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Saint Laurent

Saint Laurent is a Kering-owned luxury fashion brand, founded by the designer Yves Saint Laurent in 1961.

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Luxury

Why Luxury Came to the Rescue

To support the fight against Covid-19, European fashion companies have been doing everything from producing hand sanitiser to building new hospital wings. What’s driving these wartime-like efforts?

Luxury

Why Luxury Came to the Rescue

To support the fight against Covid-19, European fashion companies have been doing everything from producing hand sanitiser to building new hospital wings. What’s driving these wartime-like efforts?


Retail

Designers Lobby to ‘Fix’ the Fashion System. Will It Work?

In recent weeks, three different groups of designers and retailers have proposed shifts to the industry’s product delivery and discounting calendars in a bid to create healthier, more profitable businesses. Can they pull it off?

Retail

Designers Lobby to ‘Fix’ the Fashion System. Will It Work?

In recent weeks, three different groups of designers and retailers have proposed shifts to the industry’s product delivery and discounting calendars in a bid to create healthier, more profitable businesses. Can they pull it off?


Workplace & Talent

Can a New Chief Bring Commercial Magic Back to Valentino?

Star merchandiser Jacopo Venturini, who most recently played a pivotal role in the blockbuster success of Gucci, starts in the new role on June 1.

Workplace & Talent

Can a New Chief Bring Commercial Magic Back to Valentino?

Star merchandiser Jacopo Venturini, who most recently played a pivotal role in the blockbuster success of Gucci, starts in the new role on June 1.


Media

Why Brands Are Revisiting Old Advertising Campaigns

Instagram influencers aren’t the only ones posting throwback content. Lockdown measures are prompting brands like Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent and Versace to revisit their archives.

Media

Why Brands Are Revisiting Old Advertising Campaigns

Instagram influencers aren’t the only ones posting throwback content. Lockdown measures are prompting brands like Louis Vuitton, Saint Laurent and Versace to revisit their archives.


Luxury

What Makes a Luxury Turnaround Work?

From Bottega Veneta’s aesthetic reinvention to Burberry’s attempts to move upmarket, there are several different genres of brand turnaround strategies, with significantly different probabilities of success.

Luxury

What Makes a Luxury Turnaround Work?

From Bottega Veneta’s aesthetic reinvention to Burberry’s attempts to move upmarket, there are several different genres of brand turnaround strategies, with significantly different probabilities of success.


Workplace & Talent

What to Do When You’ve Been Laid Off

BoF talked to experts to find out what fashion workers who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic should do next.

Workplace & Talent

What to Do When You’ve Been Laid Off

BoF talked to experts to find out what fashion workers who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic should do next.


Retail

Why Fashion 'Seasons' Are Obsolete

This week, Saint Laurent said it would skip Paris Fashion Week and set its own schedule for showing collections for the rest of the year, raising deeper questions about following universal fashion seasons in a global market.

Retail

Why Fashion 'Seasons' Are Obsolete

This week, Saint Laurent said it would skip Paris Fashion Week and set its own schedule for showing collections for the rest of the year, raising deeper questions about following universal fashion seasons in a global market.


Retail

A Fashion World Without Department Stores

Debt-laden Neiman Marcus seems set to be the first major American department store to succumb to the coronavirus crisis in what could become a wave of insolvencies across the sector. What will the fashion landscape look like as these once-mighty chains falter?

Retail

A Fashion World Without Department Stores

Debt-laden Neiman Marcus seems set to be the first major American department store to succumb to the coronavirus crisis in what could become a wave of insolvencies across the sector. What will the fashion landscape look like as these once-mighty chains falter?


Luxury

Gucci Is Pulling Further Back from Wholesale, and 6 Other Key Takeaways From Kering's Q1 Results

Kering Chief Financial Officer Jean-Marc Duplaix was hesitant to draw any conclusions about how a global recovery might look like from the few weeks of partially reopened stores in China.

Luxury

Gucci Is Pulling Further Back from Wholesale, and 6 Other Key Takeaways From Kering's Q1 Results

Kering Chief Financial Officer Jean-Marc Duplaix was hesitant to draw any conclusions about how a global recovery might look like from the few weeks of partially reopened stores in China.


News & Analysis

Should Fashion Skip a Season?

The risks and rewards of not producing the Autumn/Winter 2020 collections.

News & Analysis

Should Fashion Skip a Season?

The risks and rewards of not producing the Autumn/Winter 2020 collections.