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Founder, Tom Ford

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

At Creative Helm of a Fashion Brand, Which Configuration Works Best?

From brand-makers to dual-role CEO-cum-creative directors, fashion brands are experimenting with a range of creative configurations.

News & Analysis

At Creative Helm of a Fashion Brand, Which Configuration Works Best?

From brand-makers to dual-role CEO-cum-creative directors, fashion brands are experimenting with a range of creative configurations.


Financial Markets

Alexander Wang Becomes CEO and Chairman of His Namesake Brand

Alexander Wang is the latest designer to take on a broader business role, becoming chief executive and chairman of his namesake brand.  

Financial Markets

Alexander Wang Becomes CEO and Chairman of His Namesake Brand

Alexander Wang is the latest designer to take on a broader business role, becoming chief executive and chairman of his namesake brand.  


Fashion Week

How Men Could Fall Off the Catwalk

Menswear shows, traditionally held months before the women hit the runways later in the year, are being slowly airbrushed from the fashion industry's calendar and folded into the women's events.

Fashion Week

How Men Could Fall Off the Catwalk

Menswear shows, traditionally held months before the women hit the runways later in the year, are being slowly airbrushed from the fashion industry's calendar and folded into the women's events.


News & Analysis

Is Gentrification a Threat to Fashion Capitals?

Waves of young creatives are abandoning New York and London for lower rents and a better quality of life in places like Berlin and Los Angeles. Should the fashion industry be worried?

News & Analysis

Is Gentrification a Threat to Fashion Capitals?

Waves of young creatives are abandoning New York and London for lower rents and a better quality of life in places like Berlin and Los Angeles. Should the fashion industry be worried?


News & Analysis

#Menswear is Dead. What's Next?

The meme-driven movement may have peaked, but it helped to birth the style-savvy male consumer on which the fashion industry is betting big as overall luxury growth slows.

News & Analysis

#Menswear is Dead. What's Next?

The meme-driven movement may have peaked, but it helped to birth the style-savvy male consumer on which the fashion industry is betting big as overall luxury growth slows.


News & Analysis

Top 6 Central Saint Martins BA Graduates of 2016

BoF spotlights the six most promising graduate designers of the year presenting their collections today at Central Saint Martins' BA runway show.

News & Analysis

Top 6 Central Saint Martins BA Graduates of 2016

BoF spotlights the six most promising graduate designers of the year presenting their collections today at Central Saint Martins' BA runway show.


Luxury

BoF Exclusive | Carlo Beretta on Operation ‘€2 Billion Bottega Veneta’

Bottega Veneta CEO Carlo Beretta tells BoF’s Imran Amed about his plans to reinvigorate the brand and drive €2 billion in annual revenue.

Luxury

BoF Exclusive | Carlo Beretta on Operation ‘€2 Billion Bottega Veneta’

Bottega Veneta CEO Carlo Beretta tells BoF’s Imran Amed about his plans to reinvigorate the brand and drive €2 billion in annual revenue.


Fashion Week

Slimmer Pickings at the Men's Shows

As more and more brands integrate their men's and women's fashion shows, what is the future of men's fashion weeks?

Fashion Week

Slimmer Pickings at the Men's Shows

As more and more brands integrate their men's and women's fashion shows, what is the future of men's fashion weeks?


News & Analysis

Do Men Need GQ Style?

GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and publisher/chief revenue officer Howard Mittman give BoF a first look at the revamped publication’s debut issue and its strategy.

News & Analysis

Do Men Need GQ Style?

GQ Style editor-in-chief Will Welch and publisher/chief revenue officer Howard Mittman give BoF a first look at the revamped publication’s debut issue and its strategy.


News & Analysis

Inside Tim Blanks' Box of '90s Polaroids

A Pandora's box of old Polaroids by Tim Blanks captures the peculiar charisma of the backstage congregation in the early 1990s.

News & Analysis

Inside Tim Blanks' Box of '90s Polaroids

A Pandora's box of old Polaroids by Tim Blanks captures the peculiar charisma of the backstage congregation in the early 1990s.


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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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