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Natalie Massenet

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Imaginary Ventures

She started one of the first luxury fashion e-tailers in the world and has now co-founded a venture capital firm.

Natalie Massenet
Fashion Week

Autumn/Winter 2014 | The Season That Was

BoF founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed looks back at the Autumn/Winter 2014 season.

Fashion Week

Autumn/Winter 2014 | The Season That Was

BoF founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed looks back at the Autumn/Winter 2014 season.


News & Analysis

Week in Review | Porter, Cathy Horyn, Male Supermodels, NY Men's Fashion Week, New Couture, Illustration

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


News & Analysis

Full Video: Inside Net-a-Porter’s Strategy for ‘Porter’ Magazine

In an exclusive, in-depth video interview with BoF’s Imran Amed, Natalie Massenet, Lucy Yeomans and Tess Macleod Smith discuss the thinking behind Net-a-Porter’s new print magazine, Porter.

News & Analysis

Full Video: Inside Net-a-Porter’s Strategy for ‘Porter’ Magazine

In an exclusive, in-depth video interview with BoF’s Imran Amed, Natalie Massenet, Lucy Yeomans and Tess Macleod Smith discuss the thinking behind Net-a-Porter’s new print magazine, Porter.


News & Analysis

Exclusive Video: Inside Net-a-Porter’s Strategy for ‘Porter’ Magazine

Today, in an exclusive in-depth video interview with BoF’s Imran Amed, Natalie Massenet, Lucy Yeomans and Tess Macleod Smith discuss the thinking behind Net-a-Porter’s new print magazine, Porter.

News & Analysis

Exclusive Video: Inside Net-a-Porter’s Strategy for ‘Porter’ Magazine

Today, in an exclusive in-depth video interview with BoF’s Imran Amed, Natalie Massenet, Lucy Yeomans and Tess Macleod Smith discuss the thinking behind Net-a-Porter’s new print magazine, Porter.


News & Analysis

Inside the Designer Bridal Boom

From Sophia Kokosalaki and Oscar de la Renta to Net-a-Porter and Browns, a wide range of ready-to-wear designers and luxury fashion retailers are capitalising on the rise and rise of designer bridalwear.

News & Analysis

Inside the Designer Bridal Boom

From Sophia Kokosalaki and Oscar de la Renta to Net-a-Porter and Browns, a wide range of ready-to-wear designers and luxury fashion retailers are capitalising on the rise and rise of designer bridalwear.


News & Analysis

Richemont Could Spin Off Net-a-Porter After Quashing Sale Talk

PARIS, France — Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, which yesterday ruled out selling Net-a-Porter, may spin off the online fashion retailer on the stock

News & Analysis

Richemont Could Spin Off Net-a-Porter After Quashing Sale Talk

PARIS, France — Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, which yesterday ruled out selling Net-a-Porter, may spin off the online fashion retailer on the stock


Fashion Week

London Fashion Week Opens Doors to Public to Boost Business

LONDON, United Kingdom — The crowds at London Fashion Week are usually packed with magazine editors, department store buyers and celebrities but this

Fashion Week

London Fashion Week Opens Doors to Public to Boost Business

LONDON, United Kingdom — The crowds at London Fashion Week are usually packed with magazine editors, department store buyers and celebrities but this


Fashion Week

London Fashion Week Kicks Off With Digital Drive

LONDON, United Kingdom — The fashion universe has always been a bit of a self-contained bubble to outsiders. Those too-tall models in acres of silk?

Fashion Week

London Fashion Week Kicks Off With Digital Drive

LONDON, United Kingdom — The fashion universe has always been a bit of a self-contained bubble to outsiders. Those too-tall models in acres of silk?


News & Analysis

Turning Point | Esteban Cortazar, Comeback Kid

Before the debut of his second capsule collection with Net-a-Porter, set to launch on July 17th, designer Esteban Cortazar spoke to BoF about why leaving Ungaro was the best decision of his life, his new business model, and why slow and steady wins the race.

News & Analysis

Turning Point | Esteban Cortazar, Comeback Kid

Before the debut of his second capsule collection with Net-a-Porter, set to launch on July 17th, designer Esteban Cortazar spoke to BoF about why leaving Ungaro was the best decision of his life, his new business model, and why slow and steady wins the race.


Technology

Amidst a Profusion of Fashion E-Commerce Models, What’s Working?

In recent years, we’ve seen a veritable renaissance in online fashion retail, with venture money pouring into fashion e-commerce companies with a wide range of models. In the first of a series of articles on the current state of fashion e-commerce, sponsored by e-commerce software and platform solutions company Magento, BoF examines some of the models getting the most traction.

Technology

Amidst a Profusion of Fashion E-Commerce Models, What’s Working?

In recent years, we’ve seen a veritable renaissance in online fashion retail, with venture money pouring into fashion e-commerce companies with a wide range of models. In the first of a series of articles on the current state of fashion e-commerce, sponsored by e-commerce software and platform solutions company Magento, BoF examines some of the models getting the most traction.


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