Pursuer of luxury's future

As he takes his front row seat at the Christian Dior couture show this afternoon, Dior’s chief executive, Sidney Toledano, may be hoping he does not get a repeat of his experience following the last show. That was in May at the Dior Cruise event in New York. It had started out well enough: after a well-received show, Mr Toledano went out with the Dior crowd to the nightclub, Le Baron, to celebrate. He got back at about 1:30am, only to be woken up an hour and a half later by a phone call from Paris telling him about the earthquakes in Sichuan. You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the... [read full story]