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News & Analysis

How Statement Earrings Became Generation Selfie’s Favourite Trend

From Cos to Céline to Chopard, brands are doubling down on statement earrings in exaggerated sizes and mismatched colours to tap a new generation of consumers.

News & Analysis

How Statement Earrings Became Generation Selfie’s Favourite Trend

From Cos to Céline to Chopard, brands are doubling down on statement earrings in exaggerated sizes and mismatched colours to tap a new generation of consumers.


Marketing

Karla Otto: 'Communication Is More Important Than It Used to Be'

German PR guru Karla Otto tells Tim Blanks about her early days representing Jean Paul Gaultier and Jil Sander, and the state of fashion communications today.

Marketing

Karla Otto: 'Communication Is More Important Than It Used to Be'

German PR guru Karla Otto tells Tim Blanks about her early days representing Jean Paul Gaultier and Jil Sander, and the state of fashion communications today.


Fashion Week

The Truth Behind Fashion’s Most Diverse Season Ever

This season’s catwalks were the most diverse ever, according to a new report. But as the definition of diversity broadens, do the numbers reflect a real rise in models of colour?

Fashion Week

The Truth Behind Fashion’s Most Diverse Season Ever

This season’s catwalks were the most diverse ever, according to a new report. But as the definition of diversity broadens, do the numbers reflect a real rise in models of colour?


Fashion Week

Marching Roses at Simone Rocha

It’s not the first time Rocha has plumbed such depths of emotion. But her balance of dark and light has never been more acute.

Fashion Week

Marching Roses at Simone Rocha

It’s not the first time Rocha has plumbed such depths of emotion. But her balance of dark and light has never been more acute.


News & Analysis

Can Boohoo Overcome Nasty Gal’s Mistakes?

If it plays its cards right, Boohoo could accelerate its American ambitions and learn from Nasty Gal’s success in brand and online community building.

News & Analysis

Can Boohoo Overcome Nasty Gal’s Mistakes?

If it plays its cards right, Boohoo could accelerate its American ambitions and learn from Nasty Gal’s success in brand and online community building.


News & Analysis

What You May Have Missed

BoF brings you the top seven fashion news and analysis stories of the week.

News & Analysis

What You May Have Missed

BoF brings you the top seven fashion news and analysis stories of the week.


News & Analysis

Fashion’s New Female Gaze: Movement or Myth?

That young women photographers like Harley Weir, Petra Collins and Coco Capitán are being grouped together — prompting debate over the emergence of a new “female gaze” — is simultaneously positive and unnerving.

News & Analysis

Fashion’s New Female Gaze: Movement or Myth?

That young women photographers like Harley Weir, Petra Collins and Coco Capitán are being grouped together — prompting debate over the emergence of a new “female gaze” — is simultaneously positive and unnerving.


News & Analysis

Armed with New York Store, Simone Rocha Talks Strategy

The only young London-based designer to open stores on both sides of the Atlantic speaks exclusively to BoF about the business strategy behind her success.

News & Analysis

Armed with New York Store, Simone Rocha Talks Strategy

The only young London-based designer to open stores on both sides of the Atlantic speaks exclusively to BoF about the business strategy behind her success.


Fashion Week

Invisible Clothes at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s latest presentation was majestic and mournful, a paean to hopes unmet, dreams unrealised. The collection had a medieval, ritualistic, emotional power that overwhelmed reason.

Fashion Week

Invisible Clothes at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s latest presentation was majestic and mournful, a paean to hopes unmet, dreams unrealised. The collection had a medieval, ritualistic, emotional power that overwhelmed reason.


Fashion Week

In London, Creativity Lost in Collage

While Simone Rocha sparkled, many of the designers at London Fashion Week seemed stuck in a maze of collage, surface decoration and styling, argues Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In London, Creativity Lost in Collage

While Simone Rocha sparkled, many of the designers at London Fashion Week seemed stuck in a maze of collage, surface decoration and styling, argues Angelo Flaccavento.