http://www.businessoffashion.com/2007/10/discreet-luxury-a-segment-to-watch.html The Business of Fashion is the daily must-read for fashion creatives, business professionals and entrepreneurs in more than 150 countries around the world. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.businessoffashion.com/2007/10/discreet-luxury-a-segment-to-watch.html#comment-554 Hatty Stevens Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:01:39 +0000 http://www.businessoffashion.net/2007/10/discreet-luxury-a-segment-to-watch.html#comment-554 This is an inevitable consequence of Cruise and Pre-Collections taking presidence over traditional F/W and S/S collections. The latter are shown on the runway, up on the internet in minutes and copied within weeks by high-street stores. And that's not to mention celebs on the red carpet. Pre-collections are less about show and more about exclusivity, produced in smaller quantities, often special-edition pieces, and available only to industry insiders and the key retail customers. This is an inevitable consequence of Cruise and Pre-Collections taking presidence over traditional F/W and S/S collections. The latter are shown on the runway, up on the internet in minutes and copied within weeks by high-street stores. And that’s not to mention celebs on the red carpet. Pre-collections are less about show and more about exclusivity, produced in smaller quantities, often special-edition pieces, and available only to industry insiders and the key retail customers.

]]> http://www.businessoffashion.com/2007/10/discreet-luxury-a-segment-to-watch.html#comment-555 Anjli Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:33:10 +0000 http://www.businessoffashion.net/2007/10/discreet-luxury-a-segment-to-watch.html#comment-555 Discreet Luxury must be such a beautiful secret to keep! Discreet Luxury must be such a beautiful secret to keep!

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