Thomaï Serdari is ¿Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Director of the Fashion & Luxury MBA at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, USA. Serving as the Business Editor of Luxury: History, Culture, Consumption, she is an expert on luxury and actively studies, values, and reports on companies or funds that operate and invest within the luxury goods market.

Discusses business strategy in the context of material culture

Offers unique and novel insights on how luxury fashion brands can understand culture, turn it into creative strategy, and win in business and brand equity

Argues that the marketing strategy must be informed by creative strategy and cultural intelligence

1. Defining Fashion, Luxury, and Luxury Fashion.- 2. Established Methods of classifying Luxury Fashion Brands.- 3. A New Method for the Classification of Luxury Fashion Brands.- 4. The Producers of "Newness" in Luxury Fashion.- 5. What Do We Really Consume through Luxury Fashion?.- 6. How Do We Consume Luxury Fashion?.- 7. A Close Look at Cultural Intelligence.- 8. Tim Morton's Theory of Hyperobjects.- 9. Luxury Fashion Products Addressing Cultural Changes.- 10. Luxury Marketing Strategies Based on Cultural Intelligence.- 11. Conclusions.