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Lessons on Purpose, Restraint and Responsibility | The BoF Podcast

In a commencement address to the 448 graduates of the Institut Français de la Mode, BoF founder Imran Amed shares key three lessons on navigating a career in fashion at a time of global turmoil and industry transformation.

Creative Class

Lessons on Purpose, Restraint and Responsibility | The BoF Podcast

In a commencement address to the 448 graduates of the Institut Français de la Mode, BoF founder Imran Amed shares key three lessons on navigating a career in fashion at a time of global turmoil and industry transformation.


Fashion Week

The Economic Fallout of Online Fashion Week

The global fashion capitals are missing out on more than $600 million as runway shows go digital, hotels sit empty and nightclubs, restaurants and stores remain shut for the second season in a row.

Fashion Week

The Economic Fallout of Online Fashion Week

The global fashion capitals are missing out on more than $600 million as runway shows go digital, hotels sit empty and nightclubs, restaurants and stores remain shut for the second season in a row.


Luxury

The Key Metrics Fashion CEOs Are Watching Now

What you measure is what you get. In a highly unpredictable post-Covid fashion market, business leaders need the right metrics to track the strength of their brands and make informed decisions quickly, mobilise teams and craft a narrative for investors.

Luxury

The Key Metrics Fashion CEOs Are Watching Now

What you measure is what you get. In a highly unpredictable post-Covid fashion market, business leaders need the right metrics to track the strength of their brands and make informed decisions quickly, mobilise teams and craft a narrative for investors.


Luxury

Why 'Made in France' Is Back in Force

Major French luxury brands like Chanel, Hermès and Louis Vuitton are spending millions of euros on facilities in their home country to burnish their brands, secure unique know-how, enable greater speed-to-market and benefit from government incentives.

Luxury

Why 'Made in France' Is Back in Force

Major French luxury brands like Chanel, Hermès and Louis Vuitton are spending millions of euros on facilities in their home country to burnish their brands, secure unique know-how, enable greater speed-to-market and benefit from government incentives.


Retail

LVMH’s Latest Brick-and-Mortar Bet

After 15 years and €500 million worth of renovations, LVMH is reopening famous Parisian department store La Samaritaine. But does its 2020 revival make as much sense as it did when the group brokered the deal in 2001?

Retail

LVMH’s Latest Brick-and-Mortar Bet

After 15 years and €500 million worth of renovations, LVMH is reopening famous Parisian department store La Samaritaine. But does its 2020 revival make as much sense as it did when the group brokered the deal in 2001?


Luxury

LVMH Is Now the Second-Most Valuable Company in Europe: How Did That Happen?

The French luxury group's market capitalisation passed the €200 billion mark, underscoring its category dominance — and the outsize spending power of luxury consumers.

Luxury

LVMH Is Now the Second-Most Valuable Company in Europe: How Did That Happen?

The French luxury group's market capitalisation passed the €200 billion mark, underscoring its category dominance — and the outsize spending power of luxury consumers.


Luxury

Can the Champs Élysées Reinvent Itself?

The famous Paris shopping avenue has had a tough time of late, but luxury brands are still willing to commit.

Luxury

Can the Champs Élysées Reinvent Itself?

The famous Paris shopping avenue has had a tough time of late, but luxury brands are still willing to commit.


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?


Luxury

The Off-Piste Art Events Every Fashion Publicist Should Know

Luxury house are popping up at lesser-known events on the art circuit to burnish their brands and connect with clients.

Luxury

The Off-Piste Art Events Every Fashion Publicist Should Know

Luxury house are popping up at lesser-known events on the art circuit to burnish their brands and connect with clients.


Luxury

Paris' New Super-School Aims to Rival Central Saint Martins

The Institut Français de la Mode, newly formed in the merger of IFM and the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, wants to be ‘the world’s best fashion school.’ In an exclusive interview with BoF, Dean Xavier Romatet lays out his strategy.

Luxury

Paris' New Super-School Aims to Rival Central Saint Martins

The Institut Français de la Mode, newly formed in the merger of IFM and the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, wants to be ‘the world’s best fashion school.’ In an exclusive interview with BoF, Dean Xavier Romatet lays out his strategy.