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Isamaya Ffrench

Makeup Artist

From humble beginnings as a face painter, the young makeup artist now has done editorials for W Magazine, British Vogue and Love Magazine.

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Luxury

Who Should Be Gucci’s New CEO?

Following this week’s announcement that longtime Gucci chief Marco Bizzarri will exit the company in September, Imran Amed shares his top picks for one of the top jobs in the global luxury industry.

Luxury

Who Should Be Gucci’s New CEO?

Following this week’s announcement that longtime Gucci chief Marco Bizzarri will exit the company in September, Imran Amed shares his top picks for one of the top jobs in the global luxury industry.


Beauty

What’s Selling in Beauty Right Now

Early in the pandemic, consumers stocked up on fancy face masks, relaxation lotions and luxury vibrators. What are they buying now?

Beauty

What’s Selling in Beauty Right Now

Early in the pandemic, consumers stocked up on fancy face masks, relaxation lotions and luxury vibrators. What are they buying now?


News & Analysis

How I Became... Burberry's Global Beauty Director

From competitive athlete to dance performer, face painter to professional makeup artist, Isamaya Ffrench has worked for the likes of Tom Ford Beauty, YSL Beauty, Vogue and Love magazines, as well as launching Dazed Beauty.

News & Analysis

How I Became... Burberry's Global Beauty Director

From competitive athlete to dance performer, face painter to professional makeup artist, Isamaya Ffrench has worked for the likes of Tom Ford Beauty, YSL Beauty, Vogue and Love magazines, as well as launching Dazed Beauty.


Retail

When Will Fashion Recover?

For the moment nobody knows when or how the Covid-19 crisis will end, but five key variables will drive the contours of the fashion industry’s recovery.

Retail

When Will Fashion Recover?

For the moment nobody knows when or how the Covid-19 crisis will end, but five key variables will drive the contours of the fashion industry’s recovery.


Beauty

How Successful Beauty Founders Are Managing the Crisis

BoF spoke to five experienced entrepreneurs about how they steered their businesses through times of adversity — and how they are managing now in the face of Covid-19.

Beauty

How Successful Beauty Founders Are Managing the Crisis

BoF spoke to five experienced entrepreneurs about how they steered their businesses through times of adversity — and how they are managing now in the face of Covid-19.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Ferragamo Names Executive Deputy Chairman, Louis Vuitton Appoints Director of Women’s Fashion Leather Goods

This week, Michele Norsa returns to Ferragamo as executive deputy board chairman after exiting in 2016, while Louis Vuitton hires former Mulberry designer Johnny Coca to lead its women’s leather goods division.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Ferragamo Names Executive Deputy Chairman, Louis Vuitton Appoints Director of Women’s Fashion Leather Goods

This week, Michele Norsa returns to Ferragamo as executive deputy board chairman after exiting in 2016, while Louis Vuitton hires former Mulberry designer Johnny Coca to lead its women’s leather goods division.


Beauty

The BoF Podcast: Makeup Artist Isamaya Ffrench on How to Define Beauty

The makeup artist behind Rihanna's thin-eyebrowed British Vogue cover speaks to Tim Blanks about the curation of identity through makeup, and the rapidly changing face of beauty.

Beauty

The BoF Podcast: Makeup Artist Isamaya Ffrench on How to Define Beauty

The makeup artist behind Rihanna's thin-eyebrowed British Vogue cover speaks to Tim Blanks about the curation of identity through makeup, and the rapidly changing face of beauty.


News & Analysis

Dazed Makes a Play for Beauty

The youth media brand is launching Dazed Beauty in a bid to tap a fast-growing beauty market powered by millennial consumers, selfie culture, YouTube influencers and new direct-to-consumer brands.

News & Analysis

Dazed Makes a Play for Beauty

The youth media brand is launching Dazed Beauty in a bid to tap a fast-growing beauty market powered by millennial consumers, selfie culture, YouTube influencers and new direct-to-consumer brands.


Fashion Week

London's Next-Gen Brands Have Arrived

A flock of young labels is feeding the city's hunger for innovative, boundary-pushing talent.

Fashion Week

London's Next-Gen Brands Have Arrived

A flock of young labels is feeding the city's hunger for innovative, boundary-pushing talent.


Media

Meet Fashion's First Computer-Generated Influencer

@lilmiquela wears Chanel, Prada and Supreme, works with fashion magazines and advocates for social change. Does it matter that she is a virtual avatar?

Media

Meet Fashion's First Computer-Generated Influencer

@lilmiquela wears Chanel, Prada and Supreme, works with fashion magazines and advocates for social change. Does it matter that she is a virtual avatar?


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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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