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Gucci: After Maximalism, What Does Gucci Mean Now?
Gucci spent a decade as fashion's loudest voice under Alessandro Michele. Now under Sabato De Sarno, the house is attempting luxury's hardest manoeuvre: a full creative reset. The heritage codes remain powerful — horsebit loafer, Jackie bag, Bamboo — but cultural pricing power is being tested.
May 19, 2026

Saint Laurent: The Leather-Jacket Luxury House That Made Consistency a Strategy
Saint Laurent decided what it was in 2012 and has refused to deviate since. Under Anthony Vaccarello, the house offers Parisian rock-and-roll elegance with unmatched aesthetic clarity — sharp tailoring, leather jackets, and underrated leather goods at prices that still undercut Chanel and Dior.
May 19, 2026

Hermès: The Luxury Queue That Became an Asset Class
Hermès is the only luxury house where the inconvenience became part of the product. This is a practical buyer's guide to the craft, scarcity, resale logic, and social theatre behind the Birkin, Kelly, and the world's most powerful luxury allocation system.
May 19, 2026

Bottega Veneta: The Case for a Brand That Speaks Entirely in Material
Bottega Veneta built its identity on the absence of visible branding. The intrecciato weave is not a logo — it is a construction technique. After the Blazy era proved how far material innovation could go, Louise Trotter now has to carry that language forward.
May 19, 2026

Why Loewe Might Be the Most Interesting Luxury Brand at the Most Dangerous Moment in Its History
Loewe spent eleven years becoming one of luxury's most culturally fluent brands under Jonathan Anderson. Now that he has left, the question is whether what he built belongs to Loewe or to him.
May 16, 2026