Best of Show at 2016 Chantilly Arts & Elégance Richard Mille

The Chantilly Arts & Elégance Richard Mille has definitely found its place among the worldwide exceptional rendezvous devoted to the motor car, especially as it has revived con brio the great tradition of the Concours d’Elégance of the 1920s of which France was the cradle. The first two Chantilly Arts & Elégance Richard Mille placed … Read more

Qatari investment fund took over French luxury fashion house Balmain

Valentino label’s owner, the Qatari investment firm Mayhoola for Investments purchased French fashion house Balmain without revealing how much it was paid for the new luxury acquisition. Financial medias revealed that the Qataris offered 485 million euros ($546 million) for Balmain. The offer was higher than the sale estimates of between 300 to 400 million … Read more

Paris menswear: six talking points from the catwalks

Supersized clothes, experimental soundtracks and Clint Boon haircuts – the trends that stood out on the runway

Luxury brands are failing in their storytelling

Luxury has a rich heritage to draw on – why aren’t brands telling stories better? There are lessons to be learned from new players

Can luxury brands hack their own growth?

Exclusive brands have shied away from scaling their businesses by exploiting digital networks, but shrinking marketing budgets could change their minds

Balmain x H&M: the high-street’s answer to super-glam partywear

Olivier Rousteing’s forthcoming collection for high street brand H&M is a riot of beads, gold and (fairly) affordable partywear