Deluxe by Dana Thomas

Deluxe by Dana Thomas

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A hard-hitting behind-the-scenes look at how luxury fashion went global, revealing manufacturing secrets that Prada, Gucci, and Burberry don't want you to know

"Fascinating . . . The story of luxury goods today is really about globalization, capitalization, class, and culture."--Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek

"What Fast Food Nation did for food service, this book does for fashion."--Los Angeles Times

Luxury was once available only to the rarefied, aristocratic world of old money. It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by multibillion-dollar global corporations like LVMH, Kering, and Gucci, that focus on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Journalist Dana Thomas digs deep into the dark side of the luxury industry with this uncompromising look behind the glossy facade, to ask: How did luxury lose its luster?

From the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes

Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, by Dana Thomas, is a New York Times bestseller. She began her career as a writer for The Washington Post's Style section, and she later worked for Newsweek in Paris for fifteen years as the European culture and fashion correspondent. She has written for The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and the Financial Times in London, and is currently a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style Magazine. She is based in Paris.

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ISBN 13	9780143113706
ISBN 10	0143113704
Title	Deluxe
Author	Dana Thomas
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2008-07-29
Number of pages	384
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