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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

The Spotlight | Sarah Angold

This month, the BoF Spotlight shines on Sarah Angold, a young London designer whose sculptural statement pieces have a futurist-meets-craftsmanship aesthetic and feature an unusual blend of materials from wood to manmade composites, inspired by science fiction films like Transformers.

News & Analysis

The Spotlight | Sarah Angold

This month, the BoF Spotlight shines on Sarah Angold, a young London designer whose sculptural statement pieces have a futurist-meets-craftsmanship aesthetic and feature an unusual blend of materials from wood to manmade composites, inspired by science fiction films like Transformers.


Workplace & Talent

Alexandre de Betak, Fashion's Wizard Producer

The multidisciplinary wizard behind the fashion shows of brands like Christian Dior, Hussein Chalayan and Rodarte speaks to BoF about his personal and professional journey — and the passion, planning and adrenaline that go into staging a world-class runway show.

Workplace & Talent

Alexandre de Betak, Fashion's Wizard Producer

The multidisciplinary wizard behind the fashion shows of brands like Christian Dior, Hussein Chalayan and Rodarte speaks to BoF about his personal and professional journey — and the passion, planning and adrenaline that go into staging a world-class runway show.


Fashion Week

Autumn/Winter 2013 | The Season That Was

This season, no single moment dominated the fashion conversation. But there was still lots to talk about. Today, BoF brings you our bi-annual post-fashion month feature, The Season That Was.

Fashion Week

Autumn/Winter 2013 | The Season That Was

This season, no single moment dominated the fashion conversation. But there was still lots to talk about. Today, BoF brings you our bi-annual post-fashion month feature, The Season That Was.


News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | Inside CSM: Preview of Top 5 Designers from MA Fashion

LONDON, United Kingdom — Central Saint Martins' MA fashion course is praised the world over for consistently producing the industry's most exciting

News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | Inside CSM: Preview of Top 5 Designers from MA Fashion

LONDON, United Kingdom — Central Saint Martins' MA fashion course is praised the world over for consistently producing the industry's most exciting


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Why Do We Take Pictures of Clothes?

NEW YORK, United States — I once began a fashion meeting at French Vogue in Paris with a question to the rest of the team: "Why do we take pictures

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Why Do We Take Pictures of Clothes?

NEW YORK, United States — I once began a fashion meeting at French Vogue in Paris with a question to the rest of the team: "Why do we take pictures


News & Analysis

The Fashion Trail | Why 'Savage Beauty' Should Tour the World

NEW YORK, United States — From Jean-Paul Gaultier at Montreal's Musée des Beaux Arts to Hussein Chalayan at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,

News & Analysis

The Fashion Trail | Why 'Savage Beauty' Should Tour the World

NEW YORK, United States — From Jean-Paul Gaultier at Montreal's Musée des Beaux Arts to Hussein Chalayan at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,


News & Analysis

Colin’s Column | Are changes to fashion education crippling innovation in the world's creative capital?

LONDON, United Kingdom — Design is generally about function leading form in a problem-solving exercise that almost always starts with a sense of

News & Analysis

Colin’s Column | Are changes to fashion education crippling innovation in the world's creative capital?

LONDON, United Kingdom — Design is generally about function leading form in a problem-solving exercise that almost always starts with a sense of


News & Analysis

Getting The Luxury Fashion Business Model Right

Today, BoF exclusively brings you Savigny Partners' blow-by-blow analysis of the rapidly shifting luxury fashion business model which is undergoing

News & Analysis

Getting The Luxury Fashion Business Model Right

Today, BoF exclusively brings you Savigny Partners' blow-by-blow analysis of the rapidly shifting luxury fashion business model which is undergoing


News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | The New Creative Establishment 2010 — The 50 Most Influential Creative Forces Working in Fashion Today

LONDON, United Kingdom — Today, The Business of Fashion brings you an exclusive preview of The New Creative Establishment, a list of the 50 most

News & Analysis

BoF Exclusive | The New Creative Establishment 2010 — The 50 Most Influential Creative Forces Working in Fashion Today

LONDON, United Kingdom — Today, The Business of Fashion brings you an exclusive preview of The New Creative Establishment, a list of the 50 most


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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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