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→ (Reuters) NASA to wear Prada as luxury group pushes into space industry: Italian fashion house Prada 1913.F unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading to the moon. Read more

Prada and Axiom Space unveil inner-layer spacesuit

→ (WSJ) Not Your Father’s Country Club: Here Come the Private Racetracks: Boom in sales of high-performance cars creates demand for places to drive them. Read more

Two Porsche Cayman GT4RS Clubsports racing on the track at Willow Springs.

→ (Observer) Christie’s Rachel Koffsky On How the Handbag Became the Art Market’s Most Elegant Entry Point: She’s seen sales of Hermès, archival Chanel, Fendi Baguettes and fashion jewelry bringing a younger generation of collectors into the broader auction market. Read more

An exhibition view shows rows of colorful luxury handbags displayed on shelves and tables beneath wall text for “Handbags Online: The New York Edit.”

→ (WWD) Ralph Lauren’s American Icons Stamps Officially Launch: A First Day of Issue dedication ceremony was held at New York’s historic James A. Farley Post Office. Read more

The unveiling of the American Icons pane at the James A. Farley post office.

→ (Observer) What Do Next-Gen Collectors Want From the Art World?: Younger Millennial and Gen Z collectors are entering the market earlier and spending more ambitiously than their predecessors, yet their motivations have less to do with financial gain than with personal storytelling and their connection to artists. Read more

An exhibition view shows two visitors seen from behind looking at a large, brightly colored figurative painting on a pink gallery wall.

→ (Marketing Dive) Coach unites celebrities, Gen Z storytelling under new brand platform: With launch partners including Charli XCX and Angel Reese, the &Coach platform tries to break from fixed luxury marketing narratives. Read more

→ (NSS Magazine) Brands are now flexing not using AI in their campaigns: Craftsmanship has never been so hyped. Read more

→ (Jing Daily) How Ralph Lauren’s Polo Cup in China revives the polo spirit: American fashion and lifestyle brand’s first Polo Cup, held in Beijing, turns the Polo icon into a living China story — one about the founder’s legacy, Chinese cultural memory, and newly found polo spirit. Read more

→ (WSJ) Is the Luxury Handbag’s Heyday Ending?: An $8 billion slide in sales shows attitudes toward designer bags are changing. Read more

Close-up of an orange grained leather Hermès Birkin top-handle bag with a blue silky scarf attached.

Flash Stats: Fresh data from Luxury Watch Barometer, which collates data directly from point of sale systems at thousands of US retailers, shows American consumers drove average sales per door up by 28.9% in the first quarter of 2026. This is buoyed by record stock market prices, particularly in the AI-related tech sector. Growth has been strongest, up 32.8%, in the Luxury segment of the market, which includes brands such as Breitling, Cartier, IWC, Omega and Tudor. The Prestige category, where Patek Philippe dominates, has seen a rise of 27.8% in average sales per door despite unit sales per door increasing by only 3.9%. The reason is simple, customers have been paying over $59,000 per watch this year compared to $50,220 in May last year. - Luxury Watch Barometer

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