Gap Sales Miss Expectations After Old Navy, Athleta Fall Short
The brands Gap and Banana Republic beat comparable sales estimates.
The Creative Class
Media
How Vogue’s New Go-to Photographer Broke Into the Business
Ethan James Green, the man behind American Vogue’s most recent covers featuring Rihanna and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is charting a different type of career trajectory with agent Jordan Hancock. They tell BoF about the photographer’s rapid rise.
How Vogue’s New Go-to Photographer Broke Into the Business
Ethan James Green, the man behind American Vogue’s most recent covers featuring Rihanna and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, is charting a different type of career trajectory with agent Jordan Hancock. They tell BoF about the photographer’s rapid rise.
Media
Sharna Osborne’s Images Look Like Nothing Else in Fashion
There’s something girlish but gritty, nostalgic but not retro about Osborne’s work that sets it apart from anything being made in the fashion world today.
Sharna Osborne’s Images Look Like Nothing Else in Fashion
There’s something girlish but gritty, nostalgic but not retro about Osborne’s work that sets it apart from anything being made in the fashion world today.
Creative Class
The Godly Garden of Alessandro Michele’s Gucci
An extra-dimensional spirituality that you can feel but not see animates the designer’s quest at the Italian megabrand.
The Godly Garden of Alessandro Michele’s Gucci
An extra-dimensional spirituality that you can feel but not see animates the designer’s quest at the Italian megabrand.
News & Analysis
A Royal Photographer’s Modern Gaze
In a world that’s tiring of fashion photography that prizes artifice, shuns diversity and exploits sexuality, Alexi Lubomirski, who famously shot Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding pictures, is after something more authentic, ethical, thoughtful.
A Royal Photographer’s Modern Gaze
In a world that’s tiring of fashion photography that prizes artifice, shuns diversity and exploits sexuality, Alexi Lubomirski, who famously shot Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding pictures, is after something more authentic, ethical, thoughtful.
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News & Analysis
Cathy Horyn: 'I Support People Who Have Guts'
Fashion critic Cathy Horyn talks about navigating emerging designers, new media and nostalgia, courtesy of 1 Granary.
Cathy Horyn: 'I Support People Who Have Guts'
Fashion critic Cathy Horyn talks about navigating emerging designers, new media and nostalgia, courtesy of 1 Granary.
News & Analysis
Paolo Roversi: 'Photography Is the Revelation of Another Dimension'
The legendary Italian lensman speaks to BoF about the poetry of his work, the power of the primitive photographic process and the importance of slowness.
Paolo Roversi: 'Photography Is the Revelation of Another Dimension'
The legendary Italian lensman speaks to BoF about the poetry of his work, the power of the primitive photographic process and the importance of slowness.
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.
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
Rei Kawakubo's Hair Magician
Best known for his dramatic hair sculptures for Comme des Garçons, Julien d'Ys was the first to purposefully make hair look dirty, using potions of grease, vodka, clay or powder.
Rei Kawakubo's Hair Magician
Best known for his dramatic hair sculptures for Comme des Garçons, Julien d'Ys was the first to purposefully make hair look dirty, using potions of grease, vodka, clay or powder.
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News & Analysis
Guido Palau, an Eye in the Fashion Week Hurricane
Fashion's most sought-after hairdresser opens up to BoF about his creative process and staying calm amidst the storm of New York Fashion Week.
Guido Palau, an Eye in the Fashion Week Hurricane
Fashion's most sought-after hairdresser opens up to BoF about his creative process and staying calm amidst the storm of New York Fashion Week.
Creative Class
Bruce Weber’s Fantasy Land
Above all, the photographer draws on his inner fantasy life to conjure the circus of marching bands, jugglers, elephants, cheerleaders, Labradors and all-American male demigods that populate his work.
Bruce Weber’s Fantasy Land
Above all, the photographer draws on his inner fantasy life to conjure the circus of marching bands, jugglers, elephants, cheerleaders, Labradors and all-American male demigods that populate his work.
Beauty
Sam McKnight’s Natural Touch
With a solo exhibition set to launch at London's Somerset House, the legendary hair stylist Sam McKnight opens up about Karl Lagerfeld, Princess Diana and the future of fashion.
Sam McKnight’s Natural Touch
With a solo exhibition set to launch at London's Somerset House, the legendary hair stylist Sam McKnight opens up about Karl Lagerfeld, Princess Diana and the future of fashion.
News & Analysis
Anita Bitton on Casting Top Models For Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs
BoF talks to Anita Bitton about the changing business of casting and how demand for content is driving demand for talent.
Anita Bitton on Casting Top Models For Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs
BoF talks to Anita Bitton about the changing business of casting and how demand for content is driving demand for talent.
The News in Brief
Fashion Startup Founder Pleads Guilty in $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker admitted she falsified financial statements to promote CaaStle Inc. as a valuable, growing business when in reality it was struggling.
Victoria’s Secret Forecasts Its Best Year Since L Brands Split
The underwear company is anticipating net sales of at least $6.85 billion in the current fiscal year, exceeding analyst estimates and marking the highest revenue since its split from L Brands Inc in 2021.
Uniqlo Aims to Grow Tenfold in India With Summer-Centric Clothes
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
Oasis Pressures Kao in Latest Japan Activist Investor Push
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.
American Eagle Forecasts Sales Growth Above Estimates on Demand From Wealthy Shoppers
The retailer surpassed annual sales forecasts but expects a $60 million drag from import tariffs in the first half of 2026.
Missoni Family Exits Namesake Brand
The transaction gives FSI, a Milan-based private equity fund, a controlling share in the Italian luxury house, as more founder-owned brands turn to investors to fund growth and weather a tough global market.
Ross Stores Forecasts Annual Sales Above Estimates on Resilient Demand for Discounted Apparel
Spend growth at off-price chains is among the strongest in retail, with gains across all income segments.