Consumers felt entitled to buy luxury again. Top 10 luxury brands The value of top 10 luxury-goods brands surged 16 percent to $111 billion, according to the 2014 BrandZ study published by research company Millward Brown. The luxury category brand value rose 16 percent, following a 6 percent rise a year ago.The strong performance illustrates both … Read more
This year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show brought to London plants from every corner of the world mixing high fashion and horticulture. Glamorous as gets the gardening, The Chelsea Flower Show is a signals the start of summer. The highlights of 2014 edition include Hugo Bugg’s RBC Waterscape garden, the First World War-inspired garden created by … Read more
Best luxury furniture brands. The details are not the details. They make the design. (Charles Eames) Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful with intense relationships with furniture and books. There is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house, n’est-ce pas? Here are some of the luxury brands that … Read more
Burberry to launch skincare division. Building on the success of Burberry cosmetics line launched in 2010, the British fashion house announced a future line of skincare products. The luxury label follows into the footsteps of Gucci house, which also announced a beauty forray. Creative director Christopher Bailey appeared in his debut public address since also taking … Read more
3rd “Empowering Imagination” competition announced by Parsons The New School for Design and Kering. Parsons The New School for Design and Kering luxury group have announced the third annual “Empowering Imagination” competition, which provides graduating Parsons BFA Fashion Design students the opportunity to earn an internship within one of Kering’s 22 luxury and sport & lifestyle … Read more
The luxury market has pushed prices ever higher – but few women can afford £1,000 handbags. How did one designer bring things back within reach?