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The acclaimed American designer, now at his own billion-dollar label, is credited with injecting sex appeal into Gucci and YSL.

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News & Analysis

Fashion Must Defend Globalisation

Both Brexit and Trump are a clear and present danger to the highly globalised fashion industry.

News & Analysis

Fashion Must Defend Globalisation

Both Brexit and Trump are a clear and present danger to the highly globalised fashion industry.


Luxury

Fashion's Top 10 Newsmakers of 2016

BoF breaks down the people behind the biggest fashion stories of the year.

Luxury

Fashion's Top 10 Newsmakers of 2016

BoF breaks down the people behind the biggest fashion stories of the year.


News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia is BoF's Person of Year for 2016

This year, the Vetements and Balenciaga designer has distinguished himself as the person who had the most impact on the global fashion industry.

News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia is BoF's Person of Year for 2016

This year, the Vetements and Balenciaga designer has distinguished himself as the person who had the most impact on the global fashion industry.


Luxury

10 Forces That Shaped Fashion in 2016

BoF and McKinsey & Company's in-depth report, The State of Fashion 2017, examines the trends that shaped the global fashion industry in 2016, from pervasive uncertainty to the deepening of discount culture.

Luxury

10 Forces That Shaped Fashion in 2016

BoF and McKinsey & Company's in-depth report, The State of Fashion 2017, examines the trends that shaped the global fashion industry in 2016, from pervasive uncertainty to the deepening of discount culture.


News & Analysis

Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger: Lessons in Fashion Immediacy

What do Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger’s experiments in ‘see now, buy now’ tell us about how fashion immediacy might evolve in 2017?

News & Analysis

Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger: Lessons in Fashion Immediacy

What do Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger’s experiments in ‘see now, buy now’ tell us about how fashion immediacy might evolve in 2017?


News & Analysis

The Five Most Memorable Moments from the Fashion Awards

This year, the British Fashion Council took its awards ceremony global, making for several memorable moments with members of the fashion community from around the world.

News & Analysis

The Five Most Memorable Moments from the Fashion Awards

This year, the British Fashion Council took its awards ceremony global, making for several memorable moments with members of the fashion community from around the world.


News & Analysis

Mario Testino: ‘I See Fashion Photography as a Business’

Super-photographer Mario Testino discusses the marriage of art and commerce and the arc of his career seen through 10 iconic images.

News & Analysis

Mario Testino: ‘I See Fashion Photography as a Business’

Super-photographer Mario Testino discusses the marriage of art and commerce and the arc of his career seen through 10 iconic images.


Luxury

10 Trends That Will Define the Fashion Agenda in 2017

In the new year, new patterns will shape the global fashion industry, from a resurgent China to a ‘wellness dividend,’ reveals BoF and McKinsey & Company's in-depth report, The State of Fashion 2017.

Luxury

10 Trends That Will Define the Fashion Agenda in 2017

In the new year, new patterns will shape the global fashion industry, from a resurgent China to a ‘wellness dividend,’ reveals BoF and McKinsey & Company's in-depth report, The State of Fashion 2017.


Retail

Live Blog: Catch up on John Galliano, Amber Valletta, Ian Rogers, will.i.am and Joan Smalls

As the three-day event concludes, revisit our real-time reporting from VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers in Oxfordshire, in partnership with QIC Global Real Estate.

Retail

Live Blog: Catch up on John Galliano, Amber Valletta, Ian Rogers, will.i.am and Joan Smalls

As the three-day event concludes, revisit our real-time reporting from VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers in Oxfordshire, in partnership with QIC Global Real Estate.


News & Analysis

The $13 Billion Zipper Wars

Japan’s YKK Group and China’s SBS control more than half the world’s zipper supply. In this global fastening arms race, who will come out on top?

News & Analysis

The $13 Billion Zipper Wars

Japan’s YKK Group and China’s SBS control more than half the world’s zipper supply. In this global fastening arms race, who will come out on top?


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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