How to Make Your Birthday a Happy Luxury Experience
Your birthday is approaching. Do you feel excited? Anxious? Melancholy? Sad? Grateful? All of the above?
Your birthday is approaching. Do you feel excited? Anxious? Melancholy? Sad? Grateful? All of the above?
You may think that Amazon is taking over the universe, but keep your eye on Gucci. Its influence on global culture and commerce is omnipresent, enormous and growing, and you may not even realize how it’s changing the way you see the world. My money is on them in the race for total global domination. It’s also the only force that I see in the world right now with a real shot at uniting the people of Earth across the boundaries of race, color, class, religion and creed. Yes, you heard that right. Not the UN, not the darling duo of Justin Trudeau and Emanuel Macron. Gucci. Mark my words. Why? My hypothesis is driven by a series of simple observations.
What we wear communicates incredibly strong messages about us and our place in the world. Having a high fashion IQ can actually be a major contributor to your success – or failure – in professional life. What you wear to work matters – it speaks volumes about you. So how high is your fashion IQ?
There are two kinds of people in the world come June: those who are thrilled that wedding season is here, and those who are filled with dread and loathing at the very thought of it. Which one are you? Yay! Or nay?
Type-A people do not check bags when they fly. Ever. They brag about it, scheme around it, and sacrifice sartorial style on the road in the overriding interest of efficiency. They share tips about how to do it (one of our beloved Luminaries shared her tips on how to make it happen at my request). It’s one of the many justifications for taking a private jet. It’s a Thing if you are in the globe-trotting influencer elite.