The Towering World of Jimmy Choo A Glamorous Story of Power, Profits, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe

by Goldstein Crowe, Lauren; Maceira de Rosen, Sagra

• ISBN13: 9781596913912
• ISBN10: 1596913916
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-28
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

This smart, sexy business book examines the world's seemingly insatiable appetite for luxury goods by telling the behind-the-scenes tale of one of the most talked-about brands in popular culture: Jimmy Choo shoes.

Author Biography

Lauren Goldstein Crowe has covered the fashion and luxury goods industries for Condé Nast Portfolio, Time, Fortune, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, the New York Times, British Vogue, British Elle, Wallpaper, the Financial Times, and the London Times among others, and has appeared frequently as a fashion expert on television and radio.  Sagra Maceira de Rosen is the head of the Luxury & Retail division of Reig Capital Group and a partner and investment director of RC Luxury Partners. She was an equity analyst and head of the Global Luxury Goods Research team at JPMorgan in London.

Table of Contents

Glamorama = Business Bonanza	p. 1
The Hard Times of a Voguette	p. 5
A Choo Is Born	p. 13
Like Father, Like Daughter	p. 25
High Heels Are Hard Work	p. 41
The American Invasion	p. 53
A Good Man Is Hard to Lose	p. 73
The Business of Luxury	p. 83
The Making of a Manager	p. 99
Phoenix Rises	p. 111
Blooming Marvelous	p. 119
The Lion Roars	p. 141
Trouble in Paradise	p. 163
Marrying TowerBrook	p. 177
The Big Guns Move In	p. 191
Afterword	p. 205
Acknowledgments	p. 209
Notes	p. 213
Index	p. 217
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