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Analysing India’S Luxury Shoe Supply Chain Business Plan For Lace, A B2b Leather Sourcing Platform, Muskan Manwani
Analysing India’S Luxury Shoe Supply Chain Business Plan For Lace, A B2b Leather Sourcing Platform, Muskan Manwani
MA in Luxury Business Dissertations
This study analyses the current supply chain ecosystem surrounding the Indian luxury leather industry, with a focus on shoes. The primary objective of the practice-based research is to understand the sourcing and supply chain decision-making of luxury brands and construct an actionable model that helps luxury brands optimise sourcing, production and supply chain management for leather goods, mainly shoes, in India. While similar models already exist within the Indian market, this proposed framework will specifically address the gap in luxury-exclusive sourcing, with a focus on preserving brand exclusivity. The model will also provide guidance and support related to legal and …
“What Is In Vogue?” A Critical Study Of Photography, Psychology, And Power In Vogue Magazine, Hannah Eve Osinoff
“What Is In Vogue?” A Critical Study Of Photography, Psychology, And Power In Vogue Magazine, Hannah Eve Osinoff
MA Theses
Capitalizing on our obsession with beauty and power, this thesis examines, through psychological and art-historical lenses, how Vogue’s use of photography increased the public’s fascination with elitist culture. Using archives and secondary sources, this thesis aims to prove that photography was so powerful that it compelled readers to covet what they did not have. Accordingly, Vogue serves as a key example of how photography informed cultural perceptions of beauty and class. Ultimately, photography has and continues to impact fashion and media, as exemplified by Vogue’s early dominance of this medium and the resulting change in culture.
Bertha Palmer And Anna Wintour: How Does Private Patronage Impact Identity-Building Within Cultural Institutions?, Marie Redetzki
Bertha Palmer And Anna Wintour: How Does Private Patronage Impact Identity-Building Within Cultural Institutions?, Marie Redetzki
MA Theses
Founded to provide a young nation with cultural foundations and dedicated to educating its public, the large historic cultural institutions of the United States find their origin in private initiatives and of private-public-partnerships for the benefit of the communities they serve. This thesis outlines that, at its core, museums and their funding structures in the United States exist in the format we find today because of the active and informed contributions of their patrons. It is these contributions that have shaped the American museum landscape over the course of its history. Two case studies – Bertha Palmer and her bequest …
Birkin Demand: A Sage & Stylish Investment, Brittanny Newsom
Birkin Demand: A Sage & Stylish Investment, Brittanny Newsom
MA Projects
Hermès is a French high-fashion luxury goods manufacturer established in 1837. They specialize in leather and lifestyle accessories. Hermès is perhaps best known for selling the Birkin bag, a handmade leather tote sold as a personal accessory. Launched in 1983, the Birkin emerged from an exchange between former Hermès chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas and famous British actress and style icon Jane Birkin.1 The pair were seated next to each other on a flight from Paris back to London. Birkin had placed her flimsy straw carryall in the overhead compartment of her seat, and the contents of her bag spilled out …