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Byredo's Modern Luxury Playbook
Luxury doesn’t start with price. Luxury starts with cultural permission.
The Modern Luxury Playbook (From Byredo)
Ben Gorham was a former professional basketball player who went to art school.
Yet within 15 years, Byredo became one of the most respected luxury fragrance brands in the world and sold a majority stake to Puig.
So what actually happened?
Instead of mass distribution, Byredo launched in:
Dover Street Market
Colette Paris
Liberty London
Barneys New York
These stores acted as cultural validators. And that positioning built the brand.
Liberation Day, One Year Later

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