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The Luxe Chronicles

http://www.theluxechronicles.com

A collection of musings on luxury, art and fashion.

• Added on: Nov 2nd, 2007
• Country: United Kingdom
• Language: English

• Author: Helene
• Listed in: Lifestyle Shopping
• Tags: art travel jewelry shopping fashion luxury

Recent Posts

• Luxury: A Little Number-Crunching Never Hurts

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 23:00 in Celebrities, Marketing, fashion, Advertising, roi, luxury, return on investment, business practices, art & culture, product sponsorship

  A little number-crunching never hurts, especially in lean economic times. Forbes recently published its ranking of the 100 biggest stars in Hollywood in terms of the money they actually generated for the movies in which they starred (as opposed to...

• Words of Wisdom Courtesy of Alber Elbaz.

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 02:12 in social commentary, lanvin, words of wisdom, art & culture, alber elbaz

  “Success is like a bottle of perfume. Smell it. Don’t sniff it and don’t drink it.” -Alber Elbaz. We would all do well to take this message to heart. Sincerely, The Luxe Chronicles ...

• Book Review: "David Hicks: A Life of Design" by Ashley Hicks

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 23:00 in book, design, beauty, interior design, decor, holiday gift, 2009, elegance, art & culture, rizzoli, ashley hicks, books & films

  So few design books are worth reading attentively (if at all). We purchase them primarily for the images of beautiful interiors that inspire us to dream. Every so often however, someone comes along and breaks that rule. I'm happy to say that A...

• Fashion: A Breath of Fresh Air

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 01:54 in design, celebrity, fashion, social commentary, industry, Washington Post, dysfunction, school of the art institute, art & culture, robin givhan, fashion writer

  There are so very few instances where truth is spoken in fashion that when a brave soul steps forward and does so, we need to sit up and take notice. The fashion industry may be hurting but to attribute all its current woes to the financial crisis...

• The Rise in Influence of Luxury & Fashion Blogs: I Beg to Differ.

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 03:20 in shopping, fashion, blogs, current affairs, weblogs, luxury, social commentary, industry, bloggers, influence, web tech, financial times

  I read Nicola Copping's article published in the Financial Times' "Weekend" section yesterday about the growing influence of style bloggers. I personally think it's great that many of the better bloggers are finally getting the recognition and res...

• Shopping: Learning to Love Discount Designer Sales Thanks to theOutnet.com

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 23:00 in internet, shopping, fashion, Delivery, discount, luxury, web tech, michael kors, azzedine alaia, shopping experience, designer brands, stephanie phair

  One of the first lessons I learned after moving to Manhattan from Paris is that in New York, designer sample sales are akin to a highly competitive sport. They can and frequently do get ugly - more like English rugby than the highly padded foot...

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