November 2025

The great Kering shake-up begins

Luca de Meo's "ReconKering" plan, Trump's Swiss tariff deal disgusts politicians and a grim story about the secondary luxury market's links to money…

Nov 29 • 

Conrad Quilty-Harper

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Inside J Craft: the prettiest, toughest, least sensible business in luxury

A chance sighting in Monaco, a disastrous DIY boat experiment and a dying founder’s final wish: how one man became the custodian of the most beautiful …

Nov 22 • 

Alfred Tong

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Fabergé's new owner wants to make an egg for Elon Musk

Richemont crushes expectations, the JLR cyberattack brings down the UK economy a peg or two and inside the ambitious plans of the new owner of Fabergé

Nov 15 • 

Conrad Quilty-Harper

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Inside Burberry’s lost year — and the battle to bring back its magic

Some fabulous campaigns and you'd think it was doing fine — but Burberry’s year tells a different story.

Nov 7 • 

Alfred Tong

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October 2025

Bernard Arnault bought the dip

Power consolidation at LVMH, corporate triage at Kering and the strange winner of the UK's biggest cyberattack.

Oct 31 • 

Conrad Quilty-Harper

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Priceless: The Louvre heist and the psychology of value

Price, prestige, and the stories that make us pay

Oct 24 • 

Alfred Tong

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Is the luxury winter over?

Relief for LVMH, a reckoning for Kering's new boss and a reality check for Ferrari.

Oct 17 • 

Conrad Quilty-Harper

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The Human Code of Luxury

Why our obsession with status isn’t vanity — it’s evolution. And what that means for the next wave of taste.

Oct 10 • 

Alfred Tong

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Anderson's odd debut at Dior

Why the stakes are high for Jonathan Anderson, Cucinelli’s short-seller war and another Arnault is knighted

Oct 3 • 

Conrad Quilty-Harper

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September 2025

The parties, the panel, and the problem with size diversity at London Fashion Week

Yes, London Fashion Week delivered the parties. But behind the glamour, a panel in Hoxton Square asked: why does fashion still struggle with size…

Sep 26 • 

Alfred Tong

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Kering's shake-up begins at Gucci

From Kering to Lotus, scandals and stumbles show an industry on edge

Sep 19 • 

Conrad Quilty-Harper

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