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StyleZeitgeist Podcast: What Luxury? with Robert Williams

On this episode we speak with Robert Williams, Luxury Editor at the Business of Fashion. We start with Robert’s unique career journey as an American student in Paris (it wasn’t like Emily’s), before going on to discuss the challenges of maintaining independence in fashion journalism. We explore the evolving landscape of the fashion industry over the past decade, discussing the intersection of fashion and marketing, the challenges faced by the fashion media, and the impact of consumer behavior on luxury fashion. We examine why heritage brands want to be luxury fashion brands, and the pricing dilemmas that have emerged as brands strive to maintain their luxury status while appealing to a mass audience. In the end Robert turns tables and asks Eugene about his upcoming book and for fashion reading recommendations.

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