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Tom Ford

Founder, Tom Ford

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

Tom Ford
Sustainability

When It Comes to Social and Environmental Transparency, Fashion Continues to Fall Short

Fashion Revolution’s annual index shows signs of progress, but the fallout from Covid-19 has revealed how much the industry still needs to improve.

Sustainability

When It Comes to Social and Environmental Transparency, Fashion Continues to Fall Short

Fashion Revolution’s annual index shows signs of progress, but the fallout from Covid-19 has revealed how much the industry still needs to improve.


Retail

How Amazon Fashion Could Save a Generation of Designers

The deep-pocketed e-commerce giant could use its unrivalled platform to support young designers and connect a universe of independent labels with millions of digital consumers, swiftly establishing itself as one of the world’s top fashion destinations.

Retail

How Amazon Fashion Could Save a Generation of Designers

The deep-pocketed e-commerce giant could use its unrivalled platform to support young designers and connect a universe of independent labels with millions of digital consumers, swiftly establishing itself as one of the world’s top fashion destinations.


Beauty

Beauty Booms in the Zoom Era

Beauty retailers like Ulta are seeing their online businesses skyrocket. They have 'the lipstick effect' — consumers' desire for affordable luxuries in a crisis  — to thank. But it's a different suite of products boosting sales this time.

Beauty

Beauty Booms in the Zoom Era

Beauty retailers like Ulta are seeing their online businesses skyrocket. They have 'the lipstick effect' — consumers' desire for affordable luxuries in a crisis  — to thank. But it's a different suite of products boosting sales this time.


News & Analysis

How I Became... A Shoe Designer

Fabrizio Viti has worked with the likes of Tom Ford, Miuccia Prada, Marc Jacobs and Nicolas Ghesqiuère, and launched an eponymous label in 2016.

News & Analysis

How I Became... A Shoe Designer

Fabrizio Viti has worked with the likes of Tom Ford, Miuccia Prada, Marc Jacobs and Nicolas Ghesqiuère, and launched an eponymous label in 2016.


Entrepreneurship

A Quick Guide to Financial Support for Small Fashion Businesses

BoF breaks down the emergency loans, grants and other measures designed to support small businesses suffering from the impact of coronavirus in key fashion markets.

Entrepreneurship

A Quick Guide to Financial Support for Small Fashion Businesses

BoF breaks down the emergency loans, grants and other measures designed to support small businesses suffering from the impact of coronavirus in key fashion markets.


Global Markets

In the Face of a Global Crisis, What Is the Fashion Industry Doing?

From large hospital donations to manufacturing hand sanitiser, fashion’s biggest names are mobilising to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Global Markets

In the Face of a Global Crisis, What Is the Fashion Industry Doing?

From large hospital donations to manufacturing hand sanitiser, fashion’s biggest names are mobilising to curb the spread of Covid-19.


Media

The BoF Podcast: Carine Roitfeld’s Remarkable Fashion Career

The acclaimed stylist and editor, whose name has become synonymous with French style, talks to Imran Amed about how the industry has changed since her days at French Vogue, working with Karl Lagerfeld, becoming a brand and the importance of staying curious.

Media

The BoF Podcast: Carine Roitfeld’s Remarkable Fashion Career

The acclaimed stylist and editor, whose name has become synonymous with French style, talks to Imran Amed about how the industry has changed since her days at French Vogue, working with Karl Lagerfeld, becoming a brand and the importance of staying curious.


Beauty

How a Hero Product Is Born

Beauty brands are searching for the next blockbuster K-beauty product. Here’s why one contender — cushion foundation compacts — may be headed to a Sephora near you. 

Beauty

How a Hero Product Is Born

Beauty brands are searching for the next blockbuster K-beauty product. Here’s why one contender — cushion foundation compacts — may be headed to a Sephora near you. 


Fashion Week

Shiny Erotic Definitions at Saint Laurent

If loving this is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.

Fashion Week

Shiny Erotic Definitions at Saint Laurent

If loving this is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.


Fashion Week

8 Key Takeaways From New York Fashion Week

What people were talking about, who went viral and why it matters.

Fashion Week

8 Key Takeaways From New York Fashion Week

What people were talking about, who went viral and why it matters.


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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