Key Characteristics of Luxury Retailing: What’s Missing Online

Going Digital, Sustainability & Ethics

Key Characteristics of Luxury Retailing: What’s Missing Online

2 Comments 06 December 2009

Luxury brands still fall short of hitting the mark for the digital customer experience, even as they build e-commerce capabilities.

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The Latest on Ethical Fashion

Sustainability & Ethics

The Latest on Ethical Fashion

No Comments 11 June 2009

The US government commits $60million to fighting exploitative child labor, but an all-out ban won't work.

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Dior & LVMH: The French Business Model for Fashion & Luxury

Brand Stories, Fashion History, French Fashion, Going Digital, Industry Info, Sustainability & Ethics

Dior & LVMH: The French Business Model for Fashion & Luxury

No Comments 30 May 2009

The business model that began as a single brand directed by one creative mind has become a model composed of a portfolio of complimentary luxury brands, exemplified by the evolution of Christian Dior & the ultimate luxury conglomerate: LVMH.

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Fashion History: The 19th Century Dress Reform Movements

Fashion History, Industry Info, International Fashion Eras, Sustainability & Ethics

Fashion History: The 19th Century Dress Reform Movements

No Comments 11 January 2009

While Charles Worth and his ilk had monopolized the heavily adorned and radically contorted body cuts, a backlash was brewing. Industrial elite members of the "Grand Denial" sought a more discrete luxury and sober distinction in their fashions. Moralists felt that the modern fashions were shameful and ostentatious, and they sought a return to "worker-friendly" produced clothing that was natural and free from dyes. In addition to radicals, social reformers and feminists, doctors and hygienists also supported the Dress Reform Movement, warning against the hazards of corseting and "artificial" textiles.

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