Whilst the rest of the Western world is still wrapped up in Cyber Week deals and Black Friday markdowns, I seem to automatically switch a gear into luxury stealth mode. There’s something about seeing sales stock everywhere that makes me dream of big, shiny, aspirational purchases instead—the kind of luxury shopping picks that stay on your mind for months, last in your wardrobe for decades and hold their allure for just as long.
It may seem like a peculiar time to consider premium purchases—Christmas shopping looms, and the big R word is ever present. But it’s at pinch-point times like these that it’s more important than ever to evaluate the long-term value and use of anything you’re going to slap some hard-earned cash down for—whether it’s £35 or £3.5K (should you be so lucky). This is a moment when it doesn’t pay to buy endless amounts of trend-hitting items that provide only one season’s wear or to impulse-snag something cheaply just because you “don’t have anything to wear” on a Friday night. We’re all guilty of staring into our packed-out closets like they’re an empty abyss, but there’s always something you can restyle—I guarantee it. However, if your collection is missing a classic investment item or two, this is where my luxury shopping edit will come in. Nothing here is a fad; instead, you’ll find a list of time-honoured evergreen items such as a Max Mara camel coat or a Gucci monogram bag. Anything that does speak more to the season has the power to turn into a seasonless wonder or perhaps even a collector’s item in the future (see: Jean Paul Gaultier top). Keep scrolling to see this month’s most special items.
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