Leather Goods & Lifestyle
Hermès
Founded 1837 · Paris, France
Founded in 1837 as a Parisian harness workshop, Hermès remains family-controlled and is widely considered the most rigorous luxury house in production today.
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Editorial Profiles
Brand Profiles
The houses behind the most coveted objects in luxury. Editorial profiles examining heritage, manufacturing philosophy, and why each maison earns its place at the top of its category.
Luxury Watches
Patek Philippe
Founded 1839 · Geneva, Switzerland
Founded in Geneva in 1839, Patek Philippe is the last family-owned independent watchmaker among the historic Geneva manufactures and the universally acknowledged benchmark for movement finishing.
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Cashmere & Textiles
Loro Piana
Founded 1924 · Quarona, Italy
Founded in Italy's Sesia Valley in 1924, Loro Piana is the world's leading source of baby cashmere, vicuña, and superfine merino - the only major luxury textile house with full vertical integration from fibre to finished garment.
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Luxury Watches
Audemars Piguet
Founded 1875 · Le Brassus, Vallée de Joux, Switzerland
Founded in 1875 in the Vallée de Joux, Audemars Piguet remains the only major Swiss watch manufacture continuously controlled by descendants of its founders - and the creator of the genre-defining Royal Oak.
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Quiet Luxury & Italian Knitwear
Brunello Cucinelli
Founded 1978 · Solomeo, Umbria, Italy
Founded in 1978 by Brunello Cucinelli in the medieval Umbrian village of Solomeo, the maison defines the contemporary quiet-luxury aesthetic and operates on an explicit humanist philosophy of dignified labour and architectural restoration.
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