The Best of BoF 2013 | Education

LONDON, United Kingdom — Today, we bring you our most enlightening and valuable Education articles, in which we uncovered lessons and advice from success stories like that of American designer and entrepreneur Tory Burch. We also offered some practical instruction on the specific strategies behind some of the most important components of running a fashion business.

Tory Burch Says "No Need to Apologise for Being Ambitious"
Imran Amed sat down with American fashion designer and entrepreneur Tory Burch to discuss her personal and professional journey, from launching her company out of a New York apartment to building one of the hottest "accessible luxury" brands in the world.

Finding Your M.O. | Part 16: Strategic Investors
In the sixteenth instalment of her series, Finding Your M.O., Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder and former CEO of fashion-tech start-up Moda Operandi, examines the advantages and disadvantages of bringing in strategic investors.

The Basics | Part 8 — Marketing
The Basics is BoF's recurring series on how to set up a fashion business from scratch, developed in partnership with Ari Bloom, a NY-based entrepreneur and strategic advisor. Today, we examine a critical element that can ultimately separate a successful fashion business from the rest: marketing.

The Basics | Part 7 — Production
The Basics is BoF's recurring series on how to set up a fashion business from scratch, developed in partnership with Ari Bloom, a NYC-based strategic advisor to growth brands. Today, we examine one of the most important parts of running a fashion business: production.

For more articles on starting and running a fashion business, check out our Education channel.