Joan Smalls
Model
The Puerto Rican Victoria’s Secret model has appeared in countless campaigns and magazines and was the first Latina face of Estée Lauder.


Weaponised Glamour at Bottega Veneta
When Joan Smalls sashayed down the runway in a column of moonlight, you wondered if Tomas Maier isn’t just too damn grown-up for this crazy world of fashion.

Weaponised Glamour at Bottega Veneta
When Joan Smalls sashayed down the runway in a column of moonlight, you wondered if Tomas Maier isn’t just too damn grown-up for this crazy world of fashion.

Brandon Maxwell Wants to Break Free
The designer cuts a clean line, but several of his looks were still too close to costume.

Brandon Maxwell Wants to Break Free
The designer cuts a clean line, but several of his looks were still too close to costume.

#TommyNow Takes Venice Beach
The second installment of Tommy Hilfiger’s runway extravaganza boasted flame throwers, star-spangled fashion, and Gigi, too, catapulting the designer’s buy-now-wear-now show concept into a whole new stratosphere. But could he really top last year?

#TommyNow Takes Venice Beach
The second installment of Tommy Hilfiger’s runway extravaganza boasted flame throwers, star-spangled fashion, and Gigi, too, catapulting the designer’s buy-now-wear-now show concept into a whole new stratosphere. But could he really top last year?

Dsquared2 Goes Off-World
Having men and women share the DSquared2 catwalk for the first time meant that the Catens were able to exhibit the full cinematic scope of their skills. The results were often striking — elegance and utility bordering on surreal.

Dsquared2 Goes Off-World
Having men and women share the DSquared2 catwalk for the first time meant that the Catens were able to exhibit the full cinematic scope of their skills. The results were often striking — elegance and utility bordering on surreal.

The Best of BoF 2016 | Top 10 Videos
From rare in-depth interviews with industry icons Yohji Yamomto and John Galliano, to talks with pop-culture figures will.i.am and Joan Smalls, in 2016 BoF captured the people shaping the global fashion industry on film.

The Best of BoF 2016 | Top 10 Videos
From rare in-depth interviews with industry icons Yohji Yamomto and John Galliano, to talks with pop-culture figures will.i.am and Joan Smalls, in 2016 BoF captured the people shaping the global fashion industry on film.

Joan Smalls and Hari Nef on Discrimination in Fashion
Models Joan Smalls and Hari Nef shared their first-hand experience of the industry's issues with diversity and inclusivity.

Joan Smalls and Hari Nef on Discrimination in Fashion
Models Joan Smalls and Hari Nef shared their first-hand experience of the industry's issues with diversity and inclusivity.

Inside VOICES, BoF’s First Gathering for Big Thinkers
From terrorism to disruptive technology, fashion’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs and educators gathered to discuss the threats and opportunities facing the $2.4 trillion industry.

Inside VOICES, BoF’s First Gathering for Big Thinkers
From terrorism to disruptive technology, fashion’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs and educators gathered to discuss the threats and opportunities facing the $2.4 trillion industry.

The Fashion Awards Goes Global
The British Fashion Council revamped its annual awards show, aiming for a high-wattage, global-scale ‘mix of the Academy Awards and the Met Ball.’

The Fashion Awards Goes Global
The British Fashion Council revamped its annual awards show, aiming for a high-wattage, global-scale ‘mix of the Academy Awards and the Met Ball.’

James Scully on Fashion's Bullying, Cruelty and Discrimination of Models
Casting director James Scully was given a standing ovation at VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers, following his plea to end the fashion industry's "cruel and sadistic" abuse of models.

James Scully on Fashion's Bullying, Cruelty and Discrimination of Models
Casting director James Scully was given a standing ovation at VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers, following his plea to end the fashion industry's "cruel and sadistic" abuse of models.

Models Face Bullying, Cruelty and Racial Discrimination at Castings
Casting director James Scully and others lifted the lid on a system that hires girls when they are little more than children and then disposes of them when they hit puberty in a power game where models are pawns.

Models Face Bullying, Cruelty and Racial Discrimination at Castings
Casting director James Scully and others lifted the lid on a system that hires girls when they are little more than children and then disposes of them when they hit puberty in a power game where models are pawns.
What is The BoF 500?
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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