With Jing Daily
A good breakfast, an artfully pimped auto and a few thoughts on the future of higher-end retail.
Our co-founder and Managing Director Sean Dixon (below, centre) spoke at the first Jing Daily Luxury & Culture Breakfast at The Peninsula London last week - an impressive coming together of industry types (guests from Harrods, Brunswick Group, Alibaba and Karla Otto were amongst those present) set against a backdrop of David Hockney’s expressive 1995 850 Csi BMW Art Car (above), which was there courtesy of CART Department.
The point in question was luxury brand strategy in 2025 and - in conversation with knitwear designer Oscar Ouyang - Sean explained how craft, collaboration and a touch of irreverence keep things moving in the right direction at Richard James. From our early days of making suits for “people who weren’t suit people” to working with new designers like Luke Derrick, he stressed the importance of curiosity and how the making, not just the finished garment, remains at the heart of what we do.
The discussion was chaired by Jing Daily Brand Editor Sadie Bargeron and was the first of a series of gatherings looking at where the luxury market goes from here and how it is impacted by cultural change.
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