2016 - SEOUL: Condé Nast Luxury Conference

VISIONS AND DREAMS IN SEOUL -CONDÉ-NAST LUXURY CONFERENCE. WHITE’s Alexander Laible accompanied Rupert Wild to Condé Nast’s Luxury Conference in the South Korean capital. A report on the lasting impressions he came away with. IT’S APRIL 19, and a pleasant spring evening in Seoul. As the sun slowly sets over the Korean megacity, things are just getting underway in the garden of the Shilla Hotel – a spectacular setting for the occasion on a wooded hillside. Black-clad waiters are serving ice-cold drinks and caviar canapés, fairy lights are twinkling in the trees and the guests at the 2016 Condé Nast International Luxury Conference are gathering for the first get-together of the event in cocktail attire. Balmain’s head designer Olivier Rousteing is sipping a gin and tonic. Diesel’s artistic director Nicola Formichetti is saying hello to Jonathan Newhouse, CEO of Condé Nast.