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A 12-point plan for making department stores worth visiting again
Department stores have been around for 150 years but their standing has slipped of late. Yet, as the best of their kind still show us, it’s a versatile format that can deliver the goods.
Fine lines
Our review of the latest in all things luxe takes in Japan’s one-site-fits-all emporium, some Lebanese couture in London and a truly fashion-conscious accessory.
Icing on the cake
Experiences, from hotels and high-end restaurants to exclusive balls and rallies (and yes, some cakes) are helping luxury brands connect with more of our lives – and stand out from the pack.
Domestic bliss
Luxury fashion in Mexico used to be European – but rising womenswear stars are redressing the balance.
Texans in town
Dallas’s department-store stalwart Neiman Marcus and leading fashion boutique Forty Five Ten have rolled into the Big Apple with huge new spaces. It’s a bold move when bricks-and-mortar openings are a risk.
Editor’s letter
From a rooftop in Rome, our editor makes the case for print's survival — and calls out the kiosk operators replacing magazines with fizzy drinks and self-serve coffee machines.
Little treasures
We're having children later in life, which hopefully means our bank balances are more handsome. The outcome: a lot of money to spend on our kids.
History of time
As IWC Schaffhausen marks 150 years, its new CEO Christoph Grainger-Herr explains how a brand born from American ingenuity and Swiss precision is safeguarding its future without losing its soul.
Young and in luxe
Jacques Tati saw it coming. The closure of America's last selvedge denim mill signals the final unravelling of a fashion manufacturing legacy that once dressed the entire world.
Shifting sands
Sleepy Mediterranean towns become high-fashion havens each summer. But with the Russians gone, can you still make big money from small bikinis?
