In this video that I produced my colleague Suzy Menkes, the fashion editor of the International Herald Tribune, talks to designer Diane Von Furstenberg at the IHT luxury conference in Brazil about how she built her global brand.
Lorenz Bäumer’s design studio and showrooms on the Place Vendôme are concealed from prying eyes by a double set of bank vault doors. Until recently Mr. Bäumer himself was something of a hidden gem in the jewelry industry. Working anonymously, he designed pieces for major luxury brands like Cartier, Gucci, Hermès, Breguet and Piaget before [...]
Dec 082010
In a world where cell phones have made the necessity of a wristwatch obsolete, timepieces have been transformed into something else altogether. Today they are seen more as family heirlooms to be pasted down from one generation to the next as marker of a shared history and family pride. But even when there is no [...]
From November 26th, 2010
I went to the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris last week and Nowness.com asked me to write up my thoughts on the distinctive Van Cleef & Arpels stand. So here is my article. But you should check out the link to the Nowness.com website because they have got a beautiful slide show of some of [...]
Jessica Michault -- luxury style expert -- goes behind the scenes at runways of Paris, New York, London and Milan to bring you the best that the fashion world has to offer.
