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How Luxury Lost its Lustre

Deluxe

Where can real luxury be found today - and what is it costing us?

Dana Thomas's Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lustre goes deep inside the workings of today's world of profit margins and market share to discover the real meaning of 'luxury'. 
 
 Fashion may be fabulous, but what's the true price of luxury? From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal 'must-have' handbags, Dana Thomas shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. Thomas witnesses how these 'luxury' handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn't last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume. 
 
 From terrifying raids on the Chinese sweat shops to the daunting chic of Paris workshops, from the handcrafting and economics of early-twentieth century designers to the violent truth behind the 'harmless' fakes, Deluxe goes deep into the world of extravagance, and asks: where can true luxury go now? 
 
 'Definitive' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Daily Telegraph 
 
 'Thomas's message is relevant to shoppers of every stripe' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The New York Times 
 
 'Thomas explores what luxury meant before the word was both inflated and devalued' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Guardian 
 
 'Great aversion therapy ... we suspect we're being fleeced, but we don't know with what cynical dedication' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The Times 
 
 Dana Thomas is now European Editor for Portfolio following twelve years as the cultural and fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris. She has written about style for the New York Times Magazine since 1994, and has contributed to various publications including the New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and the Financial Times.

Dana Thomas has written for The New York Times magazine, the New Yorker, WSJ, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and was the European editor of Condé Nast Portfolio. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style magazine, and the author of The New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre. She lives in Paris.

Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury? With incredible access to the glamorous world of the luxury brand, Deluxe goes deep inside the workings of today&rsquo;s world of profit margins and market share to discover the fate of real luxury. From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal &lsquo;must-have&rsquo; handbags, Dana Thomas shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. Thomas witnesses how these &lsquo;luxury&rsquo; handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn&rsquo;t last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume. 
 
From terrifying raids on the Chinese sweat shops to the daunting chic of Paris workshops, from the handcrafting and economics of early-twentieth century designers to the violent truth behind the &lsquo;harmless&rsquo; fakes, Deluxe goes deep into the world of extravagance, and asks: where can true luxury go now?

Dana Thomas

A page-turning tale of fashion's highest flyers

Fascinating... a well-told story of poetry, art and angst

Riveting... [Dana Thomas] is terrific at describing the shock value of their shows

Thomas has spoken to more than 100 fashion insiders to put together a portrait of an era dominated, in her account, by these two uncontrollable and wild talents... Thomas's narrative flits deftly between the "parallel professional journeys" of two men with a similar rebellious streak

Conjures up the particular madness of the fashion treadmill, with its constant quest for newness and the inevitability that a triumph would be followed by a fall

Dana Thomas

Praise for Gods and Kings

A page-turning tale of fashion's highest flyers

Fascinating... a well-told story of poetry, art and angst

A vivid, arresting account

A page-turning tale of fashion's highest flyers

Fascinating... a well-told story of poetry, art and angst

A vivid, arresting account

A page-turning tale of fashion's highest flyers

Fascinating... a well-told story of poetry, art and angst

A vivid, arresting account

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