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Why do we buy luxury bags-and could they also be functional?

August 17, 2026

But between pure beauty and pure function, there is a large and somewhat underexplored space, and I am not entirely sure luxury has fully settled into it yet.

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About Beauty. What Is Beauty? The Ancient Greek Answer | Maison Philippe Montagne

July 28, 2026

A priestess named Diotima proposes something stranger and more ambitious. Beauty, she suggests, is a ladder.

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WHAT IS AVANT-GARDE LUXURY IN TRAVEL GOODS?

July 21, 2026

The most influential avant-garde movements were never searching for originality as an end in itself.

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The Most Beautiful Luxury Suitcase? The Architectural Elegance of the MPM 96Hrs

July 18, 2026

MPM 96Hrs. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the engraved panels.Inspired by the refined vocabulary of Art Deco, the eau-forte engravings do not seek immediate attention.

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The Most Beautiful Luxury Travel Satchel? Beauty, Art Deco and the MPM Lungo

July 17, 2026

The Lungo was conceived as a travel companion for forty-eight-hour journeys, yet every practical decision began with a more fundamental question: how might a travel satchel remain beautiful not onl...

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THE MOST CREATIVE LUXURY BACKPACK? A COMPARISON OF MPM DOPPIO, GOYARD SAINT-LEGER, LOEWE FLAMENCO AND PRADA LEATHER BACKPACK

July 13, 2026

Doppio presents perhaps the most comprehensive interpretation of what a contemporary ultra-luxury travel backpack can become.

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Mix + Match series. Venice Biennale Arrival. MPM 96Hrs, Jacques Marie Mage, Riva Aquarama.

July 5, 2026

La quête de la beauté, after all, is rarely found in a single object. It is found in the conversation between several.  

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BEST LUXURY SLIM BRIEFCASE. MPM CAPPUCCINO VS VALEXTRA, BERLUTI, LORO PIANA

July 5, 2026

What makes this comparison particularly interesting is that all four maisons ultimately pursue beauty. They simply define it differently.

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