Luxury is a highly subjective term. Thanks to clever marketing, many now associate it with so-called ‘luxury goods’, like Prada bags and Harry Winston jewels. Yet its definition is loose–usually something like: ’a condition of abundance or great ease and comfort; a sumptuous environment‘ or ’something adding to pleasure or comfort’. A bejewelled cocktail ring may bring a sense of abundance, but ease and comfort? And as anyone who has spied a Prada bag on the Paris metro knows, its presence hardly adds to creating ‘a sumptuous environment’.
Eluxe Magazine
