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Up-to-the-minute news and analysis meets lateral thinking and carefully curated feature content 21 April 2010 Welcome to the Luxury Society Blog. Based on feedback from our recent member survey, we…
Over the last decade, collaborations between luxury brands and contemporary artists have gone beyond mere artistic partnerships towards a new kind of luxury branding.
PARIS – Art and fashion have always developed side by side, for fashion, like art, often gives visual expression to the cultural zeitgeist. During the 1920s, Salvador Dalí created dresses for Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiapparelli. In the 1930s, Ferragamo’s shoes commissioned designs for advertisements from Futurist painter Lucio Venna, while Gianni Versace commissioned works from artists such as Alighiero Boetti and Roy Lichtenstein for the launch of his collections. Yves Saint Laurent’s vast art collection, recently auctioned at Christie’s in Paris, testified to his great love of art and revealed the influence of a variety of artists on his own designs.
In the 1980s, relationships between luxury brands and artists were advanced when Alain Dominique Perrin created the Fondation Cartier. In the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, a book marking the foundation’s 20th anniversary, Perrin says he makes “a connection between all the different sorts of arts, and luxury goods are a kind of art. Luxury goods are handicrafts of art, applied art.”
The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemparain building in Paris
Up-to-the-minute news and analysis meets lateral thinking and carefully curated feature content
21 April 2010
Welcome to the Luxury Society Blog.
Based on feedback from our recent member survey, we are moving from a monthly editorial schedule, to one that is more in-tune with your fast-paced daily work routine. Our new LS Blog is designed to give you more frequent bursts of stimulating analysis, spun from the latest luxury news in our Bulletin and Spotlight profiles of rising stars in our community such as Noam Perski of Jameslist.com and Carmen Haid of Atelier-Mayer.
But fear not. The in-depth content that many of you have enjoyed up until now is here to stay. Our blog will continue to feature thought-provoking interviews with Luxury Leaders, such as this month’s chat with Mark Edleson, president and CEO of Alila Hotels and Resorts, as well as rousing columns penned regularly by the LS editorial team.
What’s more, we’ll be unveiling a new series of forward-looking quarterly reports designed to bring the busy luxury executive up to speed on the forces that are reshaping the industry. Our first report, an in-depth look at People and HR issues, is due to be published in July. If you are interested in participating in our survey and interviews on this important topic, please let our editorial team know at: [email protected].
Finally, this month I’d also like to welcome Libby Banks to the fold as Associate Editor, joining Senior Editor Robb Young and me to complement the growing Luxury Society team.
We are all looking forward to your feedback on our revamped content.
Imran Amed
Editor-in-chief
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Imran Amed is a professional advisor, writer and entrepreneur operating at the intersection of business and fashion. He is the founder and editor in chief of The Business of Fashion and the former editor-in-chief of Luxury Society. Imran’s writing and point of view reflect the day-to-day insights of his work with international luxury brands and high potential fashion start-ups, where he acts as a bridge between the industry’s most gifted creative and business talent. Imran also advises private equity firms, investors and international corporations interested in the luxury market. Imran has contributed his expertise to the BBC’s British Style Genius and The New York Times and has published articles in The Financial Times, Vogue (India) and Style.com. Imran is an Associate Lecturer at London’s Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design.
