Deluxe

Dana Thomas

出版时间

2007-08-16

ISBN

9781594201295

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

Once luxury was available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by multibillion-dollar global corporations focused on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Award-winning journalist Dana Thomas digs deep into the dark side of the luxury industry to uncover all the secrets that Prada, Gucci, and Burberry don?t want us to know. Deluxe is an uncompromising look behind the glossy façade that will enthrall anyone interested in fashion, finance, or culture.

Dana Thomas is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, published by The Penguin Press in 2007. She began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post in Washington, D.C. and from 1995 to 2008, she served as the European cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. Most recently, she was the European editor...

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  • "真正懂的奢华的人痛恨身份地位,你也不会因为穿上昂贵的衣服就看上去很富有。当你看一个人时,你看到它散发出来的精神、魅力和创造力了吗?只看到一颗大钻石,那代表什么?不过代表心满意足罢了。我觉得这太可怕了——对品味的判断完全基于金钱的多少。拥有奢侈品让你看起来更好,这全是幻觉。真的!那不能给你带来什么,那太陈腐了。"
  • "奢侈就是穿着昂贵裙服却如同身着T恤衫一样安逸自在。如果你没有这份自在,那你就不是一个习惯奢侈的人。你只是一个买得起东西的有钱人。"
  • "真正的有钱人并不参加服装秀。“大多香奈儿的客户并不在这里,”2006年6月,卡尔·拉格菲尔德在香奈儿时装秀之后对我说,“你知道吗,他们有其他事情要做,但是,那些为客户送去试装的私人飞机在大海上飞来飞去。” “他们是谁?”我问。 “拥有巨大财富的新贵们。那些人的钱比空气还多。是些我们一点儿都不了解的人——我们知道钱是不是干净的——但是那些人不想被人认出来。这不是走红地毯。一旦那些走红地毯的女人穿上了那些服装,他们马上会取消订单。购买定制女装的女人不想跟女明星们撞衫。” “他们住在哪里?” “中国。”"
  • "如果你控制了工厂,你就控制了产品的品质。如果你控制了销售,你就控制了产品的形象。"
  • "我不是哲学家,但依我看,女人——还有男人,似乎都本能地想炫耀自己。在这个强调规则,强调整齐划一的工业时代,时尚是人类保持个性和独一无二的最后庇护所。我们应该欢迎那些即便是最出格的创新,因为它们能保护我们免受粗制滥造、单调乏味之害,"
  • "他揭穿了其他荒诞说法,比如所谓的香水前调'基调。"那是胡扯"他讲'"你闻香水的时候'闻到的是所有的气味。"我问他制作男士香水和女士香水的不同'他皱皱鼻子'轻蔑地挥挥手:"那不过是市场销售伎俩罢了。""
  • "cult of luxury"
  • "像搜集棒球卡一样搜集名牌产品,像艺术品一样把它们展示出来,像符号一样炫耀它们。"
用户评论
有点隔靴搔痒啊
Chair 的Prof的推荐,确实是一本优美的书
luxury is not how much you can buy. luxury is the knowledge of how to do it right, how to take the time to understand and choose well. luxury is buying the right thing,
读完这本书之后,从此我看到奢侈品牌 = 大润发
rich of examples but thin of insights.
略读,有启发
name dropping太过,作者过于pretentious,白人傲慢太明显,一个买不起高定念念不忘奢侈品购物经历是买了一小瓶香水的杂志记者,自己也是中产,本来也并非传统奢侈品行业的目标客户,写这一本书,最终达成了完美的自我嘲讽。07年的书太老了。
Informative but poorly organized and somewhat pretentious tone
看的英文版。很多一手采访资料,算是功课做得多的吧
读完这书还想买奢侈品的都是真中产。
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