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Maria Grazia Chiuri

Chief Creative Officer, Fendi

The first woman to be appointed to lead the ateliers and design teams of the famed house of Christian Dior has over 25 years experience in the industry, including a successful eight-year tenure as co-creative director of Valentino.

Maria Grazia Chiuri
Retail

Has Private Equity Learned Its Lesson on Fashion Investments?

Current market reports indicate that private equity firm Permira Advisers is aiming to sell its majority stake in Hugo Boss and re-opening talks to invest in Roberto Cavalli. What lessons can private equity firms learn from the company’s last major fashion investment?

Retail

Has Private Equity Learned Its Lesson on Fashion Investments?

Current market reports indicate that private equity firm Permira Advisers is aiming to sell its majority stake in Hugo Boss and re-opening talks to invest in Roberto Cavalli. What lessons can private equity firms learn from the company’s last major fashion investment?


News & Analysis

Can Couture be Modern?

Despite its traditional codes, rituals and gender divisions, couture is modernising. But is modernisation at odds with its role as a creative laboratory for dreams?

News & Analysis

Can Couture be Modern?

Despite its traditional codes, rituals and gender divisions, couture is modernising. But is modernisation at odds with its role as a creative laboratory for dreams?


News & Analysis

Mr Ralph Lauren and the Ultimate Changing of the Guard

In our next instalment of Cover Stories, we explore the legacy of Mr Ralph Lauren — head of America’s first fashion family and the cover star of Port magazine’s Summer 2014 issue — and the inevitable question that every founder-led company faces: how to plan for succession, that ultimate changing of the guard?

News & Analysis

Mr Ralph Lauren and the Ultimate Changing of the Guard

In our next instalment of Cover Stories, we explore the legacy of Mr Ralph Lauren — head of America’s first fashion family and the cover star of Port magazine’s Summer 2014 issue — and the inevitable question that every founder-led company faces: how to plan for succession, that ultimate changing of the guard?


News & Analysis

Week in Review | Stefano Sassi, Sweaty Betty, Virginie Mouzat, 'Daigou' Agents

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.

News & Analysis

Week in Review | Stefano Sassi, Sweaty Betty, Virginie Mouzat, 'Daigou' Agents

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | This Week's Answers

Answers to our Pop Quiz, which covers Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | This Week's Answers

Answers to our Pop Quiz, which covers Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and more.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Gaultier, Valentino and Lagerfeld

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 Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Gaultier, Valentino and Lagerfeld

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 Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and more.


News & Analysis

Stefano Sassi on Valentino's Turnaround

BoF's Imran Amed sits down with Stefano Sassi, chief executive officer of Valentino, to discuss the brand's remarkable revitalisation and return to the forefront of fashion.

News & Analysis

Stefano Sassi on Valentino's Turnaround

BoF's Imran Amed sits down with Stefano Sassi, chief executive officer of Valentino, to discuss the brand's remarkable revitalisation and return to the forefront of fashion.


Fashion Week

Best in Show: Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Chanel

Straight from Paris, BoF brings you the top shows from Tuesday 4th March: Valentino, Alexander McQueen, and Chanel

Fashion Week

Best in Show: Valentino, Alexander McQueen, Chanel

Straight from Paris, BoF brings you the top shows from Tuesday 4th March: Valentino, Alexander McQueen, and Chanel


Fashion Week

Energy and Grace at Valentino

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli infused their romantic and prim vision of Valentino with energy in the form of geometric shapes and butterfly motifs, writes Jessica Michault for Nowfashion.com.

Fashion Week

Energy and Grace at Valentino

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli infused their romantic and prim vision of Valentino with energy in the form of geometric shapes and butterfly motifs, writes Jessica Michault for Nowfashion.com.


News & Analysis

Out of the Bag: The Rise of Accessory Designers

Why do the creative directors of leading luxury fashion brands like Gucci, Valentino and Marc by Marc Jacobs all have a background in accessories design?

News & Analysis

Out of the Bag: The Rise of Accessory Designers

Why do the creative directors of leading luxury fashion brands like Gucci, Valentino and Marc by Marc Jacobs all have a background in accessories design?


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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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