Excerpts from report “Small Ain’t Beautiful — Point of View on India Luxury Market” by Bain and Company Wednesday, August 21, 2013 In the second excerpt from Bain & Co report, we look at factors that have driven growth in luxury consumption in India in recent times and the roadblocks the industry needs to deal […]

Fashion label Maiyet has partnered with Nest, a non-profit organisation working with artisans in several parts of the world, to set up a state-of-art weaving centre in Varanasi from where it sources sumptuous silk. Maiyet Spring Summer Collection 2013 Outreach programmes are essential image building tools that luxury brands often fall back on. There are […]

While Belgians are famous for their delicious chocolates Japan is also finding favour with its own brand of luxury chocolate, particularly the highly coveted Nama, which sells from Royce’ stores across the world, including New York. Royce now finds a home in Mumbai’s Palladium mall. Royce Chocolate Wafers Founded in Sapporo in 1983, the superlative […]

Rachel Roy, American fashion designer with a Dutch mother and an Indian father, grew up in the sunshine state of California, majored in liberal arts, before moving to New York to work as a stylist. She then joined urban fashion line Rocawear, where she rose to a position of creative director for its women and […]

It is that time in the international fashion industry when menswear is seeing a rising business strategy. Across the globe, menswear accounts for 40 percent of total luxury sales. Chanel Menswear Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel is known across the world to have spear headed the feminist movement in France, during her time. She empowered women to […]

Vivek Sahni has worked on creating corporate identity, graphics and packaging for several Indian luxury brands and believes that good design plays a vital role in differentiating a successful brand from a ‘also ran’. Vivek Sahni Much like art, graphics and design play a large role in how luxury brands are perceived. And the top […]