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Beauty

Checking In on Instagram’s Threads

Usage is creeping back up, but many of the biggest beauty and fashion brands and influencers are still taking a wait-and-see approach to the platform.

Beauty

Checking In on Instagram’s Threads

Usage is creeping back up, but many of the biggest beauty and fashion brands and influencers are still taking a wait-and-see approach to the platform.


Fashion Week

Does Fashion Need a New LA Fashion Week?

One of the creative masterminds behind Fenty is part of a group of new owners aiming to reboot LA Fashion Week with new formats and ties to entertainment, beauty and wellness.

Fashion Week

Does Fashion Need a New LA Fashion Week?

One of the creative masterminds behind Fenty is part of a group of new owners aiming to reboot LA Fashion Week with new formats and ties to entertainment, beauty and wellness.


Beauty

How to Decode Gen-Z’s Evolving Relationship With Beauty

The State of Fashion: Beauty explores why outsized influence of today’s teens and twentysomethings over consumer industries mean beauty brands face a fast-changing challenge to adapt their businesses — from marketing to pricing strategies — to remain attractive to this hugely discerning cohort.

Beauty

How to Decode Gen-Z’s Evolving Relationship With Beauty

The State of Fashion: Beauty explores why outsized influence of today’s teens and twentysomethings over consumer industries mean beauty brands face a fast-changing challenge to adapt their businesses — from marketing to pricing strategies — to remain attractive to this hugely discerning cohort.


Beauty

Beauty at the Met Gala: Smoky Eyes, Red Lipstick and Not Much Else

Beauty will always be on the sidelines at fashion’s “Super Bowl,” but this year all of the beautiful people just looked beautiful.

Beauty

Beauty at the Met Gala: Smoky Eyes, Red Lipstick and Not Much Else

Beauty will always be on the sidelines at fashion’s “Super Bowl,” but this year all of the beautiful people just looked beautiful.


Beauty

What Beauty Can Learn From Booze

From the way spirits are marketed to the success of celebrity-founded lines, alcohol offers a roadmap for standing out in a crowded market.

Beauty

What Beauty Can Learn From Booze

From the way spirits are marketed to the success of celebrity-founded lines, alcohol offers a roadmap for standing out in a crowded market.


Sports

Can Puma Strike Gold Twice With Rihanna?

The first Fenty x Puma tie-up wrote the textbook for successful celebrity-brand collaborations. The pair will have to work harder to get the same reception in a market that’s now saturated with sneaker launches, and where elegance is elbowing out streetwear on the runway.

Sports

Can Puma Strike Gold Twice With Rihanna?

The first Fenty x Puma tie-up wrote the textbook for successful celebrity-brand collaborations. The pair will have to work harder to get the same reception in a market that’s now saturated with sneaker launches, and where elegance is elbowing out streetwear on the runway.


Marketing

How the Lingerie Show Became Just Another Fashion Show

A new generation of brands, including Adore Me and Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty, are experimenting with the concept, but creating an extravaganza on the level of Victoria's Secrets' shows may be permanently out of reach.

Marketing

How the Lingerie Show Became Just Another Fashion Show

A new generation of brands, including Adore Me and Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty, are experimenting with the concept, but creating an extravaganza on the level of Victoria's Secrets' shows may be permanently out of reach.


Sports

Salomon’s Super Bowl Surprise

Rihanna wore Salomon’s “Cross Low” sneakers as part of her all-red ensemble during the halftime performance, marking the culmination of the brand’s recent rise in fashion.

Sports

Salomon’s Super Bowl Surprise

Rihanna wore Salomon’s “Cross Low” sneakers as part of her all-red ensemble during the halftime performance, marking the culmination of the brand’s recent rise in fashion.


Retail

Why Celebrities Are Buying Their Brands Back

Jessica Simpson, Sean Combs and other early-aughts superstars turned moguls are itching for a comeback. But much has changed about the celebrity fashion business.

Retail

Why Celebrities Are Buying Their Brands Back

Jessica Simpson, Sean Combs and other early-aughts superstars turned moguls are itching for a comeback. But much has changed about the celebrity fashion business.


Luxury

Meet the Creative Agency Behind Those Viral Dazed Covers

New School, a new agency out of London reps a fast-rising group of tight-knit creatives, including the teams behind last fall’s Dazed covers featuring Rihanna and Harry Styles, campaigns for Apple and Klarna, and shows for Chopova Lowena and Thebe Magugu.

Luxury

Meet the Creative Agency Behind Those Viral Dazed Covers

New School, a new agency out of London reps a fast-rising group of tight-knit creatives, including the teams behind last fall’s Dazed covers featuring Rihanna and Harry Styles, campaigns for Apple and Klarna, and shows for Chopova Lowena and Thebe Magugu.


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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