Rethinking Prestige Branding

What makes someone covet a Kelly bag? Why are Cirque Du Soleil or Grey Goose so successful despite breaking all the conventions of their categories? What does Gucci''s approach to marketing have in common with Nespresso''s? And why do some people pay a relative fortune for Renova toilet paper or Aesop detergent even though they hardly ever ''advertise'' and seem to have none of the ''functional pe...