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Understanding Luxury Fashion

From Emotions to Brand Building

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Takes an interdisciplinary approach, exploring luxury from philosophical and social science perspectives
  • Highlights the characteristics of the Chinese market - the most important market for the luxury industry
  • Responds to current challenges facing the luxury fashion sector

Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Luxury (PAAL)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Understanding Luxury Fashion: Origins and Contemporary Issues

      • Isabel Cantista, Teresa Sádaba
      Pages 3-12
  3. Understanding Luxury and Emotions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
  4. Understanding Luxury and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Luxury Perfume Brands and Millenial Consumers

      • Aileen Stewart, Lindsey Carey
      Pages 147-173
  5. Case Studies: Brand Building and Communication

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
    2. Speedy Tuesday: Omega’s Adoption of Communication 4.0

      • François H. Courvoisier, Claire Roederer
      Pages 205-220
    3. Brand Building: The Case of Collaboration Between Javier Carvajal and Loewe

      • Eugenia Josa, María Villanueva, Isabel Cantista
      Pages 221-241
    4. Rapha: Weaving Story Strands of Luxury

      • Catherine Glover
      Pages 243-273
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 275-284

About this book

Offering an original contribution to the field of luxury and fashion studies, this edited collection takes a philosophical perspective, addressing the idea that humans need luxury. From this framework it delves deep into two particular dimensions of luxury, emotions and society, and concludes with cases of brand building in order to illustrate the two dimensions at work. Comparative analysis between countries is brought together with an emphasis on China. Chapters address the ongoing growth in the market, as well as the significant changes in the sector brought about by fast international expansion and an increased focus on ethical supply and sustainability, making the book an insightful read for scholars of fashion business, luxury and branding.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lusíada University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Isabel Cantista

  • ISEM Fashion Business School, Madrid, Spain

    Teresa Sádaba

About the editors

Isabel Cantista is Associate Professor of Marketing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Lusíada University of Porto, Portugal, where she teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She is also a Visiting Professor at ISEM Fashion Business School, University of Navarra, Spain, where she teaches Fashion Innovation. In 2008 Isabel founded the Global Fashion Conference (GFC), with the aim to bring together academics and fashion professionals to collaborate in the promotion of a sustainable development model for fashion business.

Teresa Sádaba is the Dean of ISEM Fashion Business School at the University of Navarra, Spain, where she launched the doctorate in Applied Creativity. Teresa has a teaching background in political science and has held academic positions at a number of institutions around the world including George Washington University in the USA and the University of Paris in France.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Luxury Fashion

  • Book Subtitle: From Emotions to Brand Building

  • Editors: Isabel Cantista, Teresa Sádaba

  • Series Title: Palgrave Advances in Luxury

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25654-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25653-1Published: 19 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-25656-2Published: 19 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-25654-8Published: 08 November 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2662-1061

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-107X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 284

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Luxury, Branding, Consumer Behavior, Sustainability Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Aesthetics

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eBook USD 139.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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