Luxury’s laundry problem

Arnault deflects succession talk again, not one but two fascinating money laundering stories linked to the luxury industry, and Dior tries to sell half…

Apr 29 • Conrad Quilty-Harper

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January 2026

The mafia investigator ruffling Italy's luxury industry

'Paper sings', says Milan prosecutor Paolo Storari. Plus: A bumper selection of analysis and luxury news from over the Christmas break

Jan 10 • Conrad Quilty-Harper

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December 2025

Hermès heir sues Arnault over 'lost' billions

LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault sued by a Hermès heir, Moët Hennessy reportedly reshuffles HR and workers filmed urinating near £130 Christmas turkeys sold in…

Dec 15, 2025 • Conrad Quilty-Harper

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Inside the Fashion Awards: The first test of Laura Weir’s BFC

This year’s ceremony — the first under Laura Weir — offered the most honest snapshot yet of British fashion: awards glitz, fragile infrastructure, and a…

Dec 6, 2025 • Alfred Tong

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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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • Alfred Tong

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