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The experimental designer continually pushes the boundaries of wearable fashion with groundbreaking materials and technologies.

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News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Adam Lippes, Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, Guy Bourdin

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 Adam Lippes, Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, Guy Bourdin and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Adam Lippes, Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, Guy Bourdin

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 Adam Lippes, Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou, Guy Bourdin and more.


Technology

Amanda Parkes on Why Wearable Tech is About More Than Gadgets

NEW YORK, United States — For many, the market for "wearables" — often called the next major technology battleground — refers to gadgets worn on the

Technology

Amanda Parkes on Why Wearable Tech is About More Than Gadgets

NEW YORK, United States — For many, the market for "wearables" — often called the next major technology battleground — refers to gadgets worn on the


News & Analysis

Week in Review | #BoF500, Young Designer Investment Targets, Hermès, Michael Gordon, Frida Giannini, Goodhood

MILAN, Italy — Earlier this week, an amazing cross-section of the BoF community gathered at the London Edition hotel to celebrate the second annual

News & Analysis

Week in Review | #BoF500, Young Designer Investment Targets, Hermès, Michael Gordon, Frida Giannini, Goodhood

MILAN, Italy — Earlier this week, an amazing cross-section of the BoF community gathered at the London Edition hotel to celebrate the second annual


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini

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 Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini

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 Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini and more.


Fashion Week

Hussein Chalayan, London's Most Radical Fashion Designer

BoF columnist Colin McDowell speaks to the cerebral Hussein Chalayan, whom he rates as London’s only radical fashion designer.

Fashion Week

Hussein Chalayan, London's Most Radical Fashion Designer

BoF columnist Colin McDowell speaks to the cerebral Hussein Chalayan, whom he rates as London’s only radical fashion designer.


Retail

Joan Burstein, Queen B

How did a small fashion boutique in London build a global reputation? Colin McDowell sits down with Joan Burstein of Browns to learn about her formula for success.

Retail

Joan Burstein, Queen B

How did a small fashion boutique in London build a global reputation? Colin McDowell sits down with Joan Burstein of Browns to learn about her formula for success.


News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2013 | People

Continuing our look back at the stories that drove the conversation and defined the year in the business of fashion, today we highlight some of 2013’s top articles from our People channel.

News & Analysis

The Best of BoF 2013 | People

Continuing our look back at the stories that drove the conversation and defined the year in the business of fashion, today we highlight some of 2013’s top articles from our People channel.


Workplace & Talent

The Creative Class | Pamela Golbin, Curator

BoF sat down with Pamela Golbin, chief curator of the Musée de la Mode et du Textile, located in the Palais du Louvre in Paris, and learnt about her puzzling love of planes, nerdy obsession with problem-solving and how serendipity, vision and a MacGyver-like gift for improvising are essential to working under the same roof as the Mona Lisa.

Workplace & Talent

The Creative Class | Pamela Golbin, Curator

BoF sat down with Pamela Golbin, chief curator of the Musée de la Mode et du Textile, located in the Palais du Louvre in Paris, and learnt about her puzzling love of planes, nerdy obsession with problem-solving and how serendipity, vision and a MacGyver-like gift for improvising are essential to working under the same roof as the Mona Lisa.


News & Analysis

The Ups and Downs of Japan Fashion Week

Looking back Japan Fashion Week, BoF columnist Susanna Lau, aka Susie Bubble, reflects on Tokyo's fragmented fashion landscape and catalogues the designers that caught her eye.

News & Analysis

The Ups and Downs of Japan Fashion Week

Looking back Japan Fashion Week, BoF columnist Susanna Lau, aka Susie Bubble, reflects on Tokyo's fragmented fashion landscape and catalogues the designers that caught her eye.


News & Analysis

A.F. Vandevorst’s Hard-Earned Happy Birthday

BoF examines the genesis, travails and revival of Belgian label A.F. Vandevorst, which this season marks 15 years in business, and distills down the important lessons that designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx have learned along the way.

News & Analysis

A.F. Vandevorst’s Hard-Earned Happy Birthday

BoF examines the genesis, travails and revival of Belgian label A.F. Vandevorst, which this season marks 15 years in business, and distills down the important lessons that designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx have learned along the way.


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