Moët Hennesy, Louis Vuitton (LVMH) see LVMH
Monocle 3
Monte Carlo 77, 91–97, 116
and Blanc, François and Louis 93–94, 97
as brand 92–97
casinos/gambling in 93–96
and Charles III of Monaco 93–94
history of 92–93
Jazz Festival 96
and Monaco Grand Prix 95, 103
Monte-Carlo SBM 94–97
Axel Hoppenot, marketing director of 95–97
Bernard Lambert, director-general of 95
Monte Carlo Society 97
Museum Marketing: Competing in the global marketplace 199
museums 199–202
as brands 200
Centre Georges Pompidou 200
Guggenheim foundation 201, 202
Louvre, the 201–02
MoMA (New York) 200
Sorbonne 202
Tate Modern 199–200
Victoria and Albert 200
necessity of luxury 5–7
New York Post, The 101
New York Times 4, 26–27, 108, 160, 173, 195, 196–97, 202
New Yorker 203
Newsweek 201
online communities see also social networking
benefits of accepting 138–39
and research into human behaviour online 138
online luxury retailing 135–36
Owen-Jones, Sir L 80
Oxford Companion to Wine 174
Paris 1, 5, 7–10, 12–15, 20–23, 29, 30, 42–45, 49, 50, 93, 101, 105–06, 127–33, 141, 200, 205, 221, 228 see also art fairs and shoemaking
Paris Review 54
Parker, Robert M 173
perfumes see also fashion/perfume designers
Chanel No 5 2
Je Reviens (Worth) 2
Opium (YSL) 17
Rive Gauche (YSL) 17
Philips, T 135
Pine II, B J 25–26
precious stones see Antwerp; diamonds and jewellery
Printemps 129–33, 228
brand positioning of 132–33
concierge service in 132
and de Cesare, Paolo (CEO) 129–30, 131
and Pressimone, Patrizia 130–31, 228
transformation of 130–31
property 85–90
and Carlton International 88–90
villas 87–90
and Weiser, Philip 85–86, 88–89
ready to wear/prêt-à-porter 13–16, 21
rehab 194–97
and Alcoholics Anonymous 194, 196
Betty Ford Center 194–95, 196
Priory, The 195–96
rehabilitation of luxury see analogue vs digital; crafted/handmade goods; guilt-free luxury; risk-taking and disruption and social luxury
Resnick, E 137–38, 173–74, 175, 176, 177
retail space (and) 123–33
Printemps 129–33 see also main entry
serving VIP customers 125–29
retailers see also Printemps
Barney’s (New York) 48
Galeries Lafayette 129
Harrods 136
Harvey Nichols 136
Le Bon Marché 4
Selfridges 3
Ring, J 86–87, 93
risk-taking and disruption 225–27
and Asia 226–27
Chinese brands 226–27
Riviera: The rise and rise of the Côte d’Azur 86, 93
Robb Report, The 136
royal appointments/warrants 145–52
benefits of 146–47
in France: Courvoisier and Guerlain 149
in Japan 148–49
and Royal Warrant Holders’ Association (London) 145–46
in Russia – Fabergé 150–52 see also Fabergé
in Sweden 147–48
Rykner, D 111
Saint Laurent see Yves Saint Laurent
Self Service magazine 23
Seven Days in the Art World 110
shoe-making 29–32
and JM Weston 127–28
social luxury 223–24
social networking 142–43
Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Etrangers à Monaco 93, 94–95 see also Monte Carlo
spas 189–94
Banyan Tree Group 191–94
and Ho Kwon Ping/KP Ho 192
Bath 189–91
Strangers’ Assistant and Guide to Bath, The 190
Sunday Mirror 28
Sunday Times, The 107
sustainable luxury 213–19
Six Senses resorts 217–19
slow fashion/Slowear 215–17
Sustainable Luxury Fair 221
Tatler 136
Thomas, D 3, 27–28
Thompson, D 113, 114
Thornton, S 110
time (and) 207–11
concierge services 209–10
energy napping/snooze pods 208
lifestyle clubs 210–11
personal shoppers 207
Prime Traveller 210
Primeconcept (Russia) 210–11
sleep disorders 207–08
Time Style & Design 4, 48
Touchi, S 23
travel services 102–04
Al Mousim Travel Group/Roshan PIllai 102–03
Ecoluxury 221
Radosa Luxury Travel Group/Radoslav Radosa 103–04
Union des Fabricants/Marc-Antoine Jamet 171
United Nations and Fowler Report on conflict diamonds 40–41
Unity Marketing 138
universities as brands 202–05
Cambridge 204–05
Harvard 202–03
Ivy League 203–04
Oxford 204–05
Parsons schools: Paris and New York 205
Princeton 203
USA Today 202
Versailles (and) 8–9
Louis XIV 8
Marie Antoinette 8–9, 13
Vogue 16, 136
Vogue Italia 27
Wachtmeister, E 139
Wall Street Journal 123
watch designs/designers
A Lange & Söhne 58
Breitling 57
Fréderique Constant 51
Glashütte Original 58
IWC 55
Jaeger-LeCoultre 55
Omega 56, 57, 59
Panerai 55
Patek Philippe 51, 58
Piaget, Georges Edouard 52–53
Piaget, House of 51–59, 138
Richemont 55, 59
Rolex 51, 56–57
Swarovski 135
Swatch Group 58
Vacheron Constantin 51, 55, 65
Watchmakers’ Guild of Geneva 52
watchmakers/watches 51–59
and advertising 56–58
in recession 54–55
Opus 3 (Halter and Winston) 54
Piaget Polo 55
and Piaget Time Gallery 58
Wall Street Journal’s WSJ magazine 4, 32
Wallpaper 3
Walpole (luxury goods association)/Guy Salter 137
websites
Net-A-Porter/Natalie Massanet 136
Style.com 136
well-being see rehab and spas
White, E 7
wine (and) 137–38, 169–79
Audouze, François 169–71
branding 177
Californian 177–78
Château Haut-Brion 174–76
Château Lafite and China 179
Château Mouton-Rothschild/Opus One 178
Château Palmer and Alter Ego 176
collectors 171–72
Conseil Interprofessionel de Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) 173
counterfeit 171
and French position in global market 172–74
history and background of French 173–75
in London taverns 174–75
reign of terroir 176–79
vintage branding 172–75
Wine Advocate, The 173
Wi
ne Brands 173
Wine News 174
Wine Spectator 177–78
winemakers
de Pontac, Arnaud 174–75
de Pontac, François-Auguste 174–75
Mondavi, Robert 177–78
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 221
yacht designers
Brenta, Luca 79
Starck, Philippe 82
yachts (and) 77–83
Bassani, Luca 78–83
International Maxi Association/Wally Class 80–81
showing 82–83
superyachts 81–82
Wally sailboats 78–83
Wallygator 79
WallyIsland 81
Wedge Too 82
Yves Saint Laurent 10–13, 15, 16–18, 19, 100
art collection of 120–22
funeral of 11–12
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche/YSL 16–19, 109, 121
and Elf–Sanofi 18
and V Hermann 19
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