Quotes

Philippe Starck, designer: “For me, luxury is intelligence and quality. I don’t see a lot of intelligence and quality in luxury when it’s used

More than 200,000 women worldwide wore cuture in the 1950s, that number is now 200, with gowns starting at 100K and suits at 25K,

If there is one thing that has changed in luxury in the last 30 years, it is the singleminded focus on profitablity. In the

Today, the luxury brand handbag is a study in globalization: hardware, like locks, come from Italy and China (primarily Guangzhou); the zipper comes from

jewelry, like a bolero, that takes the place of a tie

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

On models: “here’s what I want: somebody who looks as if he belongs in the clothes. Not affected, spike-haired, sideburned, pouty-lipped, or pink cheeked,

With its lack of interest in celebrities – even though Joanna Lumley was Muir’s first house model – and disinterest in trends it looked

In 1993, Bill McDonough, a business friendly environmentalist, and a chemist, Michael Braungart, were hired by the Swiss textile manufacturer Rohner Textil, which produces

“In many industries, delicate creative souls are bullied by corporate suits and unimaginative bean counters. Television viewers read about how some philistine in the