This Month
Meet the 28yo at the heart of Swiss luxury brand Chopard
On her first visit to Australia, Caroline-Marie Scheufele is warming to her new role at the venerable family business.
- Philippa Coates
Christmas gifts for the 1pc
Stuck for a gift for someone who seems to have everything? Don’t hold back.
- Eugenie Kelly
November
- Christmas Gift Guide 2023
- Life & Leisure
From fashion to fragrance: Christmas gifts for style lovers
Wondering what to get the beautiful people in your life this Christmas? We’ve done the hard yards for you.
- Eugenie Kelly
How ‘less is more’ became a winning strategy for this Byron Bay label
St. Agni’s version of pared-back perfection is garnering fans on a global scale.
- Eugenie Kelly
Diamond world takes radical steps to stop price plunge
With prices in free fall around the globe, slowing demand and swelling inventory has prompted one-time monopoly De Beers to take unprecedented action.
- Thomas Biesheuvel
This hedge fund manager is making a 100-year bet on luxury
While much of the market has been fleeing consumer stocks in recent months, Sharif el Khazen has built a career by betting big on brands catering to the top end of the market.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
October
Gucci sales fall as Kering lags peers facing luxury slowdown
Demand for Balenciaga is still suffering from the fallout over an ad campaign scandal last year.
- Angelina Rascouet
Signature style steals the show at Paris Fashion Week
From Sarah Burton’s swansong for McQueen to “unpolished” classics at Valentino and Rei Kawakubo’s colourful sculptures at Comme des Garçons, the looks stayed true to brand.
- Lauren Indvik
Louis Vuitton: Rich Lister plans luxury retail hub in Adelaide
Louis Vuitton will open a pop-up shop in Shaun Bonett’s Adelaide Central Plaza on Rundle Mall on Friday as the Rich Lister develops a new luxury precinct.
- Larry Schlesinger
September
How do I find a luxury bag without the logos?
Searching for a beautiful handbag without any obvious embellishments? We have ideas to suit a range of budgets.
- Lauren Sams
Financial Review watch fair: It’s about time, and possibly overdue
Highlights of the first day of the About Time Watch Fair include a world-first timepiece reveal and the chance to get behind the wheel of a racing car simulator.
- Matthew Drummond
How the world’s second-richest person is avoiding a ‘Succession’ fight
Bernard Arnault raised his five children to run his businesses. Now, he’s educating his grandchildren to do the same.
- Liz Alderman and Vanessa Friedman
Financial Review’s watch fair starts ticking
Fourteen top watch manufacturers are participating in the About Time Watch Fair on Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23.
- Lauren Sams
They started modelling for brands, and became the biggest brands of all
A new four-part Apple TV series is a remarkable study of four of the most well-known women of the 90s, and how powerful – and bankable – they became.
- Lauren Sams
Europe luxury stocks slide after Richemont chairman says inflation is denting demand
It’s a fresh setback for a sector that has been under pressure over the last few weeks on persistent worries about the economic slowdown in China.
- Thyagaraju Adinarayan
August
Century-old Swiss watch dynasty ends as Rolex buys $7b Bucherer
Secretive Swiss billionaire Jorg Bucherer shocked the industry by agreeing to sell his family’s $7 billion business because he had no direct descendants to inherit.
- Tara Patel and Andy Hoffman
Cettire founder pockets more than $200m in three sell-downs
Young Rich Lister Dean Mintz has confirmed he sold a chunk of shares this week, adding $100 million to the $107 million he had already snared.
- Carrie LaFrenz
What exactly makes a swimsuit worth $925?
French brand Eres is the Coco Chanel of women’s beachwear - and it comes with prices to match.
- Lauren Sams
July
How this fund manager beat the market by not owning Nvidia
Aoris investment chief Stephen Arnold’s international equity fund returned 34 per cent in the 2023 financial year by largely avoiding the Magnificent Seven.
- Joanne Tran
How to wear ‘quiet luxury’ without paying a fortune
Do you want to look like you’re on hit TV show “Succession” but lack the inheritance? We have answers.
- Lauren Sams
