This will be my last post for 2012, barring an extraordinary luxury industry news event. However, before I don my skidoo suit, I wanted to leave you with two thoughts: one has to do with the new luxury buzzword, and the other with a new kind of luxury group.
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Vanessa has been the FT’s fashion editor since 2003, and is based in New York, though she lived in London for 12 years.