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Sustainability

How Fashion Schools Are Tackling the Sustainability Puzzle

The fashion industry is struggling to understand the scale of its environmental challenges and how to solve them. It starts with education.

Sustainability

How Fashion Schools Are Tackling the Sustainability Puzzle

The fashion industry is struggling to understand the scale of its environmental challenges and how to solve them. It starts with education.


News & Analysis

Under Populist Attack, French Fashion Responds

As members of the French fashion elite assembled in Hyères, the conversation often turned to the growing push-and-pull between the luxury sector and its populist critics.

News & Analysis

Under Populist Attack, French Fashion Responds

As members of the French fashion elite assembled in Hyères, the conversation often turned to the growing push-and-pull between the luxury sector and its populist critics.


News & Analysis

Power Moves | Cosmopolitan Appoints New Editor-In-Chief, Institut Français de la Mode Taps Former President of Condé Nast France

This week, Hearst UK names Farrah Storr’s replacement at Cosmopolitan, while Xavier Romatet is appointed general manager of IFM.

News & Analysis

Power Moves | Cosmopolitan Appoints New Editor-In-Chief, Institut Français de la Mode Taps Former President of Condé Nast France

This week, Hearst UK names Farrah Storr’s replacement at Cosmopolitan, while Xavier Romatet is appointed general manager of IFM.


Retail

6 Things You Need to Know About the New Galeries Lafayette

The French department store’s new Champs-Elysées store is slated to open on March 28 as part of a wider reboot of the famed Parisian avenue.

Retail

6 Things You Need to Know About the New Galeries Lafayette

The French department store’s new Champs-Elysées store is slated to open on March 28 as part of a wider reboot of the famed Parisian avenue.


Luxury

Will France's New Luxury Strategy Help Sell More Louis Vuitton Bags?

At a time when Vuitton, Hermès and Chanel are expanding their production capacity to keep up with growing demand for ‘made in France’ luxury goods, a new government roadmap could give the sector a boost.

Luxury

Will France's New Luxury Strategy Help Sell More Louis Vuitton Bags?

At a time when Vuitton, Hermès and Chanel are expanding their production capacity to keep up with growing demand for ‘made in France’ luxury goods, a new government roadmap could give the sector a boost.


Technology

Can Paris Grow Its Fashion-Tech Game?

Backed by the likes of President Macron and LVMH, the world’s fashion capital is rolling out the red carpet for tech start-ups as well as designer labels. BoF goes behind the hype.

Technology

Can Paris Grow Its Fashion-Tech Game?

Backed by the likes of President Macron and LVMH, the world’s fashion capital is rolling out the red carpet for tech start-ups as well as designer labels. BoF goes behind the hype.


Workplace & Talent

From Gucci to Calvin Klein, Where Top Fashion Brands Recruit

Feeder programmes at key schools may be the secret to landing an entry-level position at a top fashion house.

Workplace & Talent

From Gucci to Calvin Klein, Where Top Fashion Brands Recruit

Feeder programmes at key schools may be the secret to landing an entry-level position at a top fashion house.


News & Analysis

Will Going to Fashion School Actually Get You a Job?

BoF’s Global Fashion School Rankings 2017 shows a handful of top schools are leagues ahead of the rest on graduate employability.

News & Analysis

Will Going to Fashion School Actually Get You a Job?

BoF’s Global Fashion School Rankings 2017 shows a handful of top schools are leagues ahead of the rest on graduate employability.


News & Analysis

The Top 10 Global Graduate Fashion Business Courses in 2017

Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) took the top spot in BoF's first ranking of graduate fashion business courses.

News & Analysis

The Top 10 Global Graduate Fashion Business Courses in 2017

Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) took the top spot in BoF's first ranking of graduate fashion business courses.


News & Analysis

The School That Pierre Bergé Built

Established by the partner of Yves Saint Laurent, the Institut Français de la Mode is closely knitted into the French fashion ecosystem like few others.

News & Analysis

The School That Pierre Bergé Built

Established by the partner of Yves Saint Laurent, the Institut Français de la Mode is closely knitted into the French fashion ecosystem like few others.