Crafting Luxury

By Mark Bloomfield, Shaun Borstrock, Silvio Carta , Veronica Manlow

Book cover of Crafting Luxury: Craftsmanship, Manufacture, Technology and the Retail Environment

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The idea of luxury has secured a place in contemporary western culture, and the term is now part of common parlance in both established and emerging economies. This book explores the many issues and debates surrounding the idea of luxury.

This new research addresses contentious issues surrounding perceptions of luxury,…

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1 author picked Crafting Luxury as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Christopher J. Berry

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What is especially good about this book and what I found stimulating was the diversity of both its contents and the differing backgrounds of the authors. It succeeds in bringing together the perspectives of both academics and practitioners which together provide a book that is not only readable, informative, and up-to-date but which also puts forward a point of view. Its very breadth and occasionally provocative arguments will excite anyone with an interest in luxury whether producer, consumer, or critic. References to my book recur in acknowledgment of its benchmark status.

From Christopher's list on answering the question, what is ‘luxury’?.