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away. Put the price of a $10,000 watch up to $12,500 and the super rich client won't even blink. That means luxury brands will be able to pass on the impact of higher input costs and exchange rate movements far quicker than their low end counterparts.Finally, luxury brands have been extremely quick to capitalise on the world's economic hotspots China, India and Russia. Giving the soaring numbers of super rich in this area the total number of Asian billionaires on Forbes' billionaire list jumped by a third to 211 this year, with India 53 billionaires and China 42 leading the way it's no surprise that many of the luxury companies are betting this region will provide much of their growth in the next three to five years.Despite the apparent resilience of the luxury companies, it seems investors aren't so sure that these companies can keep ahead of the downturn. While LVMH shares have jumped 5% in the last few days following the company's strong result, the stock is down around 15% since the start of the year.More broadly, the Dow Jones Luxury index which includes a range of global luxury companies such as LVMH, Porsche, BMW, Compagnie Financiere Richemont and Christian Dior has fallen a total of 17.1% since the start of the year.BNP Paribas' World Luxury Index which covers a similar group of companies but adds other such as golf company Callaway, upmarket electronics maker Bang Olufsen and casino group Starwood Hotels Resorts is down 20.2%.Considering the Nikkei 225 is down 8.9% since the start of the year, the FTSE 100 is down 15.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Index is down 11.2% and the All Ordinaries is down 21.5%, the performance of the luxury companies is hardly spectacular.Then again, the recent strong sales results might indicate the sell off has been overdone. You might be able to pick up a luxury brand bargain after all.Luxury Designer Handbags Fight Off RecessionAccording to Thomas, that strategy involves Hermes handbags and other leather goods, unsurprisingly. Sales of leather goods in the second quarter rose 21 percent, firmly endorsing Thomas' views. Thomas also took the opportunity to rubbish any notion that Hermes would ever stoop to entering