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...“They all have a relative who has a Bottega bag and it’s something that’s considered precious.” The preciousness of a Bottega Veneta bag comes from the craft....
...But as companies have raised prices for bags in the past few years, a classic Chanel flap bag has doubled in price to more than $10,000 since 2016, for example, the relative appeal compared with jewellery...
...Who would begrudge Rihanna the opportunity to bag a little cash for pop songs?...
...Clutches of luxury-branded carrier bags — Prada, Versace, Chanel — lie abandoned on the gallery floor....
...Chanel, which has a higher concentration of wealthy customers than Burberry, has observed a similar trend....
...The glossy Condé Nast title has a list of more than 40 must-have bags for the “accessible” set. Just one bag from the two companies made the list....
...Designer Anna Jewsbury worked on these with expert metalsmiths using only Fairtrade or recycled gold. completedworks.com Bottega Veneta leather foulard intrecciato shoulder bag, €3,900I never thought I’...
...Dries Van Noten silk-organza embellished bralette, £511, mytheresa.com Chanel wood-pearl and strass clutch, POA Soho Home oak Bead table lamp, £250 Klaylife clay-beaded Barrel table lamp pendant, A$828...
...Bendkowski says some dresses were ruined when they were returned to her and that a Dior bag she rented turned out to be fake....
...“We walk together with a Chanel bag, a Hermès bag, a Gucci bag.”...
...macramé and leather bag, £6,960 Sébline cotton-poplin striped shirt, £315, net-a-porter.com The Conran Shop walnut office set, £258, matchesfashion.com Meeden beech French-style easel, £139.95 Givenchy...
...In the past 10 years, a medium Chanel classic flap bag has more than doubled in price to $10,200....
...Chanel pre-owned leather and nylon Canebiers Net bag, 2010-11, £6,659, farfetch.com Alaïa laser-cut nylon swimsuit, £350, net-a-porter.com Mediterranean Objects MDF Suau long pendant lamp, €649, 1stdibs.com...
...“I have women who come in, maybe they have Chanel boots on and a pair of old jeans and a T-shirt from The Row,” says Hebron. “But the watch is a Rolex 18k gold, with a Lady Dior bag.”...
...I recently bought a beautiful Salvatore Ferragamo silk bag from the ’90s on Ebay for £19....
...rana.foroohar@ft.com Letter in response to this column: When a Chanel bag no longer feels shameful / From Charlotte Vangsgaard, Red Associates, Paris, France...
...Mesut Öztürk stoneware Arch stool, €1,650, 1stdibs.com Chanel Calligraphie de Chanel eyeliner, £27 Paco Rabanne brass and plastic disc minidress, £2,380, farfetch.com Lara Bohinc bronze and bouclé fabric...
...Its fares have risen by 10 per cent on pre-Covid levels and the carrier’s famous €9.99 fares (before paying for bags and better seats) are a fading memory....
...One thing that the economist Larry Summers was definitely right about is that inflation, once it is out of the bag, is a big political liability....
...Michela Tindera Now the thing is, generating these kinds of returns doesn’t come cheap....
...Perils of cheap money Much of the Ghanaian government’s spending took place in a world of low-interest rates....
...Chanel pre-owned leather Mosaic Boy bag, £7,663, farfetch.com Aldo Londi handpainted ceramic lamp, $2,700, 1stdibs.com Frescobol Carioca Angra tailored swim shorts, £160, farfetch.com Dior taffeta Macrocannage...
...Alexander McQueen leather The Bow bag, £1,490 Akris cashmere pullover, £690 Anest wool-mix trousers, £590 Chanel patent-leather slingback pumps, £750 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic Duoface Small Seconds...
...He points to numbers that show in aggregate 60 per cent of Japanese companies have net cash with very low levels of gearing....
...Goldman analysts note that Chinese equities are now historically cheap....
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