Jezebel: Luxury

Chanel Kindly Offers To Sell You Cotton Balls for $20

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:50:00 EST

Hey there, moneybags! Were you standing in your bathroom this morning, staring at the priceless antique jar you fill with cotton balls, thinking to yourself, "These little wads of cotton just aren't soft enough for my fine face. If only there was something more luxurious I could invest in"? Well, it's your lucky day! Chanel has just the solution for you: Le Coton, "an exquisitely soft tri-layer pad developed in Japan." More »

I Really Wanted To Hate Fashion's Night Out

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:23:00 EDT

"Luxury is not shopping," says Rem Koolhaas. More »

Marc Jacobs Dresses Up Like A Lady

Jenna Sauers — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:00:00 EST

The cover of this magazine has been out for a while, but only the full spread reveals just how well Marc works a handbag. [Fashionologie]
Trendy label Eleven Paris booked Zoe Kravitz and model Ash Stymest for its lookbook. [TLF]

Inside Kimora Lee Simmons's Diamond-Filled "Satellite" Closet

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:05:00 EST

The hourglass Simmons keeps in her wardrobe is filled with "over 5000 little diamonds. And they're real." ("Over 5000 cubic zirconias" doesn't have the same ring.) This, her "satellite closet," she warns is only "a smaller version of the Mothership." More »

Today In Expensive Shit: The Hermès Helicopter

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:48:00 EDT

Sorry, it's actually l'Hélicoptère par Hermès. Price: $10 million. It shuttles between downtown Tokyo and Narita airport for $700. One way. First or business class travelers might be able to ride for free. Scarf not included. More »

Rich Russian People Celebrate Their Super-Richness at "Millionaire's Fair"

Lauri Apple — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:38:00 EDT

Did you know that borscht tastes better when cooked in a diamond-encrusted saucepan? Or that luxury lingerie is sexier than regular lingerie? The Russians learned these lessons—and more!—at a "millionaire's fair" in Moscow. (Note: Your dog needs a new mink.) More »

$500 Socks Actually Aren't Woven From Unicorn Hair

Sadie Stein — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:26:00 EDT

Today in "expensive shit," we have Rodarte's new socks, which at $500 are the world's priciest hosiery. An openwork mix of mohair and alpaca, the socks are apparently "too delicate to wash." So you'll save on that. More »

Peek Inside Beyoncé & Jay-Z's Awesome Luxury Yacht

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:30:00 EDT

How would you travel if money were no object? Perhaps, like Beyoncé and Jay-Z, you'd rent a 180-foot, Italian-made Benetti Luxury yacht that goes for $377,000… a week. Worth it? Let's take a look. More »

"Super-Luxe" Items Are A Waste Of Time And Talent

Sadie Stein — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Yawn. Another day, another £100,000 gold and diamond bespoke stiletto. We get it: You can make really expensive stuff. There are still some people left who are rich enough to buy it. So these diamond stilettos? They're already tired. More »

For $70K, This Mattress Had Better Contain Actual Live Sandman

Sadie Stein — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:45:00 EDT

At $69,500 the Vividus king-size from Hästens Sängar AB of Sweden is the world's most expensive known mattress. Big-spenders who shell out for the state-of-the-art engineering tend to "lie down for a long time," says a seller. [WSJ] More »

Lady Gaga Talks Music And Fashion; Plus-Size Models In French Marie Claire

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:30:00 EDT

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Lady Gaga spent two hours answering questions live online. "I need fashion for my music, and I need music for my fashion," she said. [SHOWStudio]
That Gaga: Always destroying her Birkins. [Fashin]

Will 'The Yuck Factor' Sabotage Luxury?

Sadie Stein — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:20:00 EST

Now that everybody's getting squeamish about luxury, where will we get our vicarious thrills? More »

Karl Lagerfeld's World Is Dog-Wear-Dog, Fat.

Sadie Stein — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:30:00 EST

Fur is necessary for "killing those beasts who would kill us if they could," says the world's creepiest man, Karl Lagerfeld. Then he tackles the real issue: the "zillions of the fat." [Telegraph]

Courtney Love Tells PETA To F**k Off

Sadie Stein — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST

Courtney Love vs. PETA: "Yep, I'm a fur whore... I've been very, very good for a very, very long time, and this ermine is ancient and tattered and feels like it belonged to a Queen." [Daily Express]

Personal Shopping: Best. Job. Ever.

Sadie Stein — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST

Today's "Styles" section brings a profile of two mysterious Russian personal shoppers from Bergdorf Goodman, who apparently have the best, most ridiculous job in the world. More »

"Luxury Shame" Will Be Big For Winter

Sadie Stein — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST

"I could walk downstairs now and buy a Ferrari, but all of my friends are hurting. I don't feel like buying random toys." This wealthy coxcomb, one Michael Hirtenstein, has fallen prey to what Newsweek terms the new phenomenon of "luxury shame," in which rich people feel uncomfortable throwing money around. So now luxury goods makers will have to trick them into shopping! More »

Fashion Films: Is Anybody Buying What These Brands Are Selling?

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

In the new film The Science Of Sexy, Dita Von Teese plays a bespectacled scientist who turns into… Dita Von Teese. Her lab coat gives way to lingerie. This movie has already been viewed over 200,000 times, but not in a theater: It's playing on YouTube. The short film is produced by Wonderbra, and, as Oliver Horton writes for the International Herald Tribune, the "fashion film" is having a moment. Prada has released two animated short films, and Louis Vuitton produced one as well. Of course, not matter how fancy they appear to be, these "fashion films" are really just commercials. More »

Proenza Schouler Designers Want To Be Just Like Us

Jennifer — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:30:00 EST

We don't think we can design clothes, so why do clothing designers think they can blog? The Proenza Schouler boys, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, will be blogging for the New York Times's T: Style magazine's new site all this week. Says T's online editor, "One of the things I'm trying to avoid is solipsistic navel-gazing." Um, good luck with that! [Fashion Week Daily]

Shocker: Not All Luxuries Are Created Equal

dodai — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:30:00 EST

As we're smack dab in the middle of the holiday shopping season, do you wonder if that oh-so-cheap cashmere sweater you've purchased was stitched by malnourished six year olds? Do you question whether the python that gave up its skin for your handbag was killed humanely? (It definitely wasn't!) Some of the big luxury names have received poor grades in a ranking of ethical and environmental performance, according to the Financial Times. The WWF released a report called Deeper Luxury and gives both Italian jewelry company Bulgari and Italian accessory company Tod's grade F for their "environmental, social and governance performance and reputation." PPR, which owns Gucci, received a D, as did Swatch. Hermès, L'Oréal and LVMH got the highest grades: C+. More »

As you might have heard, the economy sucks....

Jennifer — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:45:00 EST

As you might have heard, the economy sucks. Which means that the retail industry is going to be taking it up the ass come the Christmas shopping season, which officially starts a week from today. Apparently the electronics industry is the only sector poised to do well. Clothing and luxury in particular? Worse than not so much. [MSNBC] More »

Conde Nast 'Portfolio' Editor As Thin, Beholden To Advertisers As Other Conde Nast Editors

Moe — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:59:39 EDT

Two years ago, Si Newhouse, the publisher of Vogue and Glamour tapped a female Wall Street Journal editor for an intriguing new job — start a new business magazine! This was a risky proposition, namely because while the readers of business magazines (ourselves notwithstanding, natch) generally have boatloads of cash, they're either way too smart to fall victim to advertisements for "mineral" foundation and "anti-aging" serum or they're the people trying to sell these things in the first place. But Mr. Newhouse and his beloved Conde Nast bucked the conventional wisdom, pouring a nine-figure investment into Conde Nast Portfolio, which hits newsstands today amid something of a media firestorm, thanks in part to the fact that Portfolio Editor In Chief Joanne Lipman has said she "relates" to Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, only, you know, thinner. More »