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Iman

Model & Businesswoman

The iconic Somali supermodel inspired many designers, including Yves Saint Laurent, and has her own ethnic cosmetics brand.

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News & Analysis

Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

As Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ makes clear, the online video stakes are high — and fashion brands have work to do.

News & Analysis

Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

As Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ makes clear, the online video stakes are high — and fashion brands have work to do.


Marketing

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

This season, a CGI gaming goddess takes on the three original Supers and the East African savanna vies with the Berlin skyline for best backdrop. BoF brings you the Top 10 campaigns of the season.

Marketing

Top 10 Campaigns of the Season

This season, a CGI gaming goddess takes on the three original Supers and the East African savanna vies with the Berlin skyline for best backdrop. BoF brings you the Top 10 campaigns of the season.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Agencies Are Holding Back Models of Colour

Designers want to work with a diverse range of models, but some modelling agencies are making it tough, says Bethann Hardison.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Agencies Are Holding Back Models of Colour

Designers want to work with a diverse range of models, but some modelling agencies are making it tough, says Bethann Hardison.


Beauty

The World's Biggest Cosmetics Brands Are Finally Courting Minorities

For decades, most cosmetics brands didn’t go after minorities. That’s starting to change, with both mainstream and ethnic beauty lines going after a more diverse customer.

Beauty

The World's Biggest Cosmetics Brands Are Finally Courting Minorities

For decades, most cosmetics brands didn’t go after minorities. That’s starting to change, with both mainstream and ethnic beauty lines going after a more diverse customer.


News & Analysis

Donald Robertson, Creative 'Wacky Warrior'

The illustrator, roving creative director and prolific Instagrammer says real success arrived when he stopped listening to focus groups.

News & Analysis

Donald Robertson, Creative 'Wacky Warrior'

The illustrator, roving creative director and prolific Instagrammer says real success arrived when he stopped listening to focus groups.


Creative Class

Hans Feurer: ‘Behind Fashion There Is Always a Dream’

“I love women. I have a lot of respect for women and find them more interesting than men. The person I am drawn to is intelligent, strong and beautiful. Women are the main reason I became a fashion photographer,” says Hans Feurer.

Creative Class

Hans Feurer: ‘Behind Fashion There Is Always a Dream’

“I love women. I have a lot of respect for women and find them more interesting than men. The person I am drawn to is intelligent, strong and beautiful. Women are the main reason I became a fashion photographer,” says Hans Feurer.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | It's Time to Address Fashion's Race Problem

The fashion industry is still plagued by a troubling lack of diversity and racial sensitivity and too little is being done about it, says Jason Campbell.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | It's Time to Address Fashion's Race Problem

The fashion industry is still plagued by a troubling lack of diversity and racial sensitivity and too little is being done about it, says Jason Campbell.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Racial Diversity on the Runway

It's time for the global fashion industry to stop turning a blind eye to the lack of racial diversity on the runways, says op-ed contributor Demi Sinclair.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Racial Diversity on the Runway

It's time for the global fashion industry to stop turning a blind eye to the lack of racial diversity on the runways, says op-ed contributor Demi Sinclair.


Technology

The Ford channel

In what may be one of the most innovative manifestations of Fashion 2.0 we've seen, Ford Models has brought fashion modeling to the YouTube

Technology

The Ford channel

In what may be one of the most innovative manifestations of Fashion 2.0 we've seen, Ford Models has brought fashion modeling to the YouTube


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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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