Louis Vuitton handbags, Hennessy cognac and Dom Perignon champagne are still much in demand by those with a taste, and a wallet, for the high life... more
Lady Gaga's fetishwear look, including PVC ankle boots and latex bodysuits, is a catwalk hit and soon set to arrive on the street, says Rosamund Urwin... more
As private punters will tell you, either smugly or in a pained voice, betting on small energy explorers is a speedy way to make, or lose, a fortune... more
John Galliano was a boy wonder from Streatham who delighted Paris with his decadent take on haute couture. But years of excess have culminated in the untimely end of his career... more
For the first time in three years, Kate Moss took to the runway today, closing the excellent Louis Vuitton show on the final day of Paris fashion week... more
Bernard Arnault is on a shopping spree. First his luxury conglomerate LVMH took a stake in the French leather goods firm Hermès and now it has been announced that it has acquired control of the Italian jeweller Bulgari. Apparently the Bulgari deal cost in the region of £3.2 billion... more
LVMH, the owner of Louis Vuitton and a host of other big luxury brands, launches a €3.7 billion deal to buy Italy's Bulgari, paying a premium of almost 60% for the high-end watches and jewellery maker... more
Bernard Arnault, the billionaire chairman and chief executive of the world's largest luxury goods company, declares: "2010 was a vintage year for LVMH"... more
Market Round-up: Word on the grapevine has it that LVMH snapped up its Hermès stake because another suitor — rumoured to be a Chinese sovereign wealth fund — was interested... more
Market Round-up: Gossips in the City claim the world’s largest luxury goods company is considering a sale so it has the cash for its own shopping spree... more
A sorting office transformed into a Narnia forest, with absinthe dens and a Donna Summer disco, raised the bar for London parties, says Vassi Chamberlain.... more
Young people from some of London’s poorest neighbourhoods are to get an insider’s guide to the art world thanks to a £1 million initiative launched today involving artists, collectors and gallery directors... more
Brogues and loafers may come and go but to our eternally comfortable ballet pumps, come rain, snow or sub-zero temperatures, we will remain loyal... more
He's best known for staging a re-enactment of the battle that defined the 1984 miners' strike - so why is Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller putting up scarecrows outside the new Louis Vuitton store at Westfield?... more
Zing! The Louis Vuitton show was the visual equivalent of sucking on a slice of lemon at the bottom of a long, cool glass of gin. And the models were the elegant Playboy bunnies serving it... more
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