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Luxury

Rei Kawakubo: A Punk’s Pain

On the eve of a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the radical and reclusive Comme des Garçons designer talks to BoF’s Tim Blanks about the pain of constant creation and the impossibility of stopping.

Luxury

Rei Kawakubo: A Punk’s Pain

On the eve of a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the radical and reclusive Comme des Garçons designer talks to BoF’s Tim Blanks about the pain of constant creation and the impossibility of stopping.


News & Analysis

Irving Penn: An Oral History

As the largest ever retrospective of Irving Penn’s photography opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, his collaborators — including Phyllis Posnick, Issey Miyake, Polly Mellen, Marisa Berenson and Julien d’Ys — remember his greatness.

News & Analysis

Irving Penn: An Oral History

As the largest ever retrospective of Irving Penn’s photography opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, his collaborators — including Phyllis Posnick, Issey Miyake, Polly Mellen, Marisa Berenson and Julien d’Ys — remember his greatness.


News & Analysis

British Vogue Names Edward Enninful Editor-in-Chief

Enninful, the former style director at W Magazine, succeeds Alexandra Shulman, who resigned after 25 years in January.

News & Analysis

British Vogue Names Edward Enninful Editor-in-Chief

Enninful, the former style director at W Magazine, succeeds Alexandra Shulman, who resigned after 25 years in January.


Fashion Week

In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence

The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence

The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Essential Evolution at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s designs exploded the female form into primal shapes that looked as much Stone Age as they did Space Age.

Fashion Week

Essential Evolution at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s designs exploded the female form into primal shapes that looked as much Stone Age as they did Space Age.


Beauty

News Bites | Calvin Klein Hires Luella Bartley, Lyst Links with Vestiaire Collective and More...

In today's News Bites, Calvin Klein appoints Luella Bartley to tackle denim, Lyst links with Vestiaire Collective, Grailed gears up for womenswear and Want Les Essentiels opens another Apothecary.

Beauty

News Bites | Calvin Klein Hires Luella Bartley, Lyst Links with Vestiaire Collective and More...

In today's News Bites, Calvin Klein appoints Luella Bartley to tackle denim, Lyst links with Vestiaire Collective, Grailed gears up for womenswear and Want Les Essentiels opens another Apothecary.


Luxury

How Gosha Rubchinskiy and Adidas Are Refashioning Football

BoF can exclusively reveal the thinking behind Gosha Rubchinskiy’s new multi-season partnership with Adidas Football, launched Thursday in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, amidst growing geopolitical tensions.

Luxury

How Gosha Rubchinskiy and Adidas Are Refashioning Football

BoF can exclusively reveal the thinking behind Gosha Rubchinskiy’s new multi-season partnership with Adidas Football, launched Thursday in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, amidst growing geopolitical tensions.


News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia is BoF's Person of Year for 2016

This year, the Vetements and Balenciaga designer has distinguished himself as the person who had the most impact on the global fashion industry.

News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia is BoF's Person of Year for 2016

This year, the Vetements and Balenciaga designer has distinguished himself as the person who had the most impact on the global fashion industry.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Le Tote Bets Big on Data, Virtual Fitting-Rooms, Talking Bots

This week, subscription box Le Tote harnesses big data to curate clothes for customers, virtual fitting-rooms make shopping online easier and talking bots help us get more out of AI.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Le Tote Bets Big on Data, Virtual Fitting-Rooms, Talking Bots

This week, subscription box Le Tote harnesses big data to curate clothes for customers, virtual fitting-rooms make shopping online easier and talking bots help us get more out of AI.


Luxury

The End of Holiday Shopping Season As We Know It?

Amidst disruption on New York’s Fifth Avenue, discounting season has come early this year, but more and more sales are no longer a salve for the deeper problems facing retail.

Luxury

The End of Holiday Shopping Season As We Know It?

Amidst disruption on New York’s Fifth Avenue, discounting season has come early this year, but more and more sales are no longer a salve for the deeper problems facing retail.