Tentative Outline

ON LUXURY

I. THE CHRONICLES
i. the history of luxury
ii. the history of collection, curiosity cabinets, museums
iii. the history of style and taste
(curated through ... protagonist? theme? decade? style?)

II. THE QUIXOTIC
i. religion and luxury
a. faith, transcendence, ecstacty, myth, sacrifice, ritual, community, identity
ii. deconstruction of imagery
a. icons/spaces
b. psychologies/subtext
c. mythologies
d. packaging
e. association and disassociation

III. THE PRAGMATIC
i. the runway
a. Carrousel de Louvre, Grand Palais, etc. (plans, sections, elev...)
ii. the store
a. window display, lighting
b. dimensions, ratios
iii. the street
a. blogs, paparazzi

IV. THE SYNTHESIS (?)