Faster, higher, stronger: luxury pricing goes for gold

If, like French fashion house Balmain, you can sell a ripped cotton tee-shirt for more than 1,000 euros, you might wonder if there's any price your well-heeled customers won't pay. Photo: Pixel FormulaIt's a question the luxury industry has been posing for years as it skipped through the financial crisis in diamond slingbacks - House of Borgezie, 120,000 euros ($148,000). "There is a tendency among the most high-end buyers to forget about cost. They want the best. They want what they want,"

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