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This afternoon's shopping agenda is not just about luxury labels. In fact, as Nof explains, most of their time at the mall is about socializing and snapping up fun, throwaway fashion from places like Zara and I-Zone (a Lebanese chain). The problem with luxury shopping in Dubai?and the great irony?is that, according to these world-class shoppers, you can't find "anything" in the stores. As Nof explains, "If Fendi receives five bags, they send them to the sheika's house (royal women get first pick). What's left over goes to personal shoppers for their...
...NASCAR racer. And baseketball? Don’t even get us started. Beirut is facing the same fate. Lebanon is being slowly Westernized despite continuing political strife, and it’s character is gradually changing under the weight of French and American corporate interests. Stores from Starbucks to Zara cater to an increasingly Western-aligned upper 10 percent, while poorer Lebanese are largely excluded from the benefits of their country’s metamorphosis. Just kidding. We’re talking about the drinking game. Beirut really is facing the same fate. Whether you know...
...used to being imitated. "Chanel called it flattery," he shrugs. "For me, it's good because it pushes me to things they can't copy." By Chanel, he means Coco, the founder of the label Lagerfeld has headed for 22 years. "They" are spry fashion chains such as Zara and H&M, whose skill at reproducing luxury looks at affordable prices is driving designers to more-difficult-to-emulate extravagance in their ready-to-wear collections. At the recent shows in Milan and Paris, even the most jaded front-row fashionistas leaned forward for a closer look at the swaths...
...position, then you can lead. You need to watch the top line, not only the bottom line." Right now, the worst place to be in the fashion business is in the middle. Haute couture remains as haughty as ever, but chains at the lower end of the market like Zara and H&M have partially usurped the spots once occupied by moderately priced stores trading more on value-for-money than trendiness. And the upstarts' sprightly styles, often pinched from the designer labels, are forcing the big brands to rely on craftsmanship and the most extravagant materials to grab their...
What are you wearing? A Nike Jacket over an H&M jacket, a Zara shirt, Converse sneakers, a Galvanized hat, jeans from Spain, Argentinean underwear...