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Deluxe : how luxury lost its luster / Dana Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2007Description: 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1594201293
  • 9781594201295
Other title:
  • Deluxe : How luxury lost its lustre
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.47 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9999.L852 T46 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
1. An industry is born -- 2. Group mentality -- 3. Going global -- 4. Stars get in your eyes -- 5. The sweet smell of success -- 6. It's in the bag -- 7. The needle and the damage done -- 8. Going mass -- 9. Faux Amis -- 10. What now? -- 11. New luxury.
Review: "Dana Thomas explores the whole of today's high-end shopping experience. She has travelled all over the world to interview corporate heads and factory workers, old-money, old-luxury clients and new luxury-obsessed middle-market consumers, and she paints a picture of today's New Luxury. With Deluxe, she delivers a look at the real world behind the glossy magazines and red-carpet couture and asks: How did luxury lose its luster?"--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 338.47 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A424892B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-362) and index.

1. An industry is born -- 2. Group mentality -- 3. Going global -- 4. Stars get in your eyes -- 5. The sweet smell of success -- 6. It's in the bag -- 7. The needle and the damage done -- 8. Going mass -- 9. Faux Amis -- 10. What now? -- 11. New luxury.

"Dana Thomas explores the whole of today's high-end shopping experience. She has travelled all over the world to interview corporate heads and factory workers, old-money, old-luxury clients and new luxury-obsessed middle-market consumers, and she paints a picture of today's New Luxury. With Deluxe, she delivers a look at the real world behind the glossy magazines and red-carpet couture and asks: How did luxury lose its luster?"--BOOK JACKET.

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