Calvin Klein
Founder, Calvin Klein
With his minimalist aesthetic and sensual imagery, he launched an iconic American lifestyle brand encompassing apparel, fragrance and jewellery.


How Valentino Embraced Diversity
Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli has reimagined the storied Roman fashion house as an extraordinary hybrid of extravagance and inclusivity, casting black models like Sudanese refugee Adut Akech to bring a modern edge to his couture and send a message to the world.

How Valentino Embraced Diversity
Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli has reimagined the storied Roman fashion house as an extraordinary hybrid of extravagance and inclusivity, casting black models like Sudanese refugee Adut Akech to bring a modern edge to his couture and send a message to the world.

Raw Meets Polished at Givenchy
Clare Waight Keller wanted to play with contrasts, and the payoff would have been the opposites attracting, reconciling. But that didn’t happen here.

Raw Meets Polished at Givenchy
Clare Waight Keller wanted to play with contrasts, and the payoff would have been the opposites attracting, reconciling. But that didn’t happen here.

Announcing GCDS, Thom Sweeney and Kennedy
Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

Announcing GCDS, Thom Sweeney and Kennedy
Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion talent.

Dapper Dan, Adut Akech, Pierpaolo Piccioli and Chika Are Our #BoF500 Cover Stars
For the seventh annual BoF 500, we spotlight the change agents who are helping to create a more inclusive fashion industry.

Dapper Dan, Adut Akech, Pierpaolo Piccioli and Chika Are Our #BoF500 Cover Stars
For the seventh annual BoF 500, we spotlight the change agents who are helping to create a more inclusive fashion industry.

British Fashion Exploits, Celebrates and Fetishises the Working Class
From hero worship and ‘class appropriation’ to subtle snobbery and downright discrimination, British fashion has an odd relationship with social class.

British Fashion Exploits, Celebrates and Fetishises the Working Class
From hero worship and ‘class appropriation’ to subtle snobbery and downright discrimination, British fashion has an odd relationship with social class.

Fabien Baron Is Not Nostalgic
A new book by fashion's most illustrious art director is a compilation of his four-decade career. But more than that, this retrospective of ad campaigns, magazine editorials and private photography reveals a primal faceoff between chaos and control — a hint to what's to come, writes Tim Blanks.

Fabien Baron Is Not Nostalgic
A new book by fashion's most illustrious art director is a compilation of his four-decade career. But more than that, this retrospective of ad campaigns, magazine editorials and private photography reveals a primal faceoff between chaos and control — a hint to what's to come, writes Tim Blanks.

New York’s Fashion Week Revamp: Did It Work?
Newly appointed CFDA Chairman Tom Ford wants New York to play on the global stage again. His early steps are promising.

New York’s Fashion Week Revamp: Did It Work?
Newly appointed CFDA Chairman Tom Ford wants New York to play on the global stage again. His early steps are promising.

Slick Woods Launches a Jewellery Line That Aims to Fund Minority-Owned Businesses
The model and Instagram star partnered with other black creatives to found C1V1L, a direct-to-consumer brand with major ambitions to give back to the culture.

Slick Woods Launches a Jewellery Line That Aims to Fund Minority-Owned Businesses
The model and Instagram star partnered with other black creatives to found C1V1L, a direct-to-consumer brand with major ambitions to give back to the culture.

The Return of New York Fashion Week
This season, there were no extraordinary clothes to speak of. But there was excitement.

The Return of New York Fashion Week
This season, there were no extraordinary clothes to speak of. But there was excitement.

Two New York Showmen Question the Value of Approval at NYFW
Brandon Maxwell and Christian Siriano, fresh off filming another season of the newly rebooted Project Runway and both known for their red carpet looks, presented collections full of unabashed glamour and campy femininity.

Two New York Showmen Question the Value of Approval at NYFW
Brandon Maxwell and Christian Siriano, fresh off filming another season of the newly rebooted Project Runway and both known for their red carpet looks, presented collections full of unabashed glamour and campy femininity.
What is The BoF 500?
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.




