Stories
Sies Marjan – A New Luxury Fashion Brand of Great Promise
Still a brand with a future veiled in uncertainty. But what future isn’t? This, more or less, is the dilemma presented to the fashion industry when the words Sies Marjan emerge in a conversation centering around new luxury fashion designers. Sander Lak, the designer whose label had stirred such frenzy on the Manhattan runway, still […]
British Luxury Brands Suffer in Hong Kong Because of Brexit
Trench coats designed for the streamlined silhouette and the autumn collection of high-end leather bags to carry the most expensive oud fragrance on the market. You can get them all by up to 20 percent cheaper at Burberry’s Causeway Bay outlet in Honk Kong. One of the most iconic British luxury brands, Burberry has been […]
Saks 5th Avenue Opens New Store in Manhattan
You recognize upscale preciousness when it takes a brand only 114 years to open a second store in the fashion capital of the American continent, New York City. Saks 5th Avenue, the luxury department store owned by Hudson’s Bay Company, the oldest grandee of commercial corporations in the US, has decided to strip of its […]
Jaguar Time Capsule Exposition in London
The inaugural London Design Biennale debuted this year under the titles ‘Utopia by Design’, thus celebrating 500 years since the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia. Illuminating the halls of Somerset House are 37 utopian visions, prototypes, and designs from all continents. British Jaguar Auto, the main event sponsor, raced to present its own conceptual installation […]
Chinese Luxury Clubs Closed Down Amidst Corruption Crackdown
In its latest effort to stamp out high-end graft in mainland China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection closed down another five private luxury clubs. So far, 30 upscale ‘Members only’ locales have put a lock on their doors as a result of President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption. Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are the latest three of the major hotspots […]
OAMC Launches New Luxury Streetwear
Luxury streetwear has never been more streetwise than with OAMC. Over All Master Cloth is one of those rare clothing brands that has made some bold strides from the minds of two young and talented designers to the wardrobe of the rich and daring. Described by the New York Times as ‘streetwear when it grows up’, […]
Gucci Brand Ranked as the Top Social Media Influencer in China
The buzzword among online fashionistas nowadays is the Gucci brand. The Italian luxury house has just been crowned the king of Chinese social media. The finding came as the result of a report done by consulting firm R3Worldwide and consumer analytics company Bomoda on the ‘key opinion leaders’ in China’s retail fashion industry. The Gucci […]
Vintage Double Decker Bus Converted to Luxury Hotel
If you spot a red double decker bus with a sign reading ‘Trafalgar Square’, don’t hesitate. Going aboard might turn into the ride of your life. And not only because you can enjoy a cozy, luxurious sleep wrapped up in Egyptian cotton sheets without having a snappy bus driver telling you it’s time to get […]
The Indonesian Luxury Market Continues to Cool in 2017
Gloomy predictions for sales trends in 2017 send cold shivers throughout the Indonesian luxury market. This comes in spite of a one-year-old revoked luxury goods sales tax aimed at attracting the purchasing power of the Indonesian luxury consumer. Rather than seeing its upper class spending domestic money on Louis Vuitton bags abroad, the Ministry of […]
Laura Cope: Fine Art Photography, Bringing a Room Together
Black and white, clean and crisp landscapes. Photographs of horses that look fresh out the pages of a fairytale. Close-ups of plant-life that enchant any space. This all describes the fine art photography of Laura Cope. But, she was never even meant to be the acclaimed photographer she is today. I mean, she used to be […]