Hermes walked into a fashion maelstrom this week when it unveiled a pair of hand-finished £335 flip flops with foam sole, calfskin lining, and the sort of simple straps found on sandals costing ...

Because there's a little bit of basicness in us all. Your taste in music says more about you than you think. It can tell us when you're going to fall in love, how cool you are, or how basic you are.

Food, gas, electric, water are becoming luxury commodities with their high cost. Many like the elderly on fixed incomes are struggling. I wonder how many people have been cold and hungry this bad ...

Luxury is in flux. This year, consumers questioned why luxury prices are continuing to skyrocket as quality seemingly dwindles. Creative directors shuffled from house to house. Fashion merged more ...

Everybody's a little bit basic, right? Let's face facts, everyone is a little bit basic. Even if you don't think you are at all, you probably register soooomewhere on the basic scale. But just how far ...