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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
By
Dana Thomas
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Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
August 16, 2007
Pages
375
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781594201295
ISBN-10
1594201293
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.40 lbs.
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$27.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Documents how luxury goods have been transformed by a shift from exclusive distribution practices by quality-minded family businesses to mass production by profit-minded big corporations, revealing the secrets of top designers while examining the ways in which today's methods have had a negative impact.
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Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (January 22, 2008)
9781410404039 | details & prices | 617 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $31.95
About: Dana Thomas, style and cultural reporter for Newsweek, brings a hard-hitting behind-the-scenes look at the world of "New Luxury" and how the massification of luxury goods has ensured that luxury isn't luxurious any longer There was a time when luxury was available to only the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty.
About: Dana Thomas, style and cultural reporter for Newsweek, brings a hard-hitting behind-the-scenes look at the world of "New Luxury" and how the massification of luxury goods has ensured that luxury isn't luxurious any longer There was a time when luxury was available to only the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty.
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from Penguin USA (August 16, 2007)
9781594201295 | details & prices | 375 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Documents how luxury goods have been transformed by a shift from exclusive distribution practices by quality-minded family businesses to mass production by profit-minded big corporations, examining how today's methods have had a negative impact.
About: Documents how luxury goods have been transformed by a shift from exclusive distribution practices by quality-minded family businesses to mass production by profit-minded big corporations, examining how today's methods have had a negative impact.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (July 29, 2008)
9780143113706 | details & prices | 375 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $18.00
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