Thought Leadership

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Luxury Briefing meets a notable individual from within the luxury industry. Through these one-to-one conversations, learn more about each individual’s journey and the contributing elements that led them to where they are today.

 

Limited Editions

Kia Schwaninger, Kia Schwan: ‘A lot of my projects are about giving a family heirloom a new look and life’
Insight Feature

Rafael Nadal and Gabriel Escarrer, Zel: ‘The Mediterranean character, lifestyle, and culture are in Zel’s DNA’
Luxury Focus

Guy Ivesha, Maslow’s Group: ‘While it’s a membership concept, we avoid calling it a club because we aim to be inclusive, not exclusive’
Luxury Focus

Susanne Hatje, Mandarin Oriental Mayfair: ‘London is such an important destination, that the hotel needs to be brand-defining’
Insight Feature

Muhammad Binghatti: ‘Our vision was to lead the trend for luxury branded residences’
Luxury Focus

Marina Raphael: ‘We have been incorporating Swarovski designs since day one, as I have always wanted to include a subtle nod to my heritage’
Luxury Insight

Stephen Smith, JCA | London Fashion Academy: ‘You can have vision, ambition and ideas, but you have to have grit and perseverance too’
Luxury Focus

Andrea Frabetti, Sunseeker International: ‘We see fewer customers buying to charter. Instead, they view their yacht as a highly personal asset.’
Luxury Insight

Helen Smith and Eugenio Pirri, Dorchester Collection: ‘We’re a relationship-based company so we want to cultivate that as much as possible’
Insight Feature

Omar El Hamamsy, Orascom Development Holding: ‘Our communities are incredibly well-built, well-developed and slow’
Insight Feature

Anne-Eva Geffroy, Graff: ‘I approach every single design with emotion because we speak, in this company, with so much passion all the time’
Limited Editions

Philippa Thorp, Thorp Design: ‘I want clients to fall in love with the minutiae because then they truly appreciate it’
Insight Feature

Amy Williams, Citizens of Humanity: ‘Every aspect of fashion is more responsible and thoughtful than I’ve ever seen’
Luxury Focus

Paul Brackley, Kinsfolk & Co.: ‘We’re not carrying the luggage of a company that has been around for a long time’
Insight Feature

Gary Franklin, Belmond: ‘I can talk about trains, carriages and river boats forever’
Luxury Focus

Rainer Becker, Zuma: ‘Evolution is important but not purely for the sake of it’