Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
- ISBN-10
- 1594201293
- ISBN-13
- 9781594201295
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 375
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Dana Thomas
Description
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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