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Dries Van Noten

Founder, Dries Van Noten

One of the ‘Antwerp Six,’ the third-generation designer has built a profitable fashion business, known for its intelligent prints, on his own terms.

Dries Van Noten
Global Markets

How to Plug Into India’s Dynamic E-Commerce Market

During lockdown Indian e-commerce platforms attracted a bonanza of international investment from the likes of Facebook and a fund backed by LVMH. What can fashion brands do now to tap into this complicated but colossal $43 billion opportunity?

Global Markets

How to Plug Into India’s Dynamic E-Commerce Market

During lockdown Indian e-commerce platforms attracted a bonanza of international investment from the likes of Facebook and a fund backed by LVMH. What can fashion brands do now to tap into this complicated but colossal $43 billion opportunity?


Marketing

In Public Relations, Brands and Executives Can No Longer 'Control the Narrative'

Companies aiming to maintain a tight hold on brand perception must reckon with the fact that those who feel they’ve been wronged are now empowered. Instead of covering up, brands must actually do better.

Marketing

In Public Relations, Brands and Executives Can No Longer 'Control the Narrative'

Companies aiming to maintain a tight hold on brand perception must reckon with the fact that those who feel they’ve been wronged are now empowered. Instead of covering up, brands must actually do better.


Fashion Week

What Happened to Rethinking the Fashion System?

For brands big and small, there is real value in rethinking the industry’s traditional system of showing, delivering and discounting collections to better match today’s globalised, digital world. But meaningful change may take 12 to 24 months.

Fashion Week

What Happened to Rethinking the Fashion System?

For brands big and small, there is real value in rethinking the industry’s traditional system of showing, delivering and discounting collections to better match today’s globalised, digital world. But meaningful change may take 12 to 24 months.


Fashion Week

Is Fashion Going Back to Normal?

The labels taking part in the Paris men’s showcase largely stuck to their aesthetic codes, presenting pragmatic and reassuring collections that felt like seeing an old friend, with some intriguing format twists, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

Is Fashion Going Back to Normal?

The labels taking part in the Paris men’s showcase largely stuck to their aesthetic codes, presenting pragmatic and reassuring collections that felt like seeing an old friend, with some intriguing format twists, reports Angelo Flaccavento.


News & Analysis

Announcing Puig UK and Finesse

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

News & Analysis

Announcing Puig UK and Finesse

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


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | GQ France Appoints New Editor in Chief, Burberry Hires Ready-To-Wear Lead From Dior

This week, former Vogue Paris Deputy Editor Olivier Lalanne joins GQ France, while Adrian Ward-Rees returned to the British label.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | GQ France Appoints New Editor in Chief, Burberry Hires Ready-To-Wear Lead From Dior

This week, former Vogue Paris Deputy Editor Olivier Lalanne joins GQ France, while Adrian Ward-Rees returned to the British label.


Fashion Week

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Dries Van Noten, Spring/Summer 2005

The Belgian designer’s golden anniversary outing underscored the ineffable balance of emotion, intelligence and extravagance that distinguishes his shows.

Fashion Week

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Dries Van Noten, Spring/Summer 2005

The Belgian designer’s golden anniversary outing underscored the ineffable balance of emotion, intelligence and extravagance that distinguishes his shows.


Fashion Week

The Death of Fashion Shows? Not So Fast.

‘I come to praise shows, not to bury them,’ writes Tim Blanks as he kicks off a journey through his top fashion shows of all-time.

Fashion Week

The Death of Fashion Shows? Not So Fast.

‘I come to praise shows, not to bury them,’ writes Tim Blanks as he kicks off a journey through his top fashion shows of all-time.


Luxury

As Sies Marjan Closes, What Is to Blame? The Pandemic or the Fashion System?

The five-year old label, backed by billionaire Nancy Marks, is shutting its doors due to the ramifications of Covid-19. But independent fashion brands were hurting long before the lockdowns.

Luxury

As Sies Marjan Closes, What Is to Blame? The Pandemic or the Fashion System?

The five-year old label, backed by billionaire Nancy Marks, is shutting its doors due to the ramifications of Covid-19. But independent fashion brands were hurting long before the lockdowns.


Retail

Michael Kors Is the Latest Brand to Depart from the Fashion Calendar

The American fashion giant will move to producing two collections per year, and will sell its clothes to retailers before it reveals its product to the public. It also will skip New York Fashion Week this September.

Retail

Michael Kors Is the Latest Brand to Depart from the Fashion Calendar

The American fashion giant will move to producing two collections per year, and will sell its clothes to retailers before it reveals its product to the public. It also will skip New York Fashion Week this September.


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