the UK are transformed this year into Michelin-grade fine dining restaurants. The Belmond British Pullman and the Belmond Northern Belle luxurious art deco carriages will be hosting pop-up dinners by a select group of top UK chefs that includes Raymond Blanc, Tom…
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Misia, the connection between Chanel and the world of the Arts
New from LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL. Misia: the first Chanel fragrance by Olivier Polge. The collection of Les Exclusifs de Chanel perfumes draws an olfactory portrait from the details of the life of Coco Chanel. The fifteenth opus of the collection, Misia is a connection between Chanel and the world of the Arts. Named for…