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Beauty

Is Mascara Losing Its Relevance?

Buzzy brands like Fenty Beauty, Kylie Cosmetics and Anastasia Beverly Hills don’t sell mascara — a sign it may be losing ground as a beauty staple.

Beauty

Is Mascara Losing Its Relevance?

Buzzy brands like Fenty Beauty, Kylie Cosmetics and Anastasia Beverly Hills don’t sell mascara — a sign it may be losing ground as a beauty staple.


Beauty

Are Influencers Threatening Designer Beauty Lines? Not So Fast.

Beauty’s symbiotic relationship with fashion, often sealed in lucrative licensing deals, is under pressure from popular indie brands and influencer-affiliated beauty lines, but the model is far from dead.

Beauty

Are Influencers Threatening Designer Beauty Lines? Not So Fast.

Beauty’s symbiotic relationship with fashion, often sealed in lucrative licensing deals, is under pressure from popular indie brands and influencer-affiliated beauty lines, but the model is far from dead.


Luxury

LVMH's Next Generation Seeks Change

The multipronged group has shaken up its ranks of managers and designers, rolled out new e-commerce platforms and become a patron of the French technology scene.

Luxury

LVMH's Next Generation Seeks Change

The multipronged group has shaken up its ranks of managers and designers, rolled out new e-commerce platforms and become a patron of the French technology scene.


News & Analysis

The Boys of Jacquemus

Ahead of the French designer’s anticipated first men’s show, Simon Porte Jacquemus speaks to BoF about the strategy for his menswear line.

News & Analysis

The Boys of Jacquemus

Ahead of the French designer’s anticipated first men’s show, Simon Porte Jacquemus speaks to BoF about the strategy for his menswear line.


Luxury

Manolo Blahnik Bets on Men’s Shoes

The footwear designer is opening his first men’s boutique in London’s Burlington Arcade and aims to make men’s shoes 20 percent of the business.

Luxury

Manolo Blahnik Bets on Men’s Shoes

The footwear designer is opening his first men’s boutique in London’s Burlington Arcade and aims to make men’s shoes 20 percent of the business.


News & Analysis

Fashion Got Woke. But at What Cost?

Apparel brands increasingly inject activism into their marketing campaigns, in a high-risk, high-reward strategy.

News & Analysis

Fashion Got Woke. But at What Cost?

Apparel brands increasingly inject activism into their marketing campaigns, in a high-risk, high-reward strategy.


Beauty

Sephora Takes on Beautycon With Its Own Event

The LVMH-owned retailer is setting up a temporary space for attendees to interact with brands in a funhouse atmosphere, which it hopes will spark a social media bonanza.

Beauty

Sephora Takes on Beautycon With Its Own Event

The LVMH-owned retailer is setting up a temporary space for attendees to interact with brands in a funhouse atmosphere, which it hopes will spark a social media bonanza.


Beauty

Sephora vs Ulta: The Battle of Beauty’s Retail Giants

As high-end Sephora expands its budget offering and low-end Ulta boosts its prestige presence, the world’s two biggest beauty retailers are set for a clash.

Beauty

Sephora vs Ulta: The Battle of Beauty’s Retail Giants

As high-end Sephora expands its budget offering and low-end Ulta boosts its prestige presence, the world’s two biggest beauty retailers are set for a clash.


Beauty

Inside L'Oréal's Cannes Strategy

With foot traffic sliding in drugstores and eyeballs shifting from televisions to mobile screens, L’Oréal pulled out all the stops at the world’s most watched film festival.

Beauty

Inside L'Oréal's Cannes Strategy

With foot traffic sliding in drugstores and eyeballs shifting from televisions to mobile screens, L’Oréal pulled out all the stops at the world’s most watched film festival.


News & Analysis

Tim Walker and Molly Goddard Launch Book Collaboration

“Patty” spans Goddard’s archive of work, dating back to her debut 2012 collection.

News & Analysis

Tim Walker and Molly Goddard Launch Book Collaboration

“Patty” spans Goddard’s archive of work, dating back to her debut 2012 collection.


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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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