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Acne Studios

Luxury Swedish fashion house Acne Studios was founded in 1996 in Stockholm. Founded by creative director Jonny Johansson, Acne Studios was once part of the wider ACNE creative collective: an acronym for ‘Ambition to Create Novel Expressions’.

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Luxury

LVMH’s 24S Launches Menswear

The conglomerate’s multi-brand e-commerce platform will be the exclusive online retailer for Dior Men and Hedi Slimane’s new men's collection for Celine.

Luxury

LVMH’s 24S Launches Menswear

The conglomerate’s multi-brand e-commerce platform will be the exclusive online retailer for Dior Men and Hedi Slimane’s new men's collection for Celine.


Fashion Week

Acne’s School Ties

This was one of Acne's freshest collections in recent memory: a bit messy in the styling at some points but nonetheless focused and filled with meaningful, if not properly commercial, pieces.

Fashion Week

Acne’s School Ties

This was one of Acne's freshest collections in recent memory: a bit messy in the styling at some points but nonetheless focused and filled with meaningful, if not properly commercial, pieces.


Workplace & Talent

How Klarna Keeps Its Culture Young and Hungry

BoF sits down with Sebastian Siemiatkowski to hear how he created a company culture that drove his start-up to reach a valuation of $3.5 billion in 15 years.

Workplace & Talent

How Klarna Keeps Its Culture Young and Hungry

BoF sits down with Sebastian Siemiatkowski to hear how he created a company culture that drove his start-up to reach a valuation of $3.5 billion in 15 years.


Financial Markets

Chinese Investors Woo European Brands. It’s Complicated.

Chinese backers have snapped up distressed European fashion labels hoping to tap the country’s millions of heritage-hungry millennials. But things haven’t always gone to plan.

Financial Markets

Chinese Investors Woo European Brands. It’s Complicated.

Chinese backers have snapped up distressed European fashion labels hoping to tap the country’s millions of heritage-hungry millennials. But things haven’t always gone to plan.


News & Analysis

Roberto Cavalli: What Went Wrong?

This week, one of Italy’s most famous fashion houses hit a dead end.

News & Analysis

Roberto Cavalli: What Went Wrong?

This week, one of Italy’s most famous fashion houses hit a dead end.


Luxury

FYI Brand Group Launches Fashion and Pop Culture Division

The brand strategy agency that links rap stars Travis Scott and DJ Khaled with luxury fashion houses from Dior to Saint Laurent, is launching a dedicated fashion division.

Luxury

FYI Brand Group Launches Fashion and Pop Culture Division

The brand strategy agency that links rap stars Travis Scott and DJ Khaled with luxury fashion houses from Dior to Saint Laurent, is launching a dedicated fashion division.


Fashion Week

A New Formality and Its Opposite

Fumito Ganryu twisted fashion’s new formality in a progressive direction, while Acne Studios mounted a counter-current and Ami stuck to bourgeois nonchalance, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

A New Formality and Its Opposite

Fumito Ganryu twisted fashion’s new formality in a progressive direction, while Acne Studios mounted a counter-current and Ami stuck to bourgeois nonchalance, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

It's Time To Pull The Plug on (Some) Men's Fashion Weeks

Dedicated men's fashion weeks in New York and London no longer hold the value that they once did. It's time to change with the market.

Fashion Week

It's Time To Pull The Plug on (Some) Men's Fashion Weeks

Dedicated men's fashion weeks in New York and London no longer hold the value that they once did. It's time to change with the market.


News & Analysis

What Calvin Klein Should Do Next

PVH Corp. made a big bet that it could ‘do a Gucci’ with its flagship brand. But after the failure of its radical Raf Simons experiment, the company may need to rethink its strategy.

News & Analysis

What Calvin Klein Should Do Next

PVH Corp. made a big bet that it could ‘do a Gucci’ with its flagship brand. But after the failure of its radical Raf Simons experiment, the company may need to rethink its strategy.


News & Analysis

Acne Studios Takes Minority Investment

IDG Capital and Hong Kong-based I.T Group have acquired stakes of 30.1 percent and 10.9 percent of the company.

News & Analysis

Acne Studios Takes Minority Investment

IDG Capital and Hong Kong-based I.T Group have acquired stakes of 30.1 percent and 10.9 percent of the company.