The Economist says bling is back. I’m not so sure. Their reasoning seems to be based on two observations, one having to do with shopping bags, the other with sales. It seems to me there are some pretty big conceptual leaps going on here.
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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.