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Alessandro Michele

Creative Director, Valentino

The surprise choice for Gucci creative director re-energised the historic house in a matter of months and now he is set to take the helm at Valentino.

Alessandro Michele
News & Analysis

Gigi Hadid Turns Photographer for V Magazine 'Pop-Up'

Editor-in-chief Stephen Gan talks about the model's new portfolio, independent publishing and his vision for the future.

News & Analysis

Gigi Hadid Turns Photographer for V Magazine 'Pop-Up'

Editor-in-chief Stephen Gan talks about the model's new portfolio, independent publishing and his vision for the future.


Luxury

Kering Shares Surge After Gucci's Strongest Growth in 20 Years

Kering shares have gained as much as 11 percent, the steepest intraday advance since October 2015, and have risen 90 percent in the past year.

Luxury

Kering Shares Surge After Gucci's Strongest Growth in 20 Years

Kering shares have gained as much as 11 percent, the steepest intraday advance since October 2015, and have risen 90 percent in the past year.


Luxury

Kering Sales Jump Helped By Gucci and YSL

The French luxury group delivered a forecast-beating first-quarter sales, as its brands Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent outperformed.

Luxury

Kering Sales Jump Helped By Gucci and YSL

The French luxury group delivered a forecast-beating first-quarter sales, as its brands Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent outperformed.


Marketing

Gucci's Alessandro Michele Responds to Plagiarism Charges

The Gucci creative director has refuted claims that the label's new alien-inspired video series is plagiarised from the work of a Central Saint Martins student.

Marketing

Gucci's Alessandro Michele Responds to Plagiarism Charges

The Gucci creative director has refuted claims that the label's new alien-inspired video series is plagiarised from the work of a Central Saint Martins student.


Luxury

Fashion, Furniture, Superficiality and Experimentalism

At Salone del Mobile, fashion’s hybridisation with design was on display in ways that were both meaningful and meaningless.

Luxury

Fashion, Furniture, Superficiality and Experimentalism

At Salone del Mobile, fashion’s hybridisation with design was on display in ways that were both meaningful and meaningless.


Fashion Week

News Bites | Hanya Yanagihara Named Editor of T Magazine, Jed Root Investor Speaks and More...

In today's News Bites, Hanya Yanagihara is named editor of T: The New York Times Magazine while Stuart Emmrich will leave the paper's Styles section, and Gucci will show its Cruise collection at Florence's Pitti Palace.

Fashion Week

News Bites | Hanya Yanagihara Named Editor of T Magazine, Jed Root Investor Speaks and More...

In today's News Bites, Hanya Yanagihara is named editor of T: The New York Times Magazine while Stuart Emmrich will leave the paper's Styles section, and Gucci will show its Cruise collection at Florence's Pitti Palace.


News & Analysis

Nashville: America’s Next Fashion Capital?

Once synonymous with rhinestones and cowboy boots, a growing number of emerging fashion labels have turned Music City into a thriving fashion hub.

News & Analysis

Nashville: America’s Next Fashion Capital?

Once synonymous with rhinestones and cowboy boots, a growing number of emerging fashion labels have turned Music City into a thriving fashion hub.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2017

At the end of a highly politicised fashion month, which included casting controversies, pussy power and a space ship, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Autumn/Winter 2017.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2017

At the end of a highly politicised fashion month, which included casting controversies, pussy power and a space ship, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Autumn/Winter 2017.


News & Analysis

Fighting the $450 Billion Trade in Fake Fashion

BoF lifts the lid on the shadowy market in fake fashion and what the UK’s special anti-counterfeiting police unit — the only one of its kind in the world — is doing about it.

News & Analysis

Fighting the $450 Billion Trade in Fake Fashion

BoF lifts the lid on the shadowy market in fake fashion and what the UK’s special anti-counterfeiting police unit — the only one of its kind in the world — is doing about it.


Luxury

Op-Ed | New Activist Investors at Burberry Should Push For Creative Overhaul

Pushing a brand into a new creative direction is not the natural territory for activist investors. It should be.

Luxury

Op-Ed | New Activist Investors at Burberry Should Push For Creative Overhaul

Pushing a brand into a new creative direction is not the natural territory for activist investors. It should be.


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The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.

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