Luxury brands stalk Bond’s outfitter Suitors are stalking luxury Italian brand Brioni – known for dressing James Bond 007 and presidents including Barack Obama. Zegna, an Italian luxury brand, PPR, one of France’s biggest luxury houses, and Eurazeo, the French private-equity firm, are all known to have had recent talks with the Bond suit-maker about … Read more
Hermes says buying power of luxury clients unchanged French luxury goods maker Hermes sees no sign yet of affluent buyers tightening their purse strings in spite of a somber global economic outlook, the head of the brand said at Paris Fashion Week. The luxury goods industry continues to grow at a solid pace thanks to … Read more
It’s been 160 years since John Kiehl opened his pharmacy on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Today you can still find a Kiehl’s boutique at the address, but nowadays there are no pharmacists, just dedicated sales people specialised in skin care. In the 1960’s Aaron Morse, son of John Kiehl’s successor Irvin Morse, decided to stop … Read more
Financial markets may have turned sour but well-heeled consumers, especially in Asia, are still thirsty for renowned top quality wines, such as Italy’s most expensive red Masseto, its makers say. Fine wines with prices starting at triple digits have become brands like top watches or cars, whose high quality and wide brand recognition give … Read more
The richness of the offer of the 34th Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes, presented at the Vieux Port and Port Pierre Canto, attracted a new profile of showgoers, even more international and of an extremely high quality, not only through the magic and elegance that make this show a unique and major event in … Read more
Project Utopia by “Yacht Island Design” & BMT Nigel Gee– A Magnificent Luxury Island Yacht Project Utopia, an avant-garde vision of a future concept breaks the traditional naval architectural mould which the market has come to expect and offers a truly unique outlook free from any conventional design constraints. Measuring 100m in length and breadth, … Read more