Deluxe

From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal 'must-have' handbags, this book shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. It witnesses how these 'luxury' handbags are no longer one in a million, discovers why luxury brand clothing doesn't last as long, and finds out just who is making your perfume.

Dana Thomas has written for The New York Times magazine , the New Yorker, WSJ, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar , and was the European editor of Condé Nast Portfolio . She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style magazine, and the author of The New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre . She lives in Paris.