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Suzy Menkes

Former International Vogue Editor, Condé Nast International

The International Vogue Editor has reported from the front lines of runway shows for decades with her accurate and fair assessments.

Suzy Menkes
China

Making Sense of China’s ‘Consumption Upgrade’

Chinese consumers are upgrading their consumption habits, Canada Goose postponed its Beijing debut amid the fallout from Huawei, and a farmer's DIY couture is going viral. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.

China

Making Sense of China’s ‘Consumption Upgrade’

Chinese consumers are upgrading their consumption habits, Canada Goose postponed its Beijing debut amid the fallout from Huawei, and a farmer's DIY couture is going viral. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.


News & Analysis

Polimoda Launches Double Masters, Designed to Train the 'New Fashion Professional'

Reflecting industry demands for a workforce with fluid skills across commerce and creativity, the Florentine fashion school is hybridising its educational offerings to enable students to innovate in the market.

News & Analysis

Polimoda Launches Double Masters, Designed to Train the 'New Fashion Professional'

Reflecting industry demands for a workforce with fluid skills across commerce and creativity, the Florentine fashion school is hybridising its educational offerings to enable students to innovate in the market.


Luxury

Alber Elbaz on the State of the Fashion System

The superstar designer talked fixing the fashion system and reimagining his future at BoF's VOICES.

Luxury

Alber Elbaz on the State of the Fashion System

The superstar designer talked fixing the fashion system and reimagining his future at BoF's VOICES.


News & Analysis

Marc Jacobs Re-Issues Famous ‘Grunge’ Collection

The polarising, era-defining line, designed in 1992 for Perry Ellis, has been reproduced 26 years later.

News & Analysis

Marc Jacobs Re-Issues Famous ‘Grunge’ Collection

The polarising, era-defining line, designed in 1992 for Perry Ellis, has been reproduced 26 years later.


Fashion Week

Marc Jacobs’ Fantasy Land

Collections like these can be a challenge for those trying to commercialise his ideas. But at least he’s still dreaming.

Fashion Week

Marc Jacobs’ Fantasy Land

Collections like these can be a challenge for those trying to commercialise his ideas. But at least he’s still dreaming.


News & Analysis

Fashion Editors or Influencers? Sometimes It’s Hard to Tell.

Magazine editors have blanched at the rise of digital influencers, but many have grown their own social media presence from hobby to side hustle.

News & Analysis

Fashion Editors or Influencers? Sometimes It’s Hard to Tell.

Magazine editors have blanched at the rise of digital influencers, but many have grown their own social media presence from hobby to side hustle.


News & Analysis

Tomes of the Times: Holiday Reading 2017

BoF’s Colin McDowell shares his essential holiday reading list, from 'Schiaparelli and the Artists' to new retrospectives on Calvin Klein and Yves Saint Laurent.

News & Analysis

Tomes of the Times: Holiday Reading 2017

BoF’s Colin McDowell shares his essential holiday reading list, from 'Schiaparelli and the Artists' to new retrospectives on Calvin Klein and Yves Saint Laurent.


Fashion Week

Chris Moore on 60 Years of Photographing the Catwalk

‘The bishop’ of catwalk images speaks to BoF about Catwalking.com and his six decades in the photographers’ pit at the end of the runway.

Fashion Week

Chris Moore on 60 Years of Photographing the Catwalk

‘The bishop’ of catwalk images speaks to BoF about Catwalking.com and his six decades in the photographers’ pit at the end of the runway.


News & Analysis

Fashion's Toon Town

From Karl Lagerfeld to Anna Wintour, why is the fashion industry’s elite so dedicated to uniform dressing? BoF's newest columnist, ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, has the answer.

News & Analysis

Fashion's Toon Town

From Karl Lagerfeld to Anna Wintour, why is the fashion industry’s elite so dedicated to uniform dressing? BoF's newest columnist, ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman, has the answer.


News & Analysis

American Vogue Gets Into the Conference Game

Speakers at the day-long event, which will take place on October 12 in New York, will include designers John Galliano, Marc Jacobs and Virgil Abloh.

News & Analysis

American Vogue Gets Into the Conference Game

Speakers at the day-long event, which will take place on October 12 in New York, will include designers John Galliano, Marc Jacobs and Virgil Abloh.


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