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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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Retail

Inside the Fitness Boutique That Sells $300 Yoga Pants

While there are some high-end online activewear shops, such as Carbon 38 and Net-a-Sporter, few have dared to venture into the world of boutiques.

Retail

Inside the Fitness Boutique That Sells $300 Yoga Pants

While there are some high-end online activewear shops, such as Carbon 38 and Net-a-Sporter, few have dared to venture into the world of boutiques.


Fashion Week

Why Stage Fashion Shows?

Increasingly faced with a choice, designers have been embracing — or rejecting — the changing role of fashion shows.

Fashion Week

Why Stage Fashion Shows?

Increasingly faced with a choice, designers have been embracing — or rejecting — the changing role of fashion shows.


Global Markets

LA Confidence: A Fashion Force Beyond Film

With a thriving art scene, retail momentum and a GDP of more than $825 billion, Los Angeles is a growing fashion force with impact beyond its Hollywood star power.

Global Markets

LA Confidence: A Fashion Force Beyond Film

With a thriving art scene, retail momentum and a GDP of more than $825 billion, Los Angeles is a growing fashion force with impact beyond its Hollywood star power.


Luxury

Reinventing Gucci

Marco Bizzarri, president and CEO of Gucci, speaks exclusively to Imran Amed about the reinvention of a superbrand.

Luxury

Reinventing Gucci

Marco Bizzarri, president and CEO of Gucci, speaks exclusively to Imran Amed about the reinvention of a superbrand.


Fashion Week

New Calvin meets Old Hollywood

Francisco Costa's distressed glamour was a wonderful blur of sensuous sequinned slips, silken floor-length florals and sensational silk trousers.

Fashion Week

New Calvin meets Old Hollywood

Francisco Costa's distressed glamour was a wonderful blur of sensuous sequinned slips, silken floor-length florals and sensational silk trousers.


News & Analysis

Introducing ‘Reinvention’, our 3rd Annual #BoF500 Print Edition

Our third annual BoF 500 print edition focuses its lens on the people, brands and places rebooting to adapt to market forces, new technologies and a fragile global economy. It’s not out until September 22, but it is available for pre-order now.

News & Analysis

Introducing ‘Reinvention’, our 3rd Annual #BoF500 Print Edition

Our third annual BoF 500 print edition focuses its lens on the people, brands and places rebooting to adapt to market forces, new technologies and a fragile global economy. It’s not out until September 22, but it is available for pre-order now.


News & Analysis

Fashion Students Say They Need More Business Training

In BoF’s global survey of fashion education, thousands of fashion students and alumni ranked the quality of their schools’ business education as a key weakness.

News & Analysis

Fashion Students Say They Need More Business Training

In BoF’s global survey of fashion education, thousands of fashion students and alumni ranked the quality of their schools’ business education as a key weakness.


News & Analysis

Sunglasses Shape Up

Just like in handbags, leaders in the luxury sunglasses market are moving away from logos and embracing the power of unique shapes.

News & Analysis

Sunglasses Shape Up

Just like in handbags, leaders in the luxury sunglasses market are moving away from logos and embracing the power of unique shapes.


Fashion Week

Is a New York Fashion Week for Men Really a Good Idea?

It’s an event that buyers and designers have long clamored for, but it also exposes some pressure points in the industry about the high priority that fashion brands give to the European shows.

Fashion Week

Is a New York Fashion Week for Men Really a Good Idea?

It’s an event that buyers and designers have long clamored for, but it also exposes some pressure points in the industry about the high priority that fashion brands give to the European shows.


News & Analysis

Vuarnet’s Shades Cover Bond’s Baby Blues as Brand Eyes Revival

French eyewear company Vuarnet didn’t pay for the product placement, yet its appearance in the latest James Bond film “Spectre” comes at an opportune time, just as it reissues the vintage Glacier shades worn by Craig at a price of $600 a pair.

News & Analysis

Vuarnet’s Shades Cover Bond’s Baby Blues as Brand Eyes Revival

French eyewear company Vuarnet didn’t pay for the product placement, yet its appearance in the latest James Bond film “Spectre” comes at an opportune time, just as it reissues the vintage Glacier shades worn by Craig at a price of $600 a pair.


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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