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How Fashion Picks Its Hip-Hop Style Icons

As fashion continues to tap into hip-hop for celeb marketing opportunities, it is searching for fresh faces beyond the same superstar partnerships.

How Fashion Picks Its Hip-Hop Style Icons

As fashion continues to tap into hip-hop for celeb marketing opportunities, it is searching for fresh faces beyond the same superstar partnerships.


Opinion: Is Fashion Still Desirable?

An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus.

Opinion: Is Fashion Still Desirable?

An industry that manufactures images at industrial scale and speed is forgetting how to create aspiration, writes Robert Triefus.


The Top 10 Contemporary and Accessible Luxury Fashion Brands Leading Customer Engagement

BoF Insights’ Brand Pulse tracking tool reveals how the industry’s top-performing contemporary and accessible luxury brands cultivated loyal online communities through sharp digital engagement strategies.

The Top 10 Contemporary and Accessible Luxury Fashion Brands Leading Customer Engagement

BoF Insights’ Brand Pulse tracking tool reveals how the industry’s top-performing contemporary and accessible luxury brands cultivated loyal online communities through sharp digital engagement strategies.


Why Some Brands Prefer Pinterest Over Instagram

A platform historically known as a destination for visual inspiration, Pinterest has been building out its shopping and advertising features to make it easier for brands to tap the power of its ready-to-shop user base.

Why Some Brands Prefer Pinterest Over Instagram

A platform historically known as a destination for visual inspiration, Pinterest has been building out its shopping and advertising features to make it easier for brands to tap the power of its ready-to-shop user base.


How Fashion Marketers Will Nab Attention in 2026

After a year of experimentation and noise, 2026 marks a pivot for fashion marketers toward slower advertising, more thoughtful creative risks and human connection, as brands recalibrate how to entertain, engage and earn trust in an age of AI and consumer exhaustion.

How Fashion Marketers Will Nab Attention in 2026

After a year of experimentation and noise, 2026 marks a pivot for fashion marketers toward slower advertising, more thoughtful creative risks and human connection, as brands recalibrate how to entertain, engage and earn trust in an age of AI and consumer exhaustion.


Examining 20 Years of Fashion’s Influencer Economy | The BoF Podcast

At BoF VOICES 2025, Susanna Lau, Bryan Yambao, Camille Charrière and Gstaad Guy reflect on finding their voices, speaking to their communities and how brands need to get out of the wider luxury malaise.

Examining 20 Years of Fashion’s Influencer Economy | The BoF Podcast

At BoF VOICES 2025, Susanna Lau, Bryan Yambao, Camille Charrière and Gstaad Guy reflect on finding their voices, speaking to their communities and how brands need to get out of the wider luxury malaise.


Can Brands Turn Their Most Devoted Fans Into Paying Customers?

Plenty of people root for their favourite label like it’s their local football team — but that passion doesn’t always translate into sales.

Can Brands Turn Their Most Devoted Fans Into Paying Customers?

Plenty of people root for their favourite label like it’s their local football team — but that passion doesn’t always translate into sales.


Logomania Didn’t Die — It Evolved

Even in the age of minimalism, shoppers still love logos — but many are trading big brands’ monograms for niche merch.

Logomania Didn’t Die — It Evolved

Even in the age of minimalism, shoppers still love logos — but many are trading big brands’ monograms for niche merch.


The Best of BoF 2025: Standing Out Amid Sameness

In 2025, fashion marketers worked with unexpected campaign stars, tested new forms of messaging and more in order capture consumer attention — with mixed results.

The Best of BoF 2025: Standing Out Amid Sameness

In 2025, fashion marketers worked with unexpected campaign stars, tested new forms of messaging and more in order capture consumer attention — with mixed results.


How to Market a Hero Product

From J.Crew to Still Here, brands are leaning into hero product campaigns to capture customer attention. But balancing hero moments with broader brand storytelling remains key.

How to Market a Hero Product

From J.Crew to Still Here, brands are leaning into hero product campaigns to capture customer attention. But balancing hero moments with broader brand storytelling remains key.


MAC, Chappell Roan and the Power of Polarisation in Marketing

In the wake of the announcement that the Gen Z pop star would become the latest face of MAC Cosmetics, some of her fans criticised her decision. But landing the star will likely still prove to be beneficial for the brand in the end.

MAC, Chappell Roan and the Power of Polarisation in Marketing

In the wake of the announcement that the Gen Z pop star would become the latest face of MAC Cosmetics, some of her fans criticised her decision. But landing the star will likely still prove to be beneficial for the brand in the end.


Opinion: The ‘Ralph Lauren Christmas’ Trend Is Marketing Gold

The company’s viral holiday aesthetic is boosting the brand’s visibility and sales, the result of years of strategic image refinement and product honing, writes Andrea Felsted.

Opinion: The ‘Ralph Lauren Christmas’ Trend Is Marketing Gold

The company’s viral holiday aesthetic is boosting the brand’s visibility and sales, the result of years of strategic image refinement and product honing, writes Andrea Felsted.