Wendy Yu: building bridges between the East and the West
Wendy Yu – entrepreneur, investor, cultural ambassador, fashion devotee, and frequent flyer between Shanghai, Hong Kong, London and New York – is taking the word ‘global’ to a whole new level, as Elisa Anniss discovers when they meet Instagram can be hugely revealing...
Simon de Pury on artistic philanthropy
Charity art auctions are taking off around the world, and for the best and worst of reasons, says Simon de Pury, himself the world’s leading philanthropic auctioneer In times past, the main philanthropic efforts in the art world used to be confined to the US, for a...
Bain & Company partner Claudia D’Arpizio on the luxury consumer
Fashion and luxury brands need to transform they way they work, think and create to thrive in a new era of luxury consumers, where creativity is king – but just not in the way it was Touchpoints are becoming more important for the luxury industry. In fact, consumers...
Fashion’s radical creative Hussein Chalayan on originality
Hussein Chalayan is high fashion’s savant and one of the most influential designers of the past two decades. He speaks to LUX about originality, art, and how celebrities are cheapening the industry LUX: You have been involved in the world of fine art for a long time,...
6 Questions: Alessandra Rich, contemporary womenswear
Alessandra Rich is the quintessential contemporary designer. Born in Italy, based in London and Milan, and showing in Paris, her designs bring joy and flair to womenswear. She is also noted for the meticulousness of her sourcing and her construction quality. LUX...
Jean-Claude Biver on why luxury watches are about the experience
The luxury industry needs to adapt to the biggest generational change in retail history. How? By going back to the future, says our columnist Jean-Claude Biver Two, three, or five hundred years ago, luxury was a real experience. Luxury, when it originated, involved...