Archive for February, 2012

Virtual-Closet Web Sites Revise Online Fashion Shopping – New York Times 0

New York Times Virtual-Closet Web Sites Revise Online Fashion Shopping New York Times And board members include François-Henri Pinault, the chairman and chief executive of PPR (which owns luxury...

How Whole Foods Became The Luxury Brand Of Millennials 0

Does a bag full of organic produce say more about you than designer labels? For a new generation, does Whole Foods define the highest level of consumerism?

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Lacroix and Blahnik Star in Fashion Fairy Tales 0

Christian Lacroix and Manolo Blahnik are the central figures in the first two fairy tales of Camilla Morton’s new series. Next: DVF as an empress.

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Gaultier, Under New Management, and Focus of an Exhibition, Has a New Lease on Life 0

As Jean Paul Gaultier, the one-time enfant terrible, turns 60 in April, there is good reason to re-evaluate this work.

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Virtual-Closet Web Sites Like Pinterest and Stylitics Revise Online Fashion Shopping 0

Virtual closet Web sites are springing up, allowing viewers to shop for clothes, try them on, mix and match, and keep track of what they’ve worn when. But is there a profit in it?

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Peter Davis to Introduce a Society Magazine 0

Peter Davis will introduce Scene, a society magazine for and by the young New York rich, this week.

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Sotheby’s Q4 Income Falls 26% 0

Sotheby's New York headquarters.

Sotheby’s said Wednesday that fourth quarter net income declined 25.7 percent, year-over-year, to $71.5 million, largely due to an 11 percent decline in auction…

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Luxury Hotels & Social Media: The Plaza Hotel – Business Insider 0

Luxury Hotels & Social Media: The Plaza Hotel
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No doubt, luxury travel's latest destination is online. Yet who is leading the charge in this recent wave of innovative hotel…

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How Whole Foods Became The Luxury Brand Of Millennials 0

Does a bag full of organic produce say more about you than designer labels? For a new generation, does Whole Foods define the highest level of consumerism?

Sotheby’s Reports $5.8 Billion in Sales for 2011 — Marking Its Second-Best Year Ever 0

Sotheby's Reports $5.8 Billion in Sales for 2011 — Marking Its Second-Best Year Ever Language English Email Print Save ...

Sotheby’s Q4 Income Falls 26% 0

Sotheby's New York headquarters. Sotheby’s said Wednesday that fourth quarter net income declined 25.7 percent, year-over-year, to $71.5 million, largely due to an 11 percent decline in auction...

Salvatore Ferragamo Backs Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition, Gets Louvre Fashion Show 0

Salvatore Ferragamo Backs Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition, Gets Louvre Fashion Show Language English Email Print Save ...

Luxury Hotels & Social Media: The Plaza Hotel – Business Insider 0

Luxury Hotels & Social Media: The Plaza Hotel Business Insider No doubt, luxury travel's latest destination is online. Yet who is leading the charge in this recent wave of innovative hotel...

New Facebook Timelines Will Benefit Luxury Brands 0

Facebook Timelines have been impossible to avoid today. Everywhere from Mashable to Wired to Ad Age to your own Twitter feed is pulsing with news of this new feature. Well, newish feature. Facebook...

Stunning New Bottle Designs Are Revolutionizing The Wine Business 0

Traditionally, you’re supposed to buy wine based on taste (and price). But the design world wants to change all that, the same way it’s changed food and non-alcoholic beverages.

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Rise Art: New Art Rental Site Let’s You Try Before You Buy 0

For first time buyers, navigating the art world can often be a daunting and risky endeavor. But now art lovers have a new way to hang original art in their homes, thanks to the internet platform…

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DiorMag to Launch Online Today 0

Christian Dior is out to conscript more readers and viewers with the debut of a new digital magazine. Continue reading…
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Admen take new approach to Courreges 0

CEOs say the darnedest things. Recently I was chatting with Frederic Torloting, the new co-owner of Courreges, as we examined their first collection of re-issued dresses from the archives in new…

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Admen take new approach to Courreges 0

CEOs say the darnedest things. Recently I was chatting with Frederic Torloting, the new co-owner of Courreges, as we examined their first collection of re-issued dresses from the archives in new...

Are Fashion Companies Using Digital to Pimp Their Brands? 0

Remember the scene from Pretty Woman, when Richard Gere is driving down Hollywood Boulevard in a Lotus, needing nothing more than directions? As he slows down, a slew of hookers emerge to taunt him....

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