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Stavros Karelis

Founder & Buying Director, Machine-A

His concept store was one of the first to showcase emerging designers alongside established brands on the shop floor.

Stavros Karelis
Luxury

Peter Do’s Modern Female Sensibility

This month, our Spotlight shines on the Phoebe Philo protégé whose womenswear line won over top stockists with its modern staples and youthful tailoring.

Luxury

Peter Do’s Modern Female Sensibility

This month, our Spotlight shines on the Phoebe Philo protégé whose womenswear line won over top stockists with its modern staples and youthful tailoring.


News & Analysis

Alice Potts Turns Bodily Fluids Into Fashion

The designer, known for adorning garments with crystals made from sweat, is beginning her one-year Onassis Foundation residency with an exhibition that is part of the Biennale Athens.

News & Analysis

Alice Potts Turns Bodily Fluids Into Fashion

The designer, known for adorning garments with crystals made from sweat, is beginning her one-year Onassis Foundation residency with an exhibition that is part of the Biennale Athens.


Fashion Week

Richard Quinn’s Royal Flush

Support from Queen Elizabeth II gave the fledgling British label a big boost. Richard Quinn talks numbers and next moves.

Fashion Week

Richard Quinn’s Royal Flush

Support from Queen Elizabeth II gave the fledgling British label a big boost. Richard Quinn talks numbers and next moves.


News & Analysis

Virgil Abloh, Naomi Campbell and Nick Knight Collaborate on CIFF Project

Curated by Machine-A founder Stavros Karelis and Sami Janjer, the project titled ‘Enlightenment’ aims to raise awareness for the Little Sun Foundation.

News & Analysis

Virgil Abloh, Naomi Campbell and Nick Knight Collaborate on CIFF Project

Curated by Machine-A founder Stavros Karelis and Sami Janjer, the project titled ‘Enlightenment’ aims to raise awareness for the Little Sun Foundation.


News & Analysis

Street Style Photographer Nabile Quenum Has Died

The popular French photographer, known by his blog’s name, J’ai Perdu Ma Veste, was a frequent contributor to New York magazine, Vogue and GQ.

News & Analysis

Street Style Photographer Nabile Quenum Has Died

The popular French photographer, known by his blog’s name, J’ai Perdu Ma Veste, was a frequent contributor to New York magazine, Vogue and GQ.


News & Analysis

How Fashion Learned to Love McDonald’s, Ikea and DHL

More and more designers are elevating the ordinary emblems of mass consumerism to extraordinary heights — or at least pasting them onto t-shirts.

News & Analysis

How Fashion Learned to Love McDonald’s, Ikea and DHL

More and more designers are elevating the ordinary emblems of mass consumerism to extraordinary heights — or at least pasting them onto t-shirts.


China

Meet the Shanghai Eight

As Shanghai Fashion Week draws to a close, the city cements its position as the springboard for progressive Chinese design. BoF highlights eight of its most promising designers.

China

Meet the Shanghai Eight

As Shanghai Fashion Week draws to a close, the city cements its position as the springboard for progressive Chinese design. BoF highlights eight of its most promising designers.


News & Analysis

10 Boutiques Winning with Gen-Z

A handful of boutiques have pioneered the luxury market of tomorrow, forging strong connections with young fashion consumers.

News & Analysis

10 Boutiques Winning with Gen-Z

A handful of boutiques have pioneered the luxury market of tomorrow, forging strong connections with young fashion consumers.


News & Analysis

In the Aesthetic Blender

Whereas we were once required to make strong commitments to semiotic tribes, we now live in a ‘Supermarket of Style’ where young people cut-and-paste stylistic identity at will.

News & Analysis

In the Aesthetic Blender

Whereas we were once required to make strong commitments to semiotic tribes, we now live in a ‘Supermarket of Style’ where young people cut-and-paste stylistic identity at will.


News & Analysis

#BoF500 — The New Class: Retailers

The best retailers curate and dramatise fashion collections to excite consumers to buy.

News & Analysis

#BoF500 — The New Class: Retailers

The best retailers curate and dramatise fashion collections to excite consumers to buy.


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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