Luxury Unfiltered is a weekly column by Daniel Langer, an expert in luxury branding, hospitality and activations who was named a “Global Top 5 Luxury Key Opinion Leader” by Netbase Quid.

The British automaker has chosen its second philanthropic partner, funding the Photo Portrait Now higher-education program across six U.K. universities.

Former Nordstrom chief merchandising officer Teri Bariquit, already on the rental platform’s board, steps into the interim role as the cofounder departs.

The French luxury conglomerate acquired a majority stake in the American fashion company in 1997.

For the first time in history, luxury brands are serving four to five generations of consumers at once, each with distinct perspectives, values and ways of experiencing the world.

Drawing on 30 years of editorial history, the launch features hundreds of properties culled from thousands of candidates, with winners ranging from landmark city hotels to boutique local stays, and also introduces Storefront, a new shoppable experience.

Starring ambassador and skateboarder Tyshawn Jones in his first appearance for the house, the ads are shot by London-based photographer Oliver Hadlee Pearch in Manhattan’s Central Park.

The 328-page hardcover traces the Italian fashion house’s decades-long engagement with fine art, from classical antiquity through the Italian Renaissance masters to modern 20th-century movements.

The Italian jeweler is expanding its retail presence in the country where the brand has long drawn its craft and cultural identity.

The Gucci Padlock saw resale value climb 530 percent, while the Chanel Executive tote jumped 762 percent, according to the platform’s spring/summer 2026 trend report.

The luxury hospitality brand has tapped Humbert & Poyet for the 50-key retreat, slated to debut for the 2028 winter season.

The fashion house will fund three special exhibitions, a free Friday evening program and a curatorial role at the Manhattan museum.

Eighty-one percent of affluents seek acceptance over access, according to findings from the latest edition of an annual report from Publicis Groupe-owned luxury agency Team One that examines the values and behaviors of the world’s top 10 percent household-income earners.

The Kering-owned Italian porcelain brand is transforming three outdoor spaces aboard Evrima, the hospitality group’s inaugural ship.

The Le Brassus-based Swiss watchmaker is funneling 100 percent of proceeds from the eight-piece pocket watch collection into training the next generation of horological talent.

Luxury Unfiltered is a weekly column by Daniel Langer, an expert in luxury branding, hospitality and activations who was named a “Global Top 5 Luxury Key Opinion Leader” by Netbase Quid.

The Swiss watchmaker is tracing more than 90 years of the timepiece, placing archival models, contemporary designs and interactive artistic collaborations on display in the city’s Design District.

The collaboration places the Italian jeweler at the center of one of the art world’s most closely watched global events.