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Tom Ford plans to revive the Russian luxury market
Tom Ford opens women’s store in luxury-loving Russia Fashion designer Tom Ford has opened his first women’s clothes store in Moscow, giving a confidence boost to Russia’s reviving luxury goods market. The 50-year-old Ford said he was not phased by the prospects of another economic recession in Russia, which previously ranked as the fourth-largest buyer…
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Luxury Homes Lift a Flat US Housing Market
The luxury market has found a way to be simultaneously booming and invisible in the national average. It is the quiet kind of prosperity. The national housing market is nearly flat. The top of it is not. When a national price index moves by a quarter of a percent, it is tempting to call it…
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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 &…
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Azimut: Italian Design on the Water
HOW A TURIN STUDENT’S CHARTER BUSINESS BECAME ONE OF ITALY’S DEFINING YACHT BRANDS A Student in Turin Azimut was founded in 1969 by Paolo Vitelli, then a university student, who began by chartering sailing boats to people in Turin. In 1970 the Amerglass brand chose his company to distribute its boats in Italy, and from…
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Ferrari Wants You to Hang a Hood on Your Wall, and Rock Stars Already Parked Theirs in a Museum
The most famous car brand on earth has figured out how to sell you the idea of a Ferrari, even if you never turn the key. There is a point in every luxury empire’s life when the core product, however magnificent, is no longer the only way to monetize devotion. Hermès has scarves, Ferrari has……
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Forget the Destination — 2026’s Real Luxury Flex Is the Journey Itself
Forbes Travel Guide just told us where to go. More interestingly, they told us how to get there. For years, the luxury travel flex was simple: name-drop the hotel. The Aman. The Belmond. The Four Seasons. Job done, brunch conversation won. But Forbes Travel Guide’s second annual Edge List just quietly rewired the entire status…