Luxury Briefing.

As great philosophical questions of our age go, it is not necessarily something that you hear Alain de Botton prattling on about, but I have been wondering whether a computer can really be a luxury object. That there are people who regard technological devices as status-conferring is, of course, beyond doubt...

LAST month, we posited some ideas around changing notions of authenticity, heritage and nostalgia. In this turbulent age, consumers around...

Year-to-date (as of June 7), the TAG Luxury Stock Index increased 2.7%, better than the major indices, which retreated (0.4%)...

WHAT will luxury travel be like in the future? In the dictionary, luxury can be defined as either ‘something expensive...

Brazil’s luxury market Delegates at the Reuters Global Luxury Fashion summit, held at the end of May, agreed that, after...

NEW research shows that country of origin is still a decisive factor for luxury consumers (Unity Marketing). The US, Italy,...

Former men’s tailor Kate Starkey identified a niche for providing chic, bespoke tailoring for women who work in what have traditionally been men’s professions. She helps women to achieve the difficult balancing act of fitting in but also signalling their femininity. And she can do the perfect white shirt. NEIL McARTHUR went to meet her

We know we just covered the Virage, but Aston Martin and design wizard Marek Reichman just keep ‘em coming. Here...

ON Madison Avenue, Nokia took no 703. With fine, handcrafted porcelain from Valencia, Lladró landed at no 743. Alice +...

THE financial demise of Georgina Goodman has ignited a flurry of interest in 44 Old Bond Street. Sitting between Cartier...