Overheard at a coffee shop: “Eh! Since your girlfriend keep buying make-up from M-A-C and Michael Kors, why don’t you invest in Estée Lauder stocks?”

I remember attending one of Fendi‘s closed-door event just to see what’s up.

This Fendi X FILA collaboration is to die for, but not good for personal finance.

At the event, I went a little crazy on the booze, sipping on some Moët Champagne. My friend was showing us his latest Tag Heuer, but his partner’s expensive Louis Vuitton handbag stole the show.

We ended the night at one of my favourite clubs, CÉ LA VI where we downed a bottle of Belvedere Vodka.

Welcome to the world of conglomerates. Most of the brands stated above were subsidiaries of a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH. Christian Dior SE (also known as