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Luxury

The Future of Maison Margiela

Can the revered label owned by Renzo Rosso’s OTB build a sustainable business?

Luxury

The Future of Maison Margiela

Can the revered label owned by Renzo Rosso’s OTB build a sustainable business?


News & Analysis

Japanese Menswear Still Rules. Here's Why.

Yoshio Kubo, Bed J.W. Ford and Auralee were among a new crop of Japanese menswear designers who took Paris by storm, but the country’s enormous influence over the market runs deep.

News & Analysis

Japanese Menswear Still Rules. Here's Why.

Yoshio Kubo, Bed J.W. Ford and Auralee were among a new crop of Japanese menswear designers who took Paris by storm, but the country’s enormous influence over the market runs deep.


Fashion Week

Operatic Decadence at Comme des Garçons

Here, an oily quilted jacket over a crocheted top or a dark brocade trailing threads was less suggestive of menswear — or womenswear, for that matter — than a faded aristocracy.

Fashion Week

Operatic Decadence at Comme des Garçons

Here, an oily quilted jacket over a crocheted top or a dark brocade trailing threads was less suggestive of menswear — or womenswear, for that matter — than a faded aristocracy.


Fashion Week

Sacai Curates the Future

Chitose Abe’s skill has been to make impossible hybrid irresistible. Here she focused less on contrast than on compatibility, fusing items that fit together rather than fought each other.

Fashion Week

Sacai Curates the Future

Chitose Abe’s skill has been to make impossible hybrid irresistible. Here she focused less on contrast than on compatibility, fusing items that fit together rather than fought each other.


China

Chinese Investment Takes a New Turn

Menswear and sportswear brands are investing money abroad, but there's no short cut to building premium brands.

China

Chinese Investment Takes a New Turn

Menswear and sportswear brands are investing money abroad, but there's no short cut to building premium brands.


News & Analysis

Charles Jeffrey Gets Down to Business

Ahead of his show this Saturday at London’s Fashion Week Men’s, the designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about the next chapter of his Loverboy label.

News & Analysis

Charles Jeffrey Gets Down to Business

Ahead of his show this Saturday at London’s Fashion Week Men’s, the designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about the next chapter of his Loverboy label.


Retail

Why Browns Is Closing Its London Flagship and Moving Around the Corner

The London luxury boutique plans to shutter its iconic South Molton Street location and reopen on Brook Street in 2020.

Retail

Why Browns Is Closing Its London Flagship and Moving Around the Corner

The London luxury boutique plans to shutter its iconic South Molton Street location and reopen on Brook Street in 2020.


News & Analysis

Berlin Adds a 24-Hour Fashion Festival to the City's Cultural Mix

Reference Berlin will combine fashion, art, music and technology and feature both emerging designers and big luxury players.

News & Analysis

Berlin Adds a 24-Hour Fashion Festival to the City's Cultural Mix

Reference Berlin will combine fashion, art, music and technology and feature both emerging designers and big luxury players.


Fashion Week

‘Instagram Is 65 Percent of a Fashion Show’s Raison d’Être’

In the age of social media, fashion shows are bigger business than ever, boosting specialised production companies like Thierry Dreyfus’ Eyesight, which recently raised €5 million in investment from BNP Paribas.

Fashion Week

‘Instagram Is 65 Percent of a Fashion Show’s Raison d’Être’

In the age of social media, fashion shows are bigger business than ever, boosting specialised production companies like Thierry Dreyfus’ Eyesight, which recently raised €5 million in investment from BNP Paribas.


News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast: Stephen Jones on the Craft of Millinery

In this week's episode of Inside Fashion, BoF's editor-at-large Tim Blanks sits down with Stephen Jones, the prolific hatter who has played a defining role in millinery for decades.

News & Analysis

The BoF Podcast: Stephen Jones on the Craft of Millinery

In this week's episode of Inside Fashion, BoF's editor-at-large Tim Blanks sits down with Stephen Jones, the prolific hatter who has played a defining role in millinery for decades.