On how that first joint led to Farnsworth Fine Cannabis: “I was 16 years old. I was supposed to be in film class, but I was with my friends, with the sunroof open, driving around the foothills in Salt Lake City,” Farnsworth muses. “For me, growing up in a very conservative Mormon community in Utah, it just felt like cannabis gave me a place that was an escape and that was safe and that was interesting.”
“Coming from a background of luxury apparel and luxury retail, it was really about approaching this the development of our space and our cannabis brand no differently than the development of a luxury apparel collection and, of course, store,” Lippes says. “How do we make the experience as elevated as the product itself? What is the cannabis lifestyle? How does clothing fit into their lifestyle, and what do they want?”
Stoner bling is a thing as pot smokers splurge on accessories. Stoners are flocking to high-end stores like Higher Standards, in upscale areas of New York and…
Cannabis accessories are getting the luxury treatment, from US$800 (NZ$1,114) bongs designed by artists to $600 (NZ$835) bespoke tabletop lighters and $300 (NZ$417) vanity trays. These upscale products are catching on in the US as stigmas around marijuana dissipate and its consumers seek to show off cannabis culture. The items are meant to be proudly displayed and double as home décor and art, rather than paraphernalia that s stashed away when company arrives.
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Glass bongs and marijuana pipes are displayed for sale inside the High End at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills, California. For a very long time, the only choice that a consumer had was inside the stoner meme, or the stoner-centric world, said Nidha Lucky Handa, CEO of cannabis brand Leune, which is in part backed by NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and John Wall. Does that describe every consumer? No, not even close.
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