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Phillip Lim

Designer, 3.1 Phillip Lim

The Chinese-American designer hits a market sweet spot by offering beautifully made, well-designed clothing at a contemporary price point.

Phillip Lim
Global Markets

Thailand's Split Personality

How can a market embroiled in political turmoil, street clashes and extreme uncertainty keep the world's fashion brands smiling? Market GPS is sponsored by Marvin Traub Associates.

Global Markets

Thailand's Split Personality

How can a market embroiled in political turmoil, street clashes and extreme uncertainty keep the world's fashion brands smiling? Market GPS is sponsored by Marvin Traub Associates.


Global Markets

Japan’s Urban Research Expanding

Opening 50 to 60 new stores per year and driving sales growth above 20 percent, Urban Research, one of Japan's fastest growing fashion retailers, is tapping new opportunities. JapanConsuming reports.

Global Markets

Japan’s Urban Research Expanding

Opening 50 to 60 new stores per year and driving sales growth above 20 percent, Urban Research, one of Japan's fastest growing fashion retailers, is tapping new opportunities. JapanConsuming reports.


News & Analysis

Buscemi Rises on Shifting Sneaker Market

As the once humble sneaker continues its ascent from streetwear symbol to luxury icon, the BoF Spotlight shines on fast-rising, Los Angeles-based luxury sneaker and leather goods brand Buscemi.

News & Analysis

Buscemi Rises on Shifting Sneaker Market

As the once humble sneaker continues its ascent from streetwear symbol to luxury icon, the BoF Spotlight shines on fast-rising, Los Angeles-based luxury sneaker and leather goods brand Buscemi.


News & Analysis

Week in Review | Jean-Marc Loubier, Malaysia, Fast Fashion in Brazil, Kane and Anderson, LN-CC, 6397, Uniqlo

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


News & Analysis

Dialling Up Fast-Rising Label 6397

With experience launching young designers like Alexander Wang and Phillip Lim from her New York showroom, Stella Ishii has teamed up with Lasse Karlson, co-founder of Cheap Monday, to launch 6397, a fast-rising label focused on tomboyish essentials. BoF reports.

News & Analysis

Dialling Up Fast-Rising Label 6397

With experience launching young designers like Alexander Wang and Phillip Lim from her New York showroom, Stella Ishii has teamed up with Lasse Karlson, co-founder of Cheap Monday, to launch 6397, a fast-rising label focused on tomboyish essentials. BoF reports.


Fashion Week

At Phillip Lim, Opposites Attract

Phillip Lim deftly balanced sun and shadow, yin and yang, for an original Autumn/Winter 2014 collection, says Jessica Michault.

Fashion Week

At Phillip Lim, Opposites Attract

Phillip Lim deftly balanced sun and shadow, yin and yang, for an original Autumn/Winter 2014 collection, says Jessica Michault.


News & Analysis

Plans for New York Men’s Fashion Week Stalled

In a fast-growing men’s fashion market, plans to mount a New York Men’s Fashion Week, once expected to debut this July, appear to have stalled. BoF reports.

News & Analysis

Plans for New York Men’s Fashion Week Stalled

In a fast-growing men’s fashion market, plans to mount a New York Men’s Fashion Week, once expected to debut this July, appear to have stalled. BoF reports.


Fashion Week

Paris, Fashion’s Global Melting Pot

Thirty-five of the fifty designers showing this week in Paris have made the trek from foreign countries to present their work at a menswear showcase with an incredible mix of cultures and labels. BoF reports.

Fashion Week

Paris, Fashion’s Global Melting Pot

Thirty-five of the fifty designers showing this week in Paris have made the trek from foreign countries to present their work at a menswear showcase with an incredible mix of cultures and labels. BoF reports.


News & Analysis

The Fall of the House of Juicy

No brand before or after it captured the zeitgeist quite like Juicy Couture. So why did the brand, a business with almost $500 million in annual revenue, sell this autumn in a $195 million cash deal to a licensing group better known for working with brands like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley?

News & Analysis

The Fall of the House of Juicy

No brand before or after it captured the zeitgeist quite like Juicy Couture. So why did the brand, a business with almost $500 million in annual revenue, sell this autumn in a $195 million cash deal to a licensing group better known for working with brands like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley?


China

The Business of Blogging | Hypebeast

Next up in our on-going series on influential bloggers and the businesses they have built, BoF speaks to Kevin Ma of Hypebeast.

China

The Business of Blogging | Hypebeast

Next up in our on-going series on influential bloggers and the businesses they have built, BoF speaks to Kevin Ma of Hypebeast.


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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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