Teatrino at Palazzo Grassi by Tadao Ando. A contemporary arts centre inside an eighteenth-century palace in Venice. After the restoration of Palazzo Grassi in 2006, followed by that of Punta della Dogana in 2009, the rehabilitation of the Teatrino in 2013 marks the third step of French luxury goods magnate François Pinault’s cultural project … Read more
The most highly anticipated hotel in Central Asia sits atop the 37 storey Esentai Tower Almaty (Kazakhstan), the tallest buildings in Central Asia.The new 145-room luxury hotel opened by The Ritz-Carlton is company’s first hotel in Kazakhstan. With Club and Suite accommodations and more than 10,000 square feet of meeting facilities, it is part of … Read more
Interbrand’s 2013 Best Global Brands. The luxury sector. Despite the fact that China’s GDP growth has slowed, luxury brands performed solidly in this year’s Best Global Brands ranking by Interbrand. Seven of this year’s 100 most valuable brands hail from the luxury sector, and each increased its brand value by five percent or more. The top … Read more
Digital growth may be embryonic, but its luxury publications continue to show resilience to magazine downturn
The 6ft 2in, size 16 Australian is a Vogue cover star and food writer who thinks fashion has a weight problem
How labeling products as user designed backfires in the Context of luxury fashion brands. Haute couture devotees buck the trend for user-designed fashion, according to a new study published by the American Marketing Association. Crowdsourcing fashion only works for mainstream brands – try selling an haute couture devotee a user-designed Gucci purse and she … Read more