Wednesday, February 10, 2010 
Six Ways to Profit From the Rebound in Luxury Spending
If the rich truly have gotten richer during the current financial unpleasantness – as some pundits allege – members of the moneyed set have been smart enough to avoid flaunting their new wealth with a rash of high-end purchases. Lately, however, this seems to be changing: The luxury markets led a January surge in the retail sector – a surge that could mean new opportunities for investors astute enough to grab for the golden ring. (Money Morning)
Tags: Coach, Conspicuous Consumption, Consumers, Experiences, Experiential, Louis Vuitton, Luxury, Neiman Marcus, Recovery, Sotheby's, Spending, Tiffany
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What the Web Will Be (Scobleizer)
What Happens if China’s ‘Bubble’ Pops? (Fortune)
World-renowned short seller Jim Chanos — the hedge fund manager who called the fall of Enron and the systemic problems cause by subprime mortgages –recently turned his gimlet eye on China.
Burberry to Live Stream 3-D Fashion Show (Grazia Daily)
Fashion editors and VIP guests in the selected cities will be putting on 3D spex to watch the larger-than-life broadcast in special ‘customized screening spaces’ – designed by Burberry’s own chief creative officer Christopher Bailey.
In Bid for Buzz Overseas, Tahari Joins Fashion Week in New York (Wall Street Journal)
That Mr. Tahari will hold a show at the official venue of New York Fashion Week speaks to a more practical mindset in the fickle and sometimes snooty fashion industry.
Tags: 3D, Bubble, Burberry, China, Fashion Week, Jim Chanos, New York Fashion Week, Outlook, Siri, Streaming Fashion Show, Tahari, Web
In Bid for Buzz Overseas, Tahari Joins Fashion Week in New York
That Mr. Tahari will hold a show at the official venue of New York Fashion Week speaks to a more practical mindset in the fickle and sometimes snooty fashion industry. (Wall Street Journal)
Tags: Elie Tahari, Fashion Week, Michael Kors, New York Fashion Week
Burberry to Live Stream 3-D Fashion Show
While guests will be sitting watching the ‘real’ fashion show at Chelsea College of Art & Design in London on 23 February at 4 pm, fashion editors and VIP guests in the selected cities will be putting on 3D spex to watch the larger-than-life broadcast in special ‘customized screening spaces’ – designed by Burberry’s own chief creative officer Christopher Bailey. (Grazia Daily)
Tags: Burberry, Christopher Bailey, Fashion, Live, Streaming Fashion Shows
What Happens if China’s ‘Bubble’ Pops?
World-renowned short seller Jim Chanos — the hedge fund manager who called the fall of Enron and the systemic problems cause by subprime mortgages –recently turned his gimlet eye on China. (Fortune)
Tags: Bubble, China, Economy, Jim Chanos
What the Web Will Be
Summary and commentary from the interview on Scobleizer.
The Future of Luxury Wine
Notes from “The Future of Luxury Wine” panel at New York’s Vino2010 conference. (Vinography)
Tags: 2010, Barbara Insel, Dan Berger, Joshua Wesson, Karen MacNeil, Outlook, Sergio Esposito, Vino2010, Wine
Fluff Flies as Fashion Writers Pick a Cat Fight with Bloggers
They were fashion’s Young Turks: the scant few voices of criticism in a sea of superficiality. But fast forward one season, and fashion bloggers are facing a backlash for falling under the spell of the big design houses they set out to debunk. (Independent)
Tags: Backlash, Bloggers, Blogging, Blogs, Chistian Dior, Fashion, Tavi
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