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more about #luxury more comments → doctorsnowy: Conde doesn't barter or go below rate cards. It's a company policy...which is why comparisons to other companies makes no sense. Time Inc., Hearst, ... more » Tattertotter: Can someone please Photoshop that picture, switching each other's hairstyle for comic effect? While we still care. more » Cheap Shot: I don't know about the "less freelancers" part. It seems that freelancers are being used even more now for when things get busy as opposed to paying p... more » Victor Ward: Maybe, just maybe, December 21st, 2012, is the exact date that Anna Wintour gives herself a home perm. Suddenly, it all makes sense. more » MrInBetween: Graydon's forehead is as big as The Ritz. more » Matt Cherette: I have dreams sometimes of sliding down Graydon Carter's hair, as if it were some sort of smooth, glorious water slide. more » Nic Fit: Ha! Liberal Arts Man! You're powers are no match for my Technobusiness jujitsu! more » Unsolicited Advice: The trouble with tearing down the profligate is the fact that you also tear down any chance you might have ever had to become one of them. Yeah, lott... more » RollsRoyceRevenge: But just look at how well adjusted Graydon and Anna look! It's as if they've learned a valuable lesson about how money can't buy you happiness! Or a... more » BadUncle: For tens of thousands of dollars, the Magic Fingers better come for free. more » Banjo-Sea Kitten: wouldn't the screen be too close if it were at the foot of the bed? If that TV were on, I would be too dizzy and headachey for relations, that's for s... more » City_Dater: Having a TV in the bedroom is sad enough; having it built right into the bed is a blatant announcement of misplaced priorities. more » phlox✔: If a clitoris came with a remote control device the divorce rate would be much lower. The marriage rate also. more » Airvault: Why does "The Groove" look like it has come alive and is ready to start eating people? more » shostakobitch: they're looking at all the picassos over at the bellagio. eyyyyyy. more » -
#media
Conde Nast's Last Month Being Rich
Weep, struggling members of the creative underclass, for your secret aspirations are drawing to a close: this may be the very last month of Conde Nast, Luxury Version. Coming soon: Conde Nast, Wailing Version. More » -
#mistakes
Dudes Buying Fancy Beds
Just trying to be a normal xenophobic American man these days means constantly fighting back against The System (ladies, etc.) telling us to buy fancy shampoo and fancy underwear, so, hey fellas, do not buy more fancy crap by choice. More » -
#advertising
Monte Carlo Welcomes Illiterate Savages
Monte Carlo was built as a haven for wealthy, cultured Europeans. But the Monte Carlo resort in Vegas must attract the dregs of illiterate American new money. It does so with ads phonetically spelling out what awaits them. Botch, Teat. More » -
#kidsthesedays
Hipster Crib Is a Cardboard Box
If you're going to spend $255 on crib for your spawn, you might as well do it ironically, right?
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#vacations
Apartment Trash-ee Back on His Feet Enough to Rent Greek Villa
In April, Queens resident Matt Tratner had a friend totally trash his apartment, to the max, and Matt found himself momentarily famous. His friends raised money to replace his stuff. Now, Matt's going on an expensive Greek vacation. Hmmm... More » -
#artiscommerce
Luxury, LV, and Leftovers: Art Eats the Rich
A great, great story embodying the now-gone boom days: Louis Vuitton teamed up with Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami for an exhibit, with a pricey store. And the "prints" were just leftover scraps! Very fitting: More » -
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#recessionomics
America's Having a Trillion-Dollar Sale
The slack economy is costing America more than $1 trillion per year in lost output. But there's an upside: Great deals, on everything! More » -
#recessionomics
The Economy is Bad Idea Jeans
What a time to start selling $595 jeans. The free publicity potential is incredible. Across America, hacks are whipping out pocket calculators and saying, "Do you know what you could buy for $595??" More » -
#recessionomics
At Least the Ultra-Rich Still Have Ferraris
"This is a tough time for the very wealthy," begins a story about how "ultra-luxury" auto brands are confident that their customers will survive. Meanwhile, the American dream is now "to be a renter!" More » -
#imagefile
Luxury Kills New York
Remember the iconic New York Magazine sign on Madison and 49th? Now it's a Burberry sign. Metaphor contest! We say "The triumph of the fetish over the fetishist." Sad for history. [Racked; Click to enlarge.] -
#luxury
Obama's Odious Bailout for DC 'Social' Mags
Washington has three sad "social" magazines: Washington Life, Modern Luxury's DC, and Jason Binn's Capitol File. We can't believe all three are still publishing. And Obama had them all over for tea! More » -
#luxury
Five Things People Paid Too Much For at the Yves Saint Laurent Sale
That big Yves Saint Laurent art auction certainly has saved the art world. By proving that the dumb money is still out there. That $28 million chair was just one of the craziest buys: More » -
#journalismism
Maureen Dowd Must Have Spa Massages, Cost be Damned
Last Friday the New York Times sent out a memo telling staffers it's cracking down on expenses across the board. Sunday it published Maureen Dowd's (expensed) account of three days at Canyon Ranch resort. Huh: More » -
#science
You're One Truffle Away from Wanting All the Things You Can't Have
What is it, exactly, that makes people unwisely crave luxury goods? Now we know: it's chocolate truffles. Science has proven it!: More »
