Gap Sales Miss Expectations After Old Navy, Athleta Fall Short
The brands Gap and Banana Republic beat comparable sales estimates.
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The Week Ahead: Which Designers Will Get a Met Gala Bump This Year?
This week, everyone will be talking about which designers will produce viral looks at the Met Gala, Louis Vuitton's cruise show in New York and modest fashion's Ramadan moment. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
The Week Ahead: Which Designers Will Get a Met Gala Bump This Year?
This week, everyone will be talking about which designers will produce viral looks at the Met Gala, Louis Vuitton's cruise show in New York and modest fashion's Ramadan moment. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Fashion Week
The Week Ahead: Chanel Begins to Chart a Post-Lagerfeld Future
This week, everyone will be talking about Chanel's resort show in Paris, how Adidas plans to extend the Yeezy craze and the latest denim spinoff. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
The Week Ahead: Chanel Begins to Chart a Post-Lagerfeld Future
This week, everyone will be talking about Chanel's resort show in Paris, how Adidas plans to extend the Yeezy craze and the latest denim spinoff. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Fashion Week
Miuccia Prada's Mad World
For Prada's first cruise show in New York, its filter was turned up to the max. The designer proposed new silhouettes and details that moved far away from today’s overwrought trends, providing an urgent, necessary relief from tired fashion.
Miuccia Prada's Mad World
For Prada's first cruise show in New York, its filter was turned up to the max. The designer proposed new silhouettes and details that moved far away from today’s overwrought trends, providing an urgent, necessary relief from tired fashion.
Fashion Week
A Web of Perverse Enchantment at Gucci
Alessandro Michele’s signal achievement is this: predictability doesn’t obviate pleasurability. In fact, part of the pleasure of a Gucci show is watching the way he warps the by-now familiar tropes.
A Web of Perverse Enchantment at Gucci
Alessandro Michele’s signal achievement is this: predictability doesn’t obviate pleasurability. In fact, part of the pleasure of a Gucci show is watching the way he warps the by-now familiar tropes.
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Luxury
The Business of Cruise: Go Big or Go Home
While some smaller labels are abandoning Cruise shows altogether, luxury megabrands continue to pour up to $10 million into elaborate spectacles. Is it worth the investment?
The Business of Cruise: Go Big or Go Home
While some smaller labels are abandoning Cruise shows altogether, luxury megabrands continue to pour up to $10 million into elaborate spectacles. Is it worth the investment?
Fashion Week
Get Down at Valentino
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s latest Cruise collection was informed by the hip-hop culture of late-1970s New York, but it was his own masterful sampling ability that kept it fresh.
Get Down at Valentino
Pierpaolo Piccioli’s latest Cruise collection was informed by the hip-hop culture of late-1970s New York, but it was his own masterful sampling ability that kept it fresh.
Fashion Week
Dior Goes West
Christian Dior’s first female creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri and chief executive Sidney Toledano reflect on the state of the storied house as it hosts a ‘Sauvage’-themed Cruise show in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Dior Goes West
Christian Dior’s first female creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri and chief executive Sidney Toledano reflect on the state of the storied house as it hosts a ‘Sauvage’-themed Cruise show in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Fashion Week
Tim's Take | Gucci Cruise 2017
Tim Blanks talks to Alessandro Michele to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
Tim's Take | Gucci Cruise 2017
Tim Blanks talks to Alessandro Michele to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
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Fashion Week
Gucci at the Abbey: Here Be Dragons
More is more is more fuels Alessandro Michele's gorgeous fashion fever dream.
Gucci at the Abbey: Here Be Dragons
More is more is more fuels Alessandro Michele's gorgeous fashion fever dream.
Fashion Week
Dior's Quintessential England: the Rain, the Train and a Grand Country Home
At Blenheim Palace, where Dior staged its Cruise 2017 show, grand old traditions — both French and British — collided with peculiar compatibility.
Dior's Quintessential England: the Rain, the Train and a Grand Country Home
At Blenheim Palace, where Dior staged its Cruise 2017 show, grand old traditions — both French and British — collided with peculiar compatibility.
Fashion Week
Chanel Cruises into Cuba, a Country on the Cusp
Although the fundamental incongruity of the moment was lost on no one, both Karl Lagerfeld and Fidel Castro share an ability to imagine a world and bring it into being.
Chanel Cruises into Cuba, a Country on the Cusp
Although the fundamental incongruity of the moment was lost on no one, both Karl Lagerfeld and Fidel Castro share an ability to imagine a world and bring it into being.
News & Analysis
The Fashion Flock Descends on New York
BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
The Fashion Flock Descends on New York
BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
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.