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INDEX
AAA Replicas
Abdul, Paula
Academy Awards
Armani showcased
celebrities, paid by luxury brands
designer salons
swag
Ackerman, Diane
Adrian
Advertising
embarrassing ads
luxury products
Agache-Willot, Arnault buy-out
Agalarov, Emin
Agnelli, Gianni
Ahrendts, Angela
Alaia, Azzedine
A. Lange & Söhne
Alexander the Great
Alice Cadolle
Allen, Joan
Allure perfume
Amazon.com, counterfeits
American Gigolo
Amic, Louis
A. Michel
Amie, Jean
Amiot, Félix
Antico Setificio Fiorentino
Anya Hindmarch
Aoki, Jun
Aquae vitae
Architecture, luxury
China
India
Japan
Arlequinade
Armani, Giorgio
background of
Barneys exclusive
China and production
China shops
on going public
in Hollywood
hotels
soft suit
Armani Jeans
Arnault, Bernard
background/personality
business tactics of
eLuxury.com
on luxury products
on production and profit
renovation of brands
vertical integration, use of
See also LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Arnault, Jean
Arpège
Arte della Seta
Asprey
Atlantic Philanthropies
Avedon, Richard
Aykroyd, Dan
Baccarat
Bacci, Carlo
Bach, Justine
Baciocchi, Roberto
Bader, Théophile
Baguette handbag
Balenciaga
closing of
perfume
PPR acquisition
Ballantyne
Balmain, Pierre
Baltard, Victor
Banton, Travis
Bao-Wen Chen
Bardot, Brigitte
Barneys
Barrymore, John
Barton, Mischa
Basinger, Kim
Baume & Mercier
Bazar Femme perfume
Beaux, Ernest
Becker, Jasper
Beckham, Victoria
Beckinsale, Kate
Bellagio, luxury shopping
Bellucci, Monica
Benois, Nicola
Bergé, Pierre
Bergére, Eric
Berkshire Knitting Mill
Berman, Rodger
Berry, Halle
Bertelli, Patrizio business tactics of
on counterfeiting
and Fendi buy-out
as Prada chairman
Betancourt, Bruce
BETC Luxe
Beverly Hilton
Bhaskar, Prasanna
Bianchi, Gabriella
Bianchi, Georgio
Bianchi, Giambattista
Bianchi, Luigi
Binoche, Juliette
Birkin handbags
Birnbaum, David
Bismarck, Mona
Black, Libby
Blair, Selma
Blake, Brian
Blanchette, Cate
Blige, Mary J.
Bliss
Bloch, Phillip
Bloomingdale, Betsey
Blow, Isabella
Bohan, Marc
Bois des Isles perfume
Bonaparte, Josephine
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Bonvicini, Stéphanie
Boo.com
Born to Kill Gang
Bottega Veneta
Boucheron
Boussac, Marcel
Boussac Group
Bow, Clara
Branding
first, Louis Vuitton
and franchises
Bravo, Rose Marie
Brazil, Daslu. See Daslu.
Brodie, Carol
Brooks, Bonnie
Brown Derby
Brubach, Holly
Brunschwig, Serge
Buckner, Kris
Bu
col silk factory
Bugatti, Ettore
Bulgari
Bulgari Group
Bulgari Hotel
middle market expansion
perfume
Bulgari, Paolo
Bulgari, Sotirio
Bullock’s
Burberry
and Chavs
China, production in
fast fashion
Burnett, Carol
Cadolle, Herminie
Cadolle, Poupie
Caesars Palace, luxury shopping
Cahn, Miles
Calvin Klein
ads
flagship store, Marino design
Hollywood salon
Cambodia, textile production
Canal Street, counterfeits
Canepa, Michele, Taroni silk factory
Canessa, Alfredo
Cannes Film Festival
Cantrell, Victoria
Capel, Arthur “Boy”
Carcelle, Yves
Cargo theft
Carl, Michael
Caroline, princess of Monaco
Caron, Leslie
Cartier
counterfeits lawsuit
in Hawaii
in Japan
perfume
Carven
Casagrande, Adele
Celebrities
perfume brands
See also Hollywood and luxury
Céline
Arnault buy-out
Chinese production
in Hawaii
on Rodeo Drive
Celux club
Cerruti
Chalayan, Hussein
Chan, Jackie
Chanel
acquisitions of
beauty business profitability
flagship store, Marino design
handbags
in Hawaii
in India
Lagerfeld ready-to-wear
luxury building, Japan
origin of
perfumes of. See also Chanel No. 5
on Rodeo Drive
Chanel, Gabrielle “Coco”
background/personality
in Hollywood
perfume creation
and Wertheimer family
Chanel Beauté
Chanel No. 5
bottle
flower farms for
ingredients of
marketing of
origin/development of
quality control
and Wertheimer family
Chanel No. 19 Cristalle
Chanel No. 22
Charles, prince of Wales
Chateau Marmont
Chavez, Robert
Chavs
Chelsea Premium Outlets
Chelsea Property Group
Chenal, Marthe
Chen Chang
Chen Guohui
Cheng Wai Keung
Chenoune, Farid
Cher
Chevalier, Alain
Child labor, China
China and luxury goods
Armani
bestselling brands
and Handel Lee
haute couture buyers
Louis Vuitton
luxury brands, scope of
nouveau chic
origin/development of
sales figures
shopping areas
Three on the Bund
Western buy-outs
China and production
anticounterfeiting measures
Armani production
Burberry production
child labor
counterfeit goods
handbags
human-rights issues
silk
textiles
Chirac, Bernadette
Chloé
and Net-a-Porter
Choel, Patrick
Choi, Sandra
Choo, Jimmy
Chopard
Chou, Silas
Christian Lacroix
Arnault influence
perfume
in Russia
Christian Louboutin. See Louboutin, Christian
Christie’s
Church & Co.
Churchill, Winston
Cinderella shoes
Citterio, Antonio
Cleopatra, perfume use
Coach
Coco perfume
Cohen, Marc
Colbert, Jean-Baptiste
Collasse, Richard
Combs, Sean “P. Diddy”
Comme des Garçons
Committee Colbert
Computerization, Gucci handbag production
Cook, Anthony
Cost-cutting measures
and China. See China production
perfume
quality, loss of
textile production
Costumers, film
Coty
Counterfeiting
anticounterfeiting measures
and child labor
China and production/sale of
Gucci legal action
history of
and human trafficking
Internet sales of fakes
legal measures
losses attributed to
and Mourides
organized crime/gang control of
profitability of
purse-party ladies
raids/seizure
sale in U.S. stores
Santee Alley, Los Angeles
and September 11 attacks
willful blindness
Coupe d’Or perfume
Courrèges
Courtière, Jean
Courtyard art gallery
Crampton, Maureen
Crawford, Cindy
Crawford, Joan
Crawford, Lane
Cristal
Crocus City
Cruise, Tom
Crystal, Billy
Cuir de Russie perfume
Cunningham, Bill
Curry, Ann
Customs-free zones
Cutrone, Kelly
Daslu
da Vinci, Leonardo
Davis, Loyal
Davis, Sammy Jr.
de Bazelaire, Menehould
Debt, consumer
Decades vintage clothing
Declaration perfume
de Dreux, Alfred
de Havilland, Olivia
de la Renta, Oscar
Delpy, Julie
del Rio, Delores
de Medici’, Cosimo
de Medicis, Marie
DeMille, Cecil B.
Democratic luxury
Deng Xiaoping
De Palma, Brian
Department stores
couture reproduction rights
ready-to-wear
de Pompadour, Madame
Descamps
Descourtieux, Catherine
Desert Hills Premium Outlets
De Sole, Domenico
Gucci reorganization
leaves Gucci
and takeover attempt
Dewavrin, Anne
DFS Galleria
Diana, princess of Wales
Dickinson, Janice
Diddy, P. See Combs, Sean “P Diddy,”
Dietrich, Marlene
Dincklage, Hans Gunther von
Dior
Arnault buy-out
Arnault make-over
fashion shows
flagship store, Marino design
in Hollywood
licensing
middle market expansion
New Look
online site
perfumes of
on Princess Diana
in Russia
Diorella
Diorissimo
Di Risio, Giancarlo
Doctoroff, Tom
Dolce & Gabbana
Donna Karan, flagship store, Marino design
Doyle Dane Bernbach
Driver, Minnie
Dubai, designer hotels
Ducasse, Alain
Duchin, Peter
Dumas, Jean-Louis
background/personality
business tactics of
Dumas, Rena
Dumas, Robert
Dunhill
Dunne, Irene
Dupree, Gerald
Duriez, Jean-Michel
Duty-free shopping
Arnault makeover of
Duty Free Shoppers (DFS)
Hawaii
origin/development of
Eau de cologne, versus perfume
Eau Fraîche
Eau d’Hermès
Eau de Merveille perfume
Eau parfumée au thé
Eau de la reine de Hongrie (Queen of Hungary Water)
e-Bay, counterfeits
Egyptians, perfumes
Ellena, Jean-Claude
background/personality
perfume production
Ellwood, Craig
eLuxury.com
Emporio Armani perfume
Encore hotel/casino
Enfleurage
Escada, fast fashion
Esplanade
Eternity perfume
Eugénie, French empress
Evelyne Shoes
Extraction, perfume production
Fairbanks, Douglas
Fakes. See Counterfeiting
Falic Group
Fang, Kenneth
Fang Bros.
Farmer, Frances
Fashion magazines, China
Fashion Show (Las Vegas)
Fashion shows
early, Dior
first
Fast fashion, H&M
Feeney, Chuck
Fendi flagship store, Marino design
handbags
in India
LVMH buy-out
Fendi, Edoardo
Fendi, Silvia Venturini
Fenix
Ferragamo
fast fashion
Ferragamo Group
hotels
Ferragamo, Salvatore
Ferrè, Gianfranco
Ferret-Savinel
Filth
Firmenich
First perfume
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Flagship stores
Marino renovation of
profitability after makeover
Floating-rate system
Flower farms
Ford, Tom
at Gucci
leaves Gucci
on middle market expansion
online shopping
post-Gucci activities
Rachel Zoe on
Rive Gauche
Forestier, Nadège
Forum Shops
Foster, Jodie
France
luxury goods, historical view
perfume, history of
Franchises
Frank, Jean-Michel
Frankfort, Lew
Fratelli Prada
Frederiksen, Kathy
French, Paul
Fruit Défendu perfume
Fukienese gang
Furnish, David
Gable, Clark
Galanos, James
Galeotti, Sergio
Galliano, John
Gangs, counterfeiting operations
Garbo, Greta
Gardenia perfume
Garner, Jennifer
Gaultier, Jean-Paul