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Zhenya's avatar

Game of thrones :)

Fantastic job, thanks! 👏🏼

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kingflum's avatar

Proper! Thanks for taking the time!

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dbizzl's avatar

Great idea to translate the pod for the watch lovers here…really enjoyed the read amigo!!!

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kingflum's avatar

So awesome to hear, thanks for taking the time! 😃

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Bruce L's avatar

Just a quick one before I actually read the article but having skimmed through the pictures. This is a great show that just came out recently.

https://youtu.be/lXN5Ws7LxkA?si=4GBQcV94qmKmmNcd

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Bruce L's avatar

* it relates as it’s about Christian Dior in Paris during and after the Nazi occupation and the birth of The New Look. As much about Coco Channel as Dior although she is not presented (most likely accurately) in a very sympathetic light

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kingflum's avatar

Yeah from what I read… Chanel deserves no sympathy in this regard!

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EG's avatar

What a read👏 Bravo👌

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kingflum's avatar

Cheers Malaka!

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Armand Billard's avatar

Great reading ! You hardly believe all this has been done in only 40 years … bravo

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kingflum's avatar

Astonishing accomplishments, for sure. Cheers!

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Aaron Bernstein's avatar

Thanks very much for this, very insightful and deeply researched 🙏🏻

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kingflum's avatar

To be fair, I outsourced the research to the podcast here 🤣

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Imran's avatar

Enjoyed this immensely, thanks for taking the time to compile. Look forward to the analysis you’re planning to share in the newsletter and would love to see the Hermes one too 👏 💯

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kingflum's avatar

Wow that was quick! 😂 if only I timed the compilation of this… not sure I knew what I was undertaking when I started it… but thanks for taking the time. 👊

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Thad's avatar

Incredible story, incredible summary.

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kingflum's avatar

You finally got to it 😄 cheers T!

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Fazal Khan's avatar

Was there nothing about the Hermes stake building in the podcast?

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kingflum's avatar

That’s coming in the next episode! 😁(meaning they did the episode, and I’m doing another one of these to cover it)

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Fazal Khan's avatar

Looking forward to it

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Alex F's avatar

Great great article!!

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kingflum's avatar

Appreciated bro!

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The Dumblesome's avatar

One more thing, he’s emptying out the whole Land Mark mall in hk and remodelling it into something else.

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kingflum's avatar

Any idea what it might be?

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The Dumblesome's avatar

None so far, just know that Hong Kong Land agrees to clear away existing tenants when the current lease expires. Rumour has it it will be known in 2026.

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George H.'s avatar

Excellent read, thank you!

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kingflum's avatar

Cheers George 🥂

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Vinay Sarathy's avatar

Waiting to see what’s next for LVMH to pick up!! Great job on this one, I was mindblown by a few random factoids within this article….!

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kingflum's avatar

Funny enough they’re selling… Marc Jacobs I believe.

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Eduardo Nunez's avatar

And here we are in 2024. What a story. He also believes in the power of family. They learn, they evolve and now it’s not just Bernard anymore.

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kingflum's avatar

Not the same spirit though... Bernard is a serious visionary.

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David's avatar

Maybe I'm a business nerd 🤓 but this was a highly enjoyable read!

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David's avatar

Also, I don't have the patience or time for podcasts, let alone 4hs ones, so thanks for the transcript!

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Bruce L's avatar

Very well written and fascinating! This article underlines so much of what you have already written about brand value, status and social structure throughout the SDC saga 😑……..(and yes, there again is that inscrutable emoji in yet another interpretation 🧐) …..go figure

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kingflum's avatar

The SDC saga 😂

Indeed, always curious when I see 😑 show up. As always, thanks for taking the time. 🥂

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