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Six months of Dark Luxury: Where we’ve got to and where we’re going
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Has the bubble burst at Moët Hennessy?
And all the week's darkest luxury news
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
A tailoring expert's look at the Met Gala
Menswear expert Chris Modoo guides us through the hits and misses of the Met Gala, and a preview of big changes to money laundering rules which will…
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Alfred Tong
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
More whisky and Rolls Royces in Hyderabad
Some good tariffs news for the luxury business, Trump wants a gold furnished Air Force One previously owned by the Qataris, and the Met Gala in this…
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
'A Diddy-shaped hole at the Met Gala'
The many contradictions at the heart of the Met Gala's 2025 festival "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style", which takes place on the same day as the start…
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Alfred Tong
Kering attracts short sellers
The money men are betting against Gucci
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
Why luxury's favourite economist wanted to tear it all down
How did a radical economist who despised the waste produced by elites become a mascot to justify half a million dollar handbags?
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
The decline of LVMH and rise of Hermès
First quarter results from Hermès, more travails at LVMH, and why Brunello Cucinelli is the prince of humanistic cashmere
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Alfred Tong
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It’s Not Sustainable’s Tiffanie Darke in conversation with Dark Luxury
A recording from Conrad Quilty-Harper's live video
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
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Tiffanie Darke
How to build a sustainable luxury business
The story of Swedish tailors Saman Amel, who built a sustainable luxury tailoring brand without investment or hype one suit at a time, offers lessons…
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Alfred Tong
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