Birkinomics: are these handbags a better investment than bricks and mortar?

A diamond-encrusted Hermès bag has sold at Christie’s for £155,000. Why are they so desirable – and do any of the other luxury brands make an equally smart investment?

What am I bid? Prices go through the roof at Christie’s handbag auction

A Hermès or a Birkin is now a high-performing investment as well as a fashion statement after years of record prices

Chloë Sevigny is Vestiaire Collective’s vintage muse

CHLOË SEVIGNY: VINTAGE MUSE American actress, fashion designer, director, and former model  Chloë Sevigny  is launching new Vintage category on Vestiaire Collective, Europe’s premier luxury resale platform. The new vintage category goes live in conjunction with an editorial styled and conceptualized by VESTIAIRE COLLECTIVE’s Contributing Fashion Director Kate Foley and Head of Vintage Marie Blanchet. … Read more

Street art rejuvenates the urban landscape

In an age where Banksy’s work sells at major auction houses, street art is as big if not bigger than any modern art movement For years, street art & graffiti pumped power and succulent creative juices into an atrophied concrete world. For almost four decades, artists splash the urban landscape with color, beautifying grey spaces, … Read more

Pierre Herme macaron sent to the astronauts at the International Space Station

Macaron dans le etoiles. Few grams of sweetness out into the galaxy. This week, SpaceX Dragon, the cargo ship of the American private space transportation company SpaceX, brought supplies and a birthday treat to the International Space Station. Besides supplies for the seven experiments developed by Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales/ CNES for the Proxima mission … Read more

Athleisure and Luxury Apparel. What’s next

Luxury and Wellness Redefine the Future of Fashion, Says Euromonitor in the 2017 report “The Future Direction of Athleisure and Luxury Apparel.” So, What’s next for athleisure and how luxury is stepping it  up. The fashion for wearing fitness apparel away from the gym was well and truly cemented in the mainstream fashion retail and … Read more