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Luxury

The End of the (Fashion) World as We Know It

If nature is inexorable, a volatile pathogen like coronavirus is its consummate ambassador and the fashion industry must change or die, writes Tim Blanks.

Luxury

The End of the (Fashion) World as We Know It

If nature is inexorable, a volatile pathogen like coronavirus is its consummate ambassador and the fashion industry must change or die, writes Tim Blanks.


Luxury

Kering to Provide 3 Million Surgical Masks to France, Gucci Prepping to Make 1.1 Million For Italy

Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent are also prepping their French workshops for production.

Luxury

Kering to Provide 3 Million Surgical Masks to France, Gucci Prepping to Make 1.1 Million For Italy

Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent are also prepping their French workshops for production.


Fashion Week

The BoF Podcast: A Fashion Month Unlike Any Other

As wildfires swept across Australia and the coronavirus spread across the globe, Imran Amed and Tim Blanks reflect on how the world’s uncertainties have informed the Autumn/Winter 2020 season.

Fashion Week

The BoF Podcast: A Fashion Month Unlike Any Other

As wildfires swept across Australia and the coronavirus spread across the globe, Imran Amed and Tim Blanks reflect on how the world’s uncertainties have informed the Autumn/Winter 2020 season.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

After a fashion month where designers embraced contradictions, BoF's editors pick the top ten shows of the season.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

After a fashion month where designers embraced contradictions, BoF's editors pick the top ten shows of the season.


Fashion Week

Fashion’s New Outlook on 2020

Six takeaways from Paris Fashion Week, where everything from the coronavirus to end-times fashion changed the conversation we'll be having for the rest of the year.

Fashion Week

Fashion’s New Outlook on 2020

Six takeaways from Paris Fashion Week, where everything from the coronavirus to end-times fashion changed the conversation we'll be having for the rest of the year.


Fashion Week

At Balenciaga, Branding the Apocalypse

The label’s signatures were paraded under a low-hung ceiling showing boiling heavens, rushing floods, a temporarily reassuring vision of Planet Earth and then… total eclipse.

Fashion Week

At Balenciaga, Branding the Apocalypse

The label’s signatures were paraded under a low-hung ceiling showing boiling heavens, rushing floods, a temporarily reassuring vision of Planet Earth and then… total eclipse.


Global Markets

How Fashion Can Navigate 2020’s Political Minefield

For fashion brands with a global customer base, it's getting harder to stay neutral in the face of flashpoints like the Hong Kong protests and the US presidential election. Here's what to do.

Global Markets

How Fashion Can Navigate 2020’s Political Minefield

For fashion brands with a global customer base, it's getting harder to stay neutral in the face of flashpoints like the Hong Kong protests and the US presidential election. Here's what to do.


Sustainability

Fashion's Growth-Focused Business Model Is Not Sustainable. What's the Solution?

The industry has yet to solve the trade-off that selling more clothes, bags and shoes fundamentally requires more resources.

Sustainability

Fashion's Growth-Focused Business Model Is Not Sustainable. What's the Solution?

The industry has yet to solve the trade-off that selling more clothes, bags and shoes fundamentally requires more resources.


Luxury

Why Balenciaga's Next Big Drop Is Haute Couture

Creative Director Demna Gvasalia's meme-worthy designs have propelled Balenciaga to over $1 billion in sales. What's motivating the move further upmarket?

Luxury

Why Balenciaga's Next Big Drop Is Haute Couture

Creative Director Demna Gvasalia's meme-worthy designs have propelled Balenciaga to over $1 billion in sales. What's motivating the move further upmarket?


Luxury

Can Balenciaga Become a Megabrand?

How long can designer Demna Gvasalia keep the meme-able hits coming? As Balenciaga crosses the billion-euro sales mark, Chief Executive Cédric Charbit speaks exclusively to BoF about the past, present and future of the Kering-owned house.

Luxury

Can Balenciaga Become a Megabrand?

How long can designer Demna Gvasalia keep the meme-able hits coming? As Balenciaga crosses the billion-euro sales mark, Chief Executive Cédric Charbit speaks exclusively to BoF about the past, present and future of the Kering-owned house.