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Chitose Abe

Designer, Sacai

Having trained in pattern-cutting at the directional Comme des Garçons, Sacai’s founder and creative director has won a strong following with her fluid, multi-dimensional designs.

Chitose Abe
Fashion Week

At Sacai, Love Is In The Air

It’s a big part of Chitose Abe’s art that she can anchor the diaphanous beauty of her work with tough tailoring.

Fashion Week

At Sacai, Love Is In The Air

It’s a big part of Chitose Abe’s art that she can anchor the diaphanous beauty of her work with tough tailoring.


Retail

Andrew Rosen Talks Trouble in the Contemporary Market

Contemporary brands are feeling the squeeze. Theory chief executive Andrew Rosen — the man who pioneered the category — reflects on the state of the market and what's next.

Retail

Andrew Rosen Talks Trouble in the Contemporary Market

Contemporary brands are feeling the squeeze. Theory chief executive Andrew Rosen — the man who pioneered the category — reflects on the state of the market and what's next.


Fashion Week

Love and Life

Hard and soft, precious and plain, masculine and feminine: the juxtapositions were as simple as that — but this time commercial savviness defused the label's seductive peculiarity.

Fashion Week

Love and Life

Hard and soft, precious and plain, masculine and feminine: the juxtapositions were as simple as that — but this time commercial savviness defused the label's seductive peculiarity.


News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2015 | BoF Exclusive

To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2015. Today, we highlight some of the top stories from our BoF Exclusive channel.

News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2015 | BoF Exclusive

To round off the year, we revisit the articles that sparked the most debate, yielded the biggest insights, and got the fashion industry talking in 2015. Today, we highlight some of the top stories from our BoF Exclusive channel.


Fashion Week

Why Asia’s Brightest Stars Struggle to Shine

Fashion weeks in Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul showcase some of Asia’s most promising fashion talent, but many still lack global visibility.

Fashion Week

Why Asia’s Brightest Stars Struggle to Shine

Fashion weeks in Tokyo, Shanghai and Seoul showcase some of Asia’s most promising fashion talent, but many still lack global visibility.


China

Vogue China: Past, Present and Future

As Vogue China marks its tenth year, BoF speaks to editor-in-chief Angelica Cheung, Condé Nast International CEO Jonathan Newhouse and Condé Nast China President Liz Schimel, to discuss the evolution of the magazine.

China

Vogue China: Past, Present and Future

As Vogue China marks its tenth year, BoF speaks to editor-in-chief Angelica Cheung, Condé Nast International CEO Jonathan Newhouse and Condé Nast China President Liz Schimel, to discuss the evolution of the magazine.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Spring/Summer 2016

At the end of an exciting fashion season from New York to Paris, the editors of BoF bring you the Top 10 Shows of the Season.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Spring/Summer 2016

At the end of an exciting fashion season from New York to Paris, the editors of BoF bring you the Top 10 Shows of the Season.


Fashion Week

Sacai's Chitose Abe Says "Distort Yourself"

Simultaneously hyper-sophisticated and fiercely physical, Chitose Abe's Sacai collection was the turn-on of the season.

Fashion Week

Sacai's Chitose Abe Says "Distort Yourself"

Simultaneously hyper-sophisticated and fiercely physical, Chitose Abe's Sacai collection was the turn-on of the season.


News & Analysis

The Children of Comme

No company in fashion has given birth to a collection of creative offspring quite like Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons.

News & Analysis

The Children of Comme

No company in fashion has given birth to a collection of creative offspring quite like Rei Kawakubo’s Comme des Garçons.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Cathy Horyn, Ethical Fashion, Pakistan

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 Cathy Horyn, Ethical Fashion, Pakistan and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Cathy Horyn, Ethical Fashion, Pakistan

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 Cathy Horyn, Ethical Fashion, Pakistan and more.


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