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Business

Monsieur de Chanel: Who knew a large fashion house could act so small?

Chanel, one of most traditional incumbents on the planet, has developed a contemporary watch of serious modern luxury stature. It’s done so without the celebrity push, and enabled it to stand on its own–with or without the Chanel tag

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Commentary

The wearable devolution.

Wearable tech’s fixation on gadgets represents a backwards step. Here, a set of improvements and a list of smart companies that offer a more thoughtful approach.

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Subscriber Comment

Warby Parker’s only scratching the surface. Here’s what true disruption will look like.

David Barton, CEO of high-end eyewear brand, David Kind, discusses the ‘dark triangle’ holding back eyewear disruption.

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People

First movers: Lane Gerson and Ariel Nelson of Jack Erwin

We sat down with high-end, online dress shoe impresarios, Lane Gerson and Ariel Nelson of Jack Erwin, to talk early starts, solving problems, and booming business.

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Commentary

Fashion schools favor creative teaching over practical business education (and many entrepreneurial-minded students are fed up).

In each industry there are systemic flaws and pointless practices that it just can’t seem to shake. Given some recent reports, it seems the fashion world’s problem – empty, conceptual design – is drilled in rather early. (884 words)

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Affairs

Auction house underdogs.

At 220 years old, you certainly wouldn’t describe Phillips auction house as a hot young upstart. But as Sotheby’s and Christie’s spin their wheels in the 2010s, it’s their inventive, smaller rival that’s left us highly impressed.

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Affairs

Shock and awe.

Modern luxury players have taken conglomerates by complete surprise. But it’s a storyline you’re unlikely to find reported in any real depth outside of Lean Luxe. Here’s what we’re reading between the lines.

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