“FIRE THE SHOE CLERK!”

Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy merged in 1987, to create the world’s largest conglomerate specializing in luxury goods. In the years that followed, brands like Givenchy (1988), Céline (1996), and Marc Jacobs (1997) were acquired, indicating a big change in the global fashion industry.

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LA FONDATION
(THE FOUNDATION)

Titans of industry have long made contributions to charitable causes. Modern philanthropy is a Gilded Age invention, meant to battle the increasing socio-economic inequality following industrialization. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was the first to give away most of hist vast fortune to endow – among others – universities, concert venues, and almost three thousand libraries.

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“MADE IN JAPAN FRANCE”

Through a quartet of seemingly simple rules, the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode has been safeguarding the official haute couture designation since 1945. Overseen by France’s Ministry of Industry, fashion’s most exclusive sector thus is legally bound to Paris’ territory.

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SURUGA-CHO ECHIGOYA NISHIKI-E

The history of advertising reflects social and economic change, technological progress and human endeavor through the decades. In Japan, the tradition of product advertising began in the Edo period, where merchants employed colorful and amusing storefront signs and euphoric sale pitches.

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