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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre (Paperback)
Short Description for DeluxeGoes inside the workings of profit margins and market share to discover the fate of real luxury. This book shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. It witnesses how these 'luxury' handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn't last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume.
Full description- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Published: 07 August 2008
- Format: Paperback 384 pages
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- Categories: Popular Culture | Consumerism | Service Industries | Fashion & Beauty Industries
- ISBN 13: 9780141019673 ISBN 10: 0141019670
- Sales rank: 36,072
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Full description for Deluxe
Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury? With incredible access to the glamorous world of the luxury brand, "Deluxe goes" deep inside the workings of today's world of profit margins and market share to discover the fate of real luxury. From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal 'must-have' handbags, Dana Thomas shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. Thomas witnesses how these 'luxury' handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn't last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume. From terrifying raids on the Chinese sweat shops to the daunting chic of Paris workshops, from the handcrafting and economics of early-twentieth century designers to the violent truth behind the 'harmless' fakes, "Deluxe" goes deep into the world of extravagance, and asks: where can true luxury go now?
