After 10 years of luxury e-commerce, the former e-luxury has shut its doors – or in this case, its servers.
Instead, a new type of company has been born. The NEW ELUXURY displays a new question daily for users to answer. The website states that in 2010 ELUXURY hopes to introduce “unique, original content created by a global team of curators, contributors and users.”
This to me sounds like they went under due to their non-competitive pricing and that they hope to utilize user data to its fullest by selling it off to high end fashion retailers. Further, eventually they will build some user generated site as it is the cheapest to run and operate and then sell all kinds of ad space there. But hey, what do I know. I just work in this industry.
Anyhow, for the time being, I think market research is a lucrative business and you can’t really go wrong. On top of which, if I was really persistent, I can collect a semi-accurate database of information. Today’s results below.
-M
Really not much to say but Holts is having an up to 60% off sale from now through to July 16th. My advice: these sales are usually worth it, so I would definitely check it out. In fact, maybe that’s what I’ll do this weekend…
-M
Hot off the Press!! It has been confirmed that Jimmy Choo will be designing a line for H&M this Fall. I think this is what we’ve been waiting for! And we thought it couldn’t get better after Matthew Williamson!
Jimmy Choo will be bringing both shoes and bags to a local H&M store near you in its collection available November 14th in 200 stores across the world! AND to celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime collaboration, Choo will also be extending its designs to women’s clothing as well as men’s shoes, bags and accessories.
“We are privileged to be among the fashion greats who have been affiliated with H&M so far, and to be designing a collection appealing to fashion savvy, street smart women, and to be including some great pieces for men, too. Jimmy Choo will bring to H&M a sophisticated, fashion forward, accessible and glamorous collection – the perfect party pieces to buy now and then wear out that night!”
says Tamara Mellon, Founder and President, Jimmy Choo.
This is what I’ve been waiting for – especially to go to Edinburgh. Hotel Missoni - yes, Missoni as in the designer – opened its doors on Monday in Edinburgh. This lavish hotel, which has a beautiful site might I add, boasts 136 designer rooms. I’m hoping that the collaboration between Rosita Misson – Missonis’s founder – and the Rezidor Hotel Group is a successful one because I would LOVE to stay at one of these establishments.
Okay, so here’s some news. Patrick Thomas, the CEO of Hermes – the French luxury goods group – allegedly reported today that the organization has resorted to breeding its own crocodiles on farms in Australia to attempt meeting the high demands for its leather goods – namely handbags. What?? Is that legal? Or more importantly, is it humane?
Hermes is claiming that customers have to wait several years for these bags, which range anywhere between $10,ooo to well over $100,000. And each bag takes three to four crocodiles to make. THREE OR FOUR?? REALLY? I mean, have you seen the Birkin bags, they don’t look like they use THAT much leather, but what do I know.
Well they are making 3,000 bags a year and still coming up short.
Of course I need to give you my two cents. I personally don’t think there is anything wrong with breeding the animals for use in their bags. I mean, if you really think about it, they’re not taking these animals out of the environment. In fact, they are breeding their own so as NOT to effect the environment negatively. And it seems as though the company is striving in spite of the current global economic situation, so why criticize them?
I don’t know, maybe my opinion is clouded by my love for fashion and my even greater appreciation of a successful business, but I just don’t think it’s that big a deal.
-M
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to catch the entire awards show, however I did watch about half of it. First off, either i’m getting REALLY old REALLY fast or the media is now focusing on a younger demographic. Maybe it was just this particular award show, but I felt as though I didn’t know half of the attendees – and when I say I felt as though, I mean I definitely didn’t!
Any who, whether I knew them or not, there were a lot of hits and a lot of misses on the runway. Since I am such a positive person – yeah, that’s right, I said it – and more importantly, because it was my new years resolution to be nicer, I’m going to ONLY focus on the few that I thought really pulled off their looks.
Hot off the press – well, maybe a week old – Alexis Bledel has just signed a modeling contract with IMG Models. Former Gilmore Girls and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star has made a move away from film for the time being. This isn’t new for Bledel – she modeled as a child with the Page Parkes Centre for Modeling and Acting – and I have a feeling she’ll still act. But it’s a good move for this beautiful big blue eyes.
-M
I have a slight bias towards Mercedes-Benz – I grew up with them and feel they are really well made cars. However, the problem with Mercedes-Benz growing up was that it was a great car for my parents to be driving, but not sexy enough for me to drive, as perceived by others. In lay-men’s terms, their demographic is fairly high in terms of age.
Throughout the last couple of years, Mercedes-Benz has done a REALLY great job of re-designing and styling some of their more “mainstream” vehicles to appeal to a younger demographic. They have become super SEXY cars that would make any 20-something year old look cool. First with the C-Class, then the introduction of the GLK and now with the E-Class.
This brings me to this posting – I wanted to share this really well done microsite for the new redesigned E-Class. I love this site because it brings a fashion side into the car world and even though many wouldn’t think of putting the two together, they are a perfect fit. It’s a great concept and a well done site by Razorfish.
Let me know what you think of it.
-M
Courtesy of Style.com – Oh sweet, sweet Chanel. How I love thee! Here it is, the coveted 2010 Resort Collection. Can it get any better? Lagerfeld’s collection for the house of Chanel being enjoyed along the Venice Lido as the sun is setting.
“I wanted to reinvent the mystique,”
said Karl Lagerfeld, talking about locating the collection in one of Coco Chanel’s favorite summer spots.
I’ve offered to dress a friend of mine for an event that he is throwing. This got me thinking. Thinking about the trends for men for Spring/Summer 2009. As I was pondering trends and of course visiting HarryRosen.com, I stumbled upon their new ad campaign.
I know that I’m easily amused with advertisements and pretty pictures will pretty much do it for me – hey, I’m a girl, we like shiny things – but this campaign is different. I am totally intrigued by this for a few reasons.
