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Fashion and luxury
Ten of the houses that decide what luxury looks like, then ten smaller labels from India and elsewhere that built a following without a century of history behind them.
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The houses · 10
- 1910ChanelThe Wertheimers' private house, now with Matthieu Blazy on clothes
- 1854MemberLouis VuittonLVMH's biggest house, with Ghesquière on women and Pharrell on men
- 1837MemberHermèsThe Hermès family's saddler, still run by the sixth generation
- 1946MemberDiorThe New Look house, now with one designer on every collection
- 1921MemberGucciKering's biggest brand, now run by Bellettini and Demna
- 1913MemberPradaThe Milan luggage shop that made black nylon a luxury
- 1917MemberBalenciagaThe couturier who shunned the press, and the house that courted it
- 1961MemberSaint LaurentThe couture house that dropped a first name and kept its initials
- 1856MemberBurberryThe trench coat maker that changed its logo and changed it back
- 1966MemberBottega VenetaThe leather house that let its weave stand in for a logo
Small and new, from India · 5
- 2016MemberNicobarGood Earth's younger sibling, sold as easy Indian living in cotton
- 2019MemberSnitchMen's fast fashion that went online in lockdown, then built shops
- 2012MemberBombay Shirt CompanyMade-to-measure shirts, sold online first and fitted in shops later
- 2016MemberSutaEveryday handwoven sarees, named like snacks and sold by two sisters
- 2012MemberDoodlageWomenswear pieced together from factory waste, one batch at a time
Small and new, from elsewhere · 5
- 2009MemberJacquemusThe independent Paris house that sells the South of France
- 2000MemberGanniCopenhagen's cheerful export, now trying to be luxury
- 2014MemberAimé Leon DoreQueens streetwear with Greek roots and a café in every flagship
- 2005MemberTelfarAn it bag priced for everyone, and sold on preorder
- 2013MemberSézaneThe online-born Paris label that sells French ease on a timetable
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