The first Coutorture Salon is nearly ready! We “dreamed up the idea”:http://almostgirl.coffeespoons.org/?p=1197 as a way to promote community, traffic and of course critical thinking. Coutorture did “a special interview with Milton Pedraza of The Luxury Institute”:http://coutorture.com/features/view/an-interview-with-milton-pedraza-ceo-of-the-luxury-institute for the occasion and while it officially doesn’t start until tomorrow we have a few early bird posts ready to go!
The Budget Babe asks to explore the Psychology of Affordable Luxury She points out some of the tricks fashion houses use to coax us into buying what she calls “consolation prizes” by setting the prices of their top goods ever higher.
Pink Rock Candy asks How Accessible is Too Accessible?. Her bottom line regarding accessible luxury lines like Coach and DKNY is chilling. Its all celeb-line fun and capsule-collection games until the fashion industry gets hurt!
Style Eyes asks if luxury will continue to become every more accessible. She hones in on the issue of the shifting perceptions of what constitutes a luxury good as incomes rise and productivity gives us lower prices.
Hope Robertson talks about how affordable luxury in the Go International Target program has made designers accessible to her.
Temptalia gives us a unique view on beauty as introductory luxury goods and ponders if it is possible to find true luxury in beauty.
Platinum Blond Life believes we consume luxury fast and furiously and no matter what tier of brands we consume we are always looking for the next better product.
And the piece most I personally find the most fascinating: Poetic and Chic believes that affordable and luxury cannot and should not go together. With a background working at LVMH she has more insight onto this topic than most of us and I say it would do us all good to read this piece VERY carefully.
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Suppose you’ve all read my friend Dana Thomas’s book Deluxe How luxury lost its lustre…?? SCAREE, as we rev up for our Xmas sprees…!!