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2 days ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
The luxury e-commerce landscape these days often provides less of a sense of discovery and more a sense of overwhelm, an often seemingly endless scroll in search of the “perfect” whatever you’re in search of. A failsafe tactic to cast as wide a net as possible in an effort to catch consumers? Not necessarily.
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1 week ago | 
robbreport.com | Nicole Hoey |Mark Elwood |Abigail Montanez |Naomi Rougeau
The modern home on a sunny hilltop in Healdsburg, California, was designed as a family retreat. It was built to be fire-resistant with high-tech energy efficiency, generating enough energy to be off the grid.
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2 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
Meticulous is the first word that springs to mind when discussing luxury eyewear brand Morgenthal Frederics. Renowned for its mastery of water buffalo horn, which the firm’s highly skilled artisans carve, bend, layer into some of the most eye-catching forms around, Morgenthal Frederics also doesn’t take itself too seriously, injecting bold color and a sense of whimsy wherever it can.
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2 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
These days, most brands need little excuse to round up a group of editors and influencers (and a few celebs for good measure) simply to toast their existence: a brief buzzy moment and a perfect placement before it’s time to move on to the next shiny thing. Not so with Tod’s, which celebrated its latest publication Italian Hands: Artisanal Stories from Italy in New York last night.
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
Tablescaping in Milan is serious business. In this design-oriented city, every well-coiffed sciura worth her salt relies on an arsenal of the finest flatware, crystal, linens, and more. And in certain spheres, you’d be hard-pressed to find any easily identifiable china pattern, for this is a milieu where, refreshingly, individuality is still prized. Among the most coveted makers? Laboratorio Paravicini.
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
Despite the pervasiveness of all things casual, the facts remain: no system of dressing is quite as versatile or universally acceptable as suiting. Last June, during a week-plus in Italy for the menswear shows, I discovered just how so and, after more than a decade of reporting on nearly every womenswear trend known, I quickly became a convert. While my personal wardrobe may have evolved, suiting for women, of course, isn’t new.
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
It’s no wonder that “gatekeeping” has emerged as one of the year’s biggest flexes. The pleasure of enjoying a place or a product, unspoiled, has become an increasingly elusive luxury. In an era when your favorite local watering hole is just one Instagram post away from being overrun by influencers and most designer items are indistinguishable without their logos, how else could we respond than by going in search of goods with soul?
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
More than half a century before menswear peacocks and social media took over Florence’s Pitti Uomo, Brioni had its own viral moment in the Sala Bianca of the city’s Palazzo Pitti. It was 1952, and the white hall in the 15th century architectural icon provided a striking backdrop for the vivid colors and languid suiting for which the Roman house was becoming known. The occasion also marked the industry’s first menswear runway show.
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1 month ago | 
robbreport.com | Naomi Rougeau
With its snowy, celeb-heavy mountaintop presentations taking place in key resort locations such as the French Alps, it’s easy to forget that Moncler isn’t just made for ski season. Since its founding in 1952, the brand has made a name for itself with best-in-class gear that strikes the perfect balance of functionality, luxury, and an occasional bit of whimsy (see the Mercedes G-Class that Nigo recently customized for the brand, complete with a puffy down-channeled roof covering).
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Naomi Rougeau
With its snowy, celeb-heavy mountaintop presentations taking place in key resort locations such as the French Alps, it’s easy to forget that Moncler isn’t just made for ski season. Since its founding in 1952, the brand has made a name for itself with best-in-class gear that strikes the perfect balance of functionality, luxury, and an occasional bit of whimsy (see the Mercedes G-Class that Nigo recently customized for the brand, complete with a puffy down-channeled roof covering).
