Michael Kors and the £300 It bag
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?
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Global luxury goods sector remains resilient: LVMH tops list of world’s largest luxury goods companies
Global luxury goods sector remains resilient, despite tougher consumer market, according to a new Deloitte report. The world’s 75 largest luxury goods companies generated luxury goods sales of $171.8 billion through the end of last fiscal year (fiscal years ended through June 2013) despite a slowdown in the global economy. The average size of the … Read more
The anatomy of fashion – Miuccia’s Pradasphere
Ready-to-Want: Miuccia’s Pradasphere exhibition introduced at Harrods. Hailed as ‘the anatomy of fashion’, Prada came to Harrods with #Pradasphere, a month-long exhibition tracing the universe of Miuccia Prada. The immersion into the world of Prada’s ground-breaking approach to fashion began at the first Pradasphere Café, which serves Italian delicacies with customary Prada style. Prada fans … Read more
You have the Car, now get limited edition wine bucket.
The One-77′ Aston Martin sterling silver bottle cooler. Grant Macdonald for Aston Martin. In 2011, Grant Macdonald has been officially named as silversmiths to Aston Martin under the name Silver by Aston Martin. Since then, London’s finest silversmiths and the multi-divisional luxury bespoke service company, inspired graceful forms in sterling silver, gold, carbon-fibre and other fine … Read more
Royal Extract by Guerlain. History repeats itself
In 1828, Guerlain founder Pierre-Francois-Pascal created a perfume called “Royal Extract of Flowers”. The perfume bottle in a very familiar hue reigns through time in a new 2014 version. Guerlain’s perfumer Thierry Wasser celebrates the early days of Guerlain perfume house with Royal Extract by Guerlain (£280 for 125ml) a perfume limited to 900 bottles, … Read more
Easter by Fabergé
Egg Bar, a cinemascope, and rare masterpieces at Harrods’ Fabergé Easter The artist jeweller Fabergé and Harrods, the world’s most famous department store, came together for a creative collaboration this Easter. The collaboration celebrates the art of gifting. Along with taking over Harrods’ iconic Bromton Road windows with their spectacular creations, Fabergé is … Read more