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Founder, Ann Demeulemeester

One of the original ‘Antwerp Six’ designers, she has built a successful business around her gothic, bohemian-inspired collections.

Ann Demeulemeester
Fashion Week

Finding Fashion's Reset Button

Tragedy — both political and personal — hung over a Paris fashion week punctuated by masterful shows by Demna Gvasalia's Balenciaga and Rick Owens.

Fashion Week

Finding Fashion's Reset Button

Tragedy — both political and personal — hung over a Paris fashion week punctuated by masterful shows by Demna Gvasalia's Balenciaga and Rick Owens.


News & Analysis

The Reunited States of Belgian Fashion

As a show of solidarity against the terror attacks in Brussels, Walter van Beirendonck of Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Tony Delcampe of La Cambre meet for the first time.

News & Analysis

The Reunited States of Belgian Fashion

As a show of solidarity against the terror attacks in Brussels, Walter van Beirendonck of Antwerp's Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Tony Delcampe of La Cambre meet for the first time.


Financial Markets

Homegrown Asian Labels Challenge Western Imports

Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels.

Financial Markets

Homegrown Asian Labels Challenge Western Imports

Fashion brands from South Korea, China and Japan are becoming serious rivals of their Western peers as Asian consumers become increasingly confident in their own style and take pride in buying home-grown labels.


News & Analysis

Behind Prada’s Christophe Chemin Collaboration

How a dialogue between Miuccia Prada and Christophe Chemin turned his artwork into the in-the-know seasonal signifier of Prada’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collections.

News & Analysis

Behind Prada’s Christophe Chemin Collaboration

How a dialogue between Miuccia Prada and Christophe Chemin turned his artwork into the in-the-know seasonal signifier of Prada’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collections.


Fashion Week

Remembered: The Game-Changing Martin Margiela Show of 1989

As talk turns towards a future of consumer-facing fashion shows, we look back on the 1989 Martin Margiela presentation, which set a new paradigm for the fashion show as a public spectacle, in an oral history with contributions from Margiela’s closest collaborators and biggest supporters of the time, courtesy of The Gentlewoman.

Fashion Week

Remembered: The Game-Changing Martin Margiela Show of 1989

As talk turns towards a future of consumer-facing fashion shows, we look back on the 1989 Martin Margiela presentation, which set a new paradigm for the fashion show as a public spectacle, in an oral history with contributions from Margiela’s closest collaborators and biggest supporters of the time, courtesy of The Gentlewoman.


Fashion Week

Narrative and Neorealism

In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.

Fashion Week

Narrative and Neorealism

In today’s “société du spectacle,” fashion shows increasingly resemble brutally concise theatre, sampling everything from war to the cult of the derelict.


Beauty

Peter Philips, Makeup Maestro

BoF talks to Peter Philips, creative and image director of Christian Dior Makeup, about his personal and professional trajectory.

Beauty

Peter Philips, Makeup Maestro

BoF talks to Peter Philips, creative and image director of Christian Dior Makeup, about his personal and professional trajectory.


News & Analysis

At Paris Menswear, Designers Doing a Hedi

Gripped by the 'lethal' blend of marketing and design as perfected by Slimane's Saint Laurent, Paris was largely devoid of fresh style statements, says Angelo Flaccavento.

News & Analysis

At Paris Menswear, Designers Doing a Hedi

Gripped by the 'lethal' blend of marketing and design as perfected by Slimane's Saint Laurent, Paris was largely devoid of fresh style statements, says Angelo Flaccavento.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Burberry, Endless Jewellery, L’Éclaireur

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Burberry, Endless Jewellery, L’Éclaireur and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Burberry, Endless Jewellery, L’Éclaireur

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Burberry, Endless Jewellery, L’Éclaireur and more.


Workplace & Talent

Armand Hadida, Artistic Director

BoF sits down with Armand Hadida — founder of L’Éclaireur and the artistic director of Tranoï, the Paris trade show that made its New York debut this past weekend — to discuss his sharp eye and the language of retail.

Workplace & Talent

Armand Hadida, Artistic Director

BoF sits down with Armand Hadida — founder of L’Éclaireur and the artistic director of Tranoï, the Paris trade show that made its New York debut this past weekend — to discuss his sharp eye and the language of retail.


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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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