Market Pulse | China Sneezes, but Confidence Returns

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Savigny Luxury Index February 2012 | Source: Savigny Partners

LONDON, United Kingdom — The Savigny Luxury Index (“SLI”) outperformed with a gain of 6.9 percent for the month versus 2.6 percent for the benchmark MSCI World Index (“MSCI”).  Confidence in the sector returned towards the end of the month, with many of the bigger luxury stocks posting gains after having been flat for most of February. Big news Earlier in the month, China’s announcement that industrial output was slowing had sent

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Saluting Nobility, Global consumer class, L Capital fund, Indian designers, Burberry scholarship

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Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schouler A/W 2012 | Source: Style.com

Saluting Nobility, Tweeds and All (NY Times) “Oh, Mr. Lauren, you do amaze as you entertain. But seriously, you could not have been a better costume designer — as much as you love the movies — than you are an exceedingly good fashion designer. You may not have an ironic bone in your body, despite what your colleagues tell you, but you have the virtue, and indeed it is a great virtue, of being an earnest American.” New

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Slimane’s second act, Ralph Lauren shares hit, Yoox growth, Moda Operandi makes big hires, Yohji’s world

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Hedi Slimane | Source: Hypebeast

A Fashion Designer’s Second Act (NY Times) “When Hedi Slimane stepped down as artistic director at Dior Homme in 2007, Fashion Wire Daily summed up his tenure this way: ‘Slimane leaves Dior with the well-earned reputation as the single most influential men’s designer this century, the most copied of his peers and the only one to achieve the status of a rock star.’… But Mr. Slimane seems to have left fashion

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Market Pulse | Fears Over China Trigger Luxury Sell-Off

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Savigny Luxury Index September 2011 | Source: Savigny Partners

LONDON, United Kingdom — The seemingly unflappable luxury market continues to waver, with growing worries that China’s booming economy — the driver for much of the rapid growth of luxury brands in the past few years — is beginning to slow down. As a result, every major luxury brand has been hit, and hit hard. Big news • Luxury stocks suffered a steep sell-off in the last ten days of September as hedge funds moved out of the

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Market Pulse | Stormy Weather

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Savigny Luxury Index August 2011 | Source: Savigny Partners

LONDON, United Kingdom — Hurricane Irene wasn’t the only storm wreaking havoc during the month of August. The financial markets were also stormy. Ongoing economic uncertainty on both sides of the Atlantic had investors in a panic, and luxury stocks were were hit hard, though they bounced back towards the end of the month. Big news • August, which is a typically quiet month, has seen some high trading volumes driving

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