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Fashion may be fabulous, but what price true luxury? With incredible access to the glamorous world of the luxury brand, Deluxe goes deep inside the workings of today's world of profit margins and market share to discover the fate of real luxury. From the importance of fashion owners, to red carpet stars and the seasonal 'must-have' handbags, Dana Thomas shows how far illustrious houses have moved from their roots. Thomas 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. From terrifying raids on the Chinese sweat shops to the daunting chic of Paris workshops, from the handcrafting and economics of early-twentieth century designers to the violent truth behind the 'harmless' fakes, Deluxe goes deep into the world of extravagance, and asks- where can true luxury go now?

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? What Fast Food Nation did for food service, this book does for fashion?<br> ? Los Angeles Times <br><br> ? A crisp, witty social history that's as entertaining as it is informative.?<br> ?Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times <br><br> ? Globalization, capitalization, class, and culture . . . A fascinating book.?<br> ?Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek <br><br> ? What Fast Food Nation did for food service, this book does for fashion, exposing the underbelly of the $157-billion luxury industry and the lockstep consumer psychology behind its glamorous veneer.?<br> ? Los Angeles Times

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Dana Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of the Washington Post and served as Newsweek's European culture and fashion correspondent for fifteen years. She 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 Luster. She lives in Paris. http-//www.danathomas.com

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