Luxury

克里斯蒂安·布朗卡特 / 纪江红 / 徐碧茗Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · ChinaMar 2023

Word count

75K words

Chapters

43

ISBN

9787542679239

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Summary

Editor's review

Who it's for

A good fit for

• General readers curious about the luxury industry and brand culture
• Readers who enjoy diary-form, essayistic documentary writing
• Those interested in craft traditions and the operational details of high-end brands
• Readers who want short pieces to leaf through lightly on a commute or before sleep

Not a good fit for

• Readers expecting systematic management methodology or business case analysis
• Readers who prefer continuous narrative and a complete plot structure
• Those who only want luxury consumption guides and buying advice

Reading tips

1. Read it diary-entry by diary-entry, stopping at will; there is no need to finish it in one sitting—keep the sense of the scene.
2. Mark brief notes where brand philosophy and craft details appear, so you can look back and connect them.
3. Read alongside a history of the luxury industry or a brand biography to broaden the background.

About the publisher

Shanghai Joint Publishing Company focuses on humanities and social science publishing and has developed a distinctive profile in the collation and translation of classical literature and world classics. Its 258 titles in the database cover classical literature, world classics, foreign literature, literary appreciation, general biography, and modern poetry. Representative publications include the Annotated Dream of the Red Chamber by Zhiyanzhai series, as well as collected and selected works by classic authors such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Shakespeare. Its authors and translators include Cao Xueqin, Zhiyanzhai, Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Zang Zhonglun, Zeng Siyi, Xu Zhenya, and Cao Ying. The press emphasizes the annotated collation of classic texts and the publication of authoritative translations, forming a publishing profile that spans both Chinese classical literature and world literary classics. Because public information on some details of its publishing history is limited, they are not discussed here.

Contents

1. 版权信息
2. 前言
3. 1 真正的奢侈
4. 苏西·曼奇斯
5. 雷拉·曼查丽
6. 巴尔巴拉·西蒙
7. 还有马丁·马吉拉？
8. 2 玫瑰手袋
9. 3 奢侈品业的几位武士
10. 4 裂缝
11. 5 一位品牌掌门走了。最后一个？
12. 6 神秘
13. 南非
14. 庞丹
15. 蒙古
16. 建筑
17. 家族
18. 7 一对夫妇
19. 8 爱马仕工坊，早8点
20. 9 四女士
21. 10 销售员玛塔
22. 11 游荡的金钱
23. 12 直到天边？
24. 13 米尼亚尔小姐
25. 14 布朗夫人
26. 15 红灯，绿灯
27. 16 一位警察
28. 17 塞纳·圣·丹尼与波尼·叙·默兹的就业中心
29. 18 轮椅上的人
30. 19 人称多班的阿马杜·萨玛塞库
31. 20 奢侈品界的“角马”
32. 21 美国风
33. 22 庞萨克
34. 23 一位真正的王后
35. 24 边界
36. 25 多功能影城
37. 26 游牧的人
38. 27 奢侈之……物？
39. 28 露西娅与长笛手
40. 29 昙花一现的王子
41. 30 接班人？
42. 31 真正的奢侈
43. 鸣谢

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About the author

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