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Demna

Artistic Director, Balenciaga and Former Head Designer, Vetements

The head of Paris’ hippest design collective is now in charge of reconnecting consumers with Cristóbal Balenciaga's iconic legacy.

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Workplace & Talent

This Week on BoF Careers: Four Marketing, Zara, Swipecast

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

Workplace & Talent

This Week on BoF Careers: Four Marketing, Zara, Swipecast

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


Luxury

Welcome to The New World Order

The fashion system is 'broken' but young designer disruptors and bold megabrands are trying to fix it. BoF hails a new era for fashion in which the current system is turned on its head in a bid to find a new working model.

Luxury

Welcome to The New World Order

The fashion system is 'broken' but young designer disruptors and bold megabrands are trying to fix it. BoF hails a new era for fashion in which the current system is turned on its head in a bid to find a new working model.


News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia Reveals Vetements' Plan to Disrupt the Fashion System

Demna Gvasalia, head of the Vetements collective and newly appointed artistic director of Balenciaga, talks to Imran Amed about a new operating model designed to fix the ‘broken’ fashion system.

News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia Reveals Vetements' Plan to Disrupt the Fashion System

Demna Gvasalia, head of the Vetements collective and newly appointed artistic director of Balenciaga, talks to Imran Amed about a new operating model designed to fix the ‘broken’ fashion system.


News & Analysis

BoF’s Latest Print Issue: ‘The New World Order’

BoF is pleased to unveil its latest special print issue, The New World Order, focusing on the ‘broken’ fashion system and the disruptors aiming to fix it, including cover star Demna Gvasalia, the wunderkind designer behind Vetements and artistic director of Balenciaga. The limited-edition issue will be released Feb 8th.

News & Analysis

BoF’s Latest Print Issue: ‘The New World Order’

BoF is pleased to unveil its latest special print issue, The New World Order, focusing on the ‘broken’ fashion system and the disruptors aiming to fix it, including cover star Demna Gvasalia, the wunderkind designer behind Vetements and artistic director of Balenciaga. The limited-edition issue will be released Feb 8th.


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.


News & Analysis

Top 10 Newsmakers of 2015

BoF unveils the biggest stories of the year.

News & Analysis

Top 10 Newsmakers of 2015

BoF unveils the biggest stories of the year.


News & Analysis

At End of Season, BoF Spotlight Designers Shine

From Vetements' Demna Gvasalia to Edgardo Osorio to Yang Li, several of BoF’s Spotlight designers are making industry waves.

News & Analysis

At End of Season, BoF Spotlight Designers Shine

From Vetements' Demna Gvasalia to Edgardo Osorio to Yang Li, several of BoF’s Spotlight designers are making industry waves.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Net-a-Porter Names New President, Balenciaga Appoints Artistic Director

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


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

When in Paris, Choose Your Tribe

From Rick Owens to Yohji Yamamoto and Céline to Miu Miu, fashion, right here, right now, is all about tribes and gangs, observes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

When in Paris, Choose Your Tribe

From Rick Owens to Yohji Yamamoto and Céline to Miu Miu, fashion, right here, right now, is all about tribes and gangs, observes Angelo Flaccavento.


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.

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