Luxury today is more fluid, more participatory, more interconnected. A restored vintage 1978 FERRARI 308 GTB popped up on SSENSE's website (shoutout FashionREDEF curator emeritus ADAM WRAY for sharing), and it's a great example of what happens when a company DGAF about cultural boundaries. Talk about your SKUs. SSENSE's collaboration with ARTHUR KAR—vintage auto dealer, collector, man about town, and founder of L’ART DE L’AUTOMOBILE—is extending the boundaries of what fashion and e-commerce can achieve. The auto is dropped in alongside the site's other wares, with the same white-void photography, product description, and in-stock quantity: "Only one left." Love any store that sells VISVIM next to CALVIN KLEIN 205W39NYC next to a vintage FERRARI. I wouldn't call it a crossover; more an acknowledgement that fashion, culture, and connoisseurship (aka nerd factor) are one and the same. In our über-networked age, nothing coming at you from a screen feels categorically separate. Calvin Klein CEO STEVE SHIFFMAN shared a similar perspective on luxury and culture at the NYT INTERNATIONAL LUXURY CONFERENCE, where he spoke about the company's bid to reinstate the cultural legitimacy of the brand (hint: RAF SIMONS). This year has seen some pointed debate about what luxury is, the systems of production that bring it to market, who participates in it, and how it can move forward without letting go of foundations. Key to all of this is the long view—an understanding its development in wider culture throughout history. ROBIN GIVHAN’s piece in WASHINGTON POST magazine is a fantastic look at luxury. It draws on the concept as a social and political one throughout the ages, from the 17th century to today's social media rage, from its quiet refusal in WASHINGTON D.C. social circles to its polarizing presence in American cultural history. Wonderful... The VETEMENTS pop-up at the KAI TAK CRUISE TERMINAL in HONG KONG looks amazing. Held in open air on the KOWLOON BAY, the site was transformed into a DHL delivery wharf, complete with souvenirs and uniformed workers... Meet the designer behind the /r/streetwear magazine... HODINKEE's look back at the rise of fashion watches is a fantastic read on how designer labels reached broad markets by getting into the business of watches. It's part 2 in a series; here's part 1, on the quartz revolution... FashionREDEF is taking time off for the THANKSGIVING holiday and will return Mon. Nov. 27. Have a great weekend, and as a holiday send-off, here's an ode to elastic waistbands.