Are you a yogi who is struggling to get away from luxuries? Then, (at the cost being defiant of the very essence of yoga), here’s a piece of premium goodness just for you! We’re talking about the luxury yoga bag and mat by Hermes that may just be your guilty pleasure this season. Coming in at a […
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Top 10 Interesting Facts on the Hermes Birkin Bags
How much do you really know about the Birkin bag? The Hermès Birkin has legions of fans, but there’s still a lot to learn about the world’s best loved luxury handbag. Are they really as rare as Hermès wants us to believe? Where was this piece of fashion history born? Which colors are the most [&h…
The Row’s Margaux Tote May Be Just as Beloved as The Birkin, But…
Ever heard of The Row’s Margaux tote? Of course you have! But if you haven’t, then consider this your basic introduction to a bag that may rival the Birkin in status years from now. Ask Google, and you’ll quickly realise that everyone has an opinion on what makes a bag a true luxury item an…
Luxury Fashion is Finding New and Exciting Expressions
Do you remember the year Coco Chanel started wearing and designing pants for women in the early 20th century, causing high society to clutch their pearls and gasp in collective horror at such audacious vulgarity? Or, when in 1947, Christian Dior threw this same class into further distress by debu…
Luxury Brands continue to report High Revenues. And Africa is in on It
During periods of economic uncertainty, logic posits that spending, especially on non-essential/discretionary goods, would drop. In the last year, however, unprecedented revenue from luxury brands has thrown this logic on its head, causing everyone to question what is behind the increased desire …
A Sotheby’s-Inspired Guide to Collecting Luxury Bags
So, you have decided you love luxury bags enough to start collecting them. Where do you start, and how do you build an incredible collection that is the envy of the luxury bag-collecting world? For help, we turned to Sotheby’s, a clear authority in this field. The auction house recently concluded…
Accessible Luxury? There’s Nothing like that; just ask Coach
Coach may not have intended it, but, from the moment it decided to continue to price its high-quality products at lower-than-industry standards and offer huge discounts to every and anybody, it became the ‘accessible luxury brand’, a tag that it quickly realised was more dangerous than helpful. P…
Is the Rolls Royce Droptail the Latest Bespoke Model from the British Luxury Automaker?
When the Rolls Royce Sweptail was unveiled back in 2017, it was easily the most expensive and unique auto of its time. 5 years and another bespoke model (the Boat Tail) later, the Sweptail has clearly lost its coveted title. And, with a possible new unique model, the Droptail, dropping soon, it i…
Here’s One More Reason to Get that Chanel Bag
For years, Birkin by Hermès has been the go-to investment item for luxury fashion enthusiasts. It had the reputation of not only being able to hold its value year after year but also surpassing its original price on the secondary market, especially during the 2020 lockdown. Now, however, Chanel s…
The Latest Luxury Lifestyle Brand is … Ferrari?
The Italian luxury auto brand is looking to drive up profits in a different industry. In 2019, just before the world was thrown into the throes of a pandemic, Ferrari announced that it was considering increased streams of income, but from a niche other than auto manufacturing. It was transitionin…