Sector: Apparel Accessories and Luxury Goods

Every so often, a movie depicts a character in an outfit that becomes iconic. What follows is a list of those that made an article of clothing famous, made characters famous for fashion sense, or managed some combination of the two.

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The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will not have a significant impact on Garuda’s bottom line this year, according to the company’s president and CEO Emirsyah Satar, as the airline currently flies to just one European destination – Amsterdam.

Jiang Qiong’er, Shang Xia’s founder, is determined to help China cast off the inferiority complex that comes of decades of producing cheap trinkets.  If succesful, it could herald the emergence of China as a power to reckon with in the global luxury business and provide a blueprint for other local brands to become globally competitive, the FT reports.

Tiffany forecast higher fiscal-year results on Tuesday, helped by its expansion in Asia and the Americas and sales that so far are in line with its projections.

Outside its scripted meetings, China’s annual parliament gives rise to two activities that expose opposite ends of the country’s growth story: a boom in luxury shopping matched only by a surge in public complaints about corruption, the FT reports.

As the world’s biggest watch a jewelry fair opens its doors to 100,000 visitors in the Swiss town of Basel on Thursday, chiefs from some of the most exclusive luxury brands told CNBC they were optimistic about 2012.

Gender roles are no longer trendy when it comes to luxury shopping.

Indonesia will become the largest luxury market in southeast asia over the next few years, Ravi Thakran, LVMH’s head for South Asia, South East Asia & Middle East told CNBC.

As hoteliers focus on wooing the high-spending Chinese tourists, they risk losing their core Western guests.

As China’s economy slows, Hong Kong-based luxury goods distributor Jebsen & Co. is seeing early signs of weaker consumer demand. CNBC’s Christine Tan spoke to Group Managing Director Helmuth Hennig about prospects in China, a country that is expected to surpass Japan as the world’s biggest luxury market this year.

About 14 years ago, I met an entrepreneur who wanted to open up coffee shops around China. I never thought the coffee business would work in the country. The Chinese would not easily give up their tea drinking culture for a bitter, overpriced drink, I told him.

Chinese shoppers have become a fixture of the luxury retail scene in the US and Europe, drawn by much cheaper prices than at home. But many upscale brands have yet to bond with China’s million millionaires. The Financial Times reports.

China at one time may have been better known for fashion knockoffs than catwalk creations, but Chinese haute-couture is now finding its feet on the international stage — even as it grows ever more popular with customers at home.

Sales growth at Richemont held up in the company's third quarter, easing fears the sector might be in for a marked slowdown this year and allowing the Swiss luxury goods group to confirm its profit goal for the year.