Molly Sims’ Yse Beauty Appoints New CEO
Doreen Arbel, a veteran of L’Oréal and Charlotte Tilbury, becomes the label’s first chief executive as it prepares to launch in all Sephora US doors.
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Sports
How Fashion Is Breaking Through the Super Bowl Noise
Building on fashion’s breakout Super Bowl in 2025, brands are getting even more creative in how they show up this year as the frenzy around the Big Game reaches new heights.
How Fashion Is Breaking Through the Super Bowl Noise
Building on fashion’s breakout Super Bowl in 2025, brands are getting even more creative in how they show up this year as the frenzy around the Big Game reaches new heights.
Sustainability
Copenhagen Fashion Week Defies the Sustainability Pullback
The event, now in its 20th year, made its name by embedding environmental responsibility into its structure. But as green initiatives slip down fashion’s corporate agenda, what does its future look like?
Copenhagen Fashion Week Defies the Sustainability Pullback
The event, now in its 20th year, made its name by embedding environmental responsibility into its structure. But as green initiatives slip down fashion’s corporate agenda, what does its future look like?
Fashion Week
The Couture Season That Cut Through | The BoF Podcast
Fresh off a week of major moments, Tim Blanks and Imran Amed break down the blockbuster couture debuts at Dior and Chanel and what they signify about the state of the luxury industry.
The Couture Season That Cut Through | The BoF Podcast
Fresh off a week of major moments, Tim Blanks and Imran Amed break down the blockbuster couture debuts at Dior and Chanel and what they signify about the state of the luxury industry.
Fashion Week
The Beating Heart of Haute Couture
IT’S ALIVE! in the dreamweaving hands of Alessandro Michele at Valentino and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, reports Tim Blanks.
The Beating Heart of Haute Couture
IT’S ALIVE! in the dreamweaving hands of Alessandro Michele at Valentino and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, reports Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
Couture Has Entered a New Era. What Does It Mean?
There were plenty of questions coursing through the shows in Paris this week as new designers at Chanel and Dior brought fresh perspectives to their first couture collections, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Couture Has Entered a New Era. What Does It Mean?
There were plenty of questions coursing through the shows in Paris this week as new designers at Chanel and Dior brought fresh perspectives to their first couture collections, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Luxury
What’s Couture For? Chanel and Dior’s New Designers Make Their Case
Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson each took different approaches to navigating the inherent tensions of French couture, Robert Williams writes. Plus: LVMH’s results.
What’s Couture For? Chanel and Dior’s New Designers Make Their Case
Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson each took different approaches to navigating the inherent tensions of French couture, Robert Williams writes. Plus: LVMH’s results.
Fashion Week
Blazy’s Chanel Couture Was a Slam Dunk!
Who knew an inspiration as unlikely as ‘bird on a mushroom’ could unleash such a torrent of creativity, reports Tim Blanks.
Blazy’s Chanel Couture Was a Slam Dunk!
Who knew an inspiration as unlikely as ‘bird on a mushroom’ could unleash such a torrent of creativity, reports Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
At Saint Laurent, Dressing and Undressing
Anthony Vaccarello’s latest men’s outing was impeccably executed, but the frisson of eroticism the designer has mastered so well in the past got lost along the way, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
At Saint Laurent, Dressing and Undressing
Anthony Vaccarello’s latest men’s outing was impeccably executed, but the frisson of eroticism the designer has mastered so well in the past got lost along the way, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Beauty
Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy
Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.
Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy
Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.
Fashion Week
Another Day, Another Dior Debut for Jonathan Anderson
A schedule that, on paper, looks like it would try the patience of a saint produced a couture show that was anything but in a beautiful synthesis of two very distinct design sensibilities, reports Tim Blanks.
Another Day, Another Dior Debut for Jonathan Anderson
A schedule that, on paper, looks like it would try the patience of a saint produced a couture show that was anything but in a beautiful synthesis of two very distinct design sensibilities, reports Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
Jonathan Anderson on Refashioning the House of Dior | The BoF Podcast
Imran Amed sat down with Anderson to explore the thinking behind his Dior couture debut and wider remaking of the storied French label.
Jonathan Anderson on Refashioning the House of Dior | The BoF Podcast
Imran Amed sat down with Anderson to explore the thinking behind his Dior couture debut and wider remaking of the storied French label.
Fashion Week
Exclusive: How Jonathan Anderson Is ‘Rebooting’ Couture at Dior
In a global exclusive interview ahead of his debut couture show, the designer tells Imran Amed how he is revamping couture at the storied French house by expanding the brand’s top-end offering — with everything from jewellery made from meteorites to upcycled handbags in 18th-century fabrics — and inviting the wider public into fashion’s most rarefied world.
Exclusive: How Jonathan Anderson Is ‘Rebooting’ Couture at Dior
In a global exclusive interview ahead of his debut couture show, the designer tells Imran Amed how he is revamping couture at the storied French house by expanding the brand’s top-end offering — with everything from jewellery made from meteorites to upcycled handbags in 18th-century fabrics — and inviting the wider public into fashion’s most rarefied world.
The News in Brief
Sportswear Brand On Sees Possible Boost From Lower US Tariff Rate
The Swiss sportswear brand forecast at least 23 percent sales growth in 2026 and an increase in its annual profit margin.
Meta Tests AI Shopping Research Tool to Rival ChatGPT
The feature, which is being tested in Meta’s AI chatbot, rivals a similar tool offered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
Giambattista Valli Again Cancels Paris Fashion Show
Following a last-minute withdrawal from the couture calendar in January, the label, which is majority-owned by Pinault family investment fund Artémis, cancelled a runway outing scheduled for March 6.
Beiersdorf Forecasts Lower 2026 Net Sales and Margin, Announces Share Buyback
The German owner of Nivea and La Prairie expects it sales growth to slow and its operating margin to shrink slightly in 2026 and it navigates disruptions in the US and China.
Iran Strikes Snarl E-Commerce Delivery Times to Middle East
Major e-commerce platforms such as Shein and Amazon warn of longer delivery times after the US-led bombing campaign against Iran disrupted key air and sea routes in one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets.
Estée Lauder Companies Executive Kendal Ascher Has Died
Ascher worked at the American cosmetics firm for 25 years.
Judge Rejects Kenvue Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Tylenol Safety
A US judge rejected the personal care giant’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Texas’ Attorney General accusing the company of failing to warn consumers that it may be unsafe for pregnant women to take Tylenol.