For something to be considered luxurious, does it have to be prohibitively expensive?
If you’d posed that question just a few years ago, the answer might have been (whether you want to admit it or not) ‘yes’. But a galvanising change has been afoot in more recent history. Sure, if you want to drop figures on a baseball cap, go wild — but we now live in a world of high-street It bags (that would be Uniqlo’s £14.90 halfmoon mini shoulder bag) and a thriving pre-loved industry. Nowhere can you see the shift more starkly, however, than with jewellery. Now you are as likely to spot a sub-£150 necklace on the red carpet as you are multi-carat bling that comes with its own security detail — which is excellent news for those of us yet to scoop a minor royal or major shipping magnate.
