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Luxury firms pin hopes on China
For the 27-year-old exhibition planner, accessories such as Dior handbags, Chanel perfume and necklaces by French jewellery house Van Cleef & Arpels are daily fashion essentials. “Luxury goods have become
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‘Baltic gold’, a prehistoric organic treasure
Here, amber is known as “Baltic gold”. Rich veins of this 40-million-year-old fossilised tree resin running along the coast have fuelled a centuries-old trade in the northern port city of
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Fashion merry-go-round brings Paris new faces for 2013
What better way to whet the appetite of fashionistas and keep sales ticking over? “There comes a point when a brand needs to renew itself,” said Serge Carreira, a luxury
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Corneliani opens Shanghai flagship
Corneliani has unveiled a striking façade for the new flagship store, the opening of which brings the brand’s presence in the China to 40 units. The boutique features the brand’s full
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Selfridges to launch ‘Silent’ shopping in the new year
Store founder Harry Gordon Selfridge might have had the idea back in 1909, but it has taken London’s Selfridges department store over a century to hush the crowds and call
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