Dao-Yi Chow Appointed Creative Director of New Era
The former Public School and DKNY designer will launch the cap brand’s first apparel line.
Nicolas Ghesquière
Top 10 Shows of the Season
BoF’s editors pick the best shows of the Autumn/Winter 2024 season.
The BoF Podcast | Tim Blanks and Imran Amed Recap The Season That Was
BoF’s editor-in-chief and editor-at-large walk through the highlights and unforgettable moments of fashion weeks in Milan and Paris.
In Dark Times, Choose Optimism!
Chanel, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton offered “useful beauty” for Spring 2023, writes Tim Blanks.
Louis Vuitton Lands in California
The stunning Salk Institute in La Jolla, California could have upstaged Nicolas Ghesquière’s latest collection. Instead, it brought it to life.
The Kids Are Alright
Teen volatility at Vuitton, bare midriffs at Miu Miu, tweedy Chelsea Girls at Chanel… what a time to be young and in fashion!
What’s Legacy Got to Do With It?
Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Valentino fuse past and present in their quest for an uncertain future.
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Balenciaga Autumn/Winter 2006, 28 February, 2006
BoF’s editor at large looks back at one of Nicolas Ghesquière's most memorable collections for the house — one that would influence fashion for years to come.
At Louis Vuitton, Between Masculine and Feminine
While not particularly convincing in conceptual terms, the collection was well suited to real life, making for one of Nicolas Ghesquière’s strongest outings for the French megabrand.
At Paris Fashion Week, Real Life and Liberation
Reality was front and centre at Paris Fashion Week, but this season’s winners both addressed and transcended our current state of affairs, reports Angelo Flaccavento, who beamed into Paris from his base in Italy.
Can Emerging Designers and Technology Reimagine Fashion’s Creative Processes?
BoF speaks to four emerging designers who are experimenting with Microsoft technologies to innovate their creative process with regards to waste, aesthetics and product.
Workplace & Talent
Power Moves | Ferragamo Names Executive Deputy Chairman, Louis Vuitton Appoints Director of Women’s Fashion Leather Goods
This week, Michele Norsa returns to Ferragamo as executive deputy board chairman after exiting in 2016, while Louis Vuitton hires former Mulberry designer Johnny Coca to lead its women’s leather goods division.
Power Moves | Ferragamo Names Executive Deputy Chairman, Louis Vuitton Appoints Director of Women’s Fashion Leather Goods
This week, Michele Norsa returns to Ferragamo as executive deputy board chairman after exiting in 2016, while Louis Vuitton hires former Mulberry designer Johnny Coca to lead its women’s leather goods division.
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.
Company Snapshot
The designer who brought Balenciaga to the cutting edge is now breathing new life into heritage brand Louis Vuitton.
The News in Brief
Buyout Firm Sycamore Vies to Take Nordstrom Private, Sources Say
Nordstrom shares rose 6 percent on the news, giving the company a market value of about $3.3 billion.
Olaplex Sales Continued Slide in First Quarter
A double-digit decline was attributed to the brand’s distribution changes.
Celebrity Makeup Artist Quinn Murphy Launches Beauty Line
Spatch will debut on May 4 with a nine-piece collection of skin-perfecting products designed for professional and consumer use.
Jewellery Brand Pandora Surges as Lab-Grown Diamonds Lift Sales
The Danish company, which makes more pieces of jewellery than any other in the world, said organic sales are projected to rise 8-10 percent this year.
Sandra Stangl Is Exiting Banana Republic
Despite a brief uptick in sales, up 24 percent between 2021 and 2022, the brand’s growth has stalled.
Susanna Lau Joins System Magazine as Digital Editorial Director
The move comes as System owner Mike Obenson aims to turn what began as a bi-annual print title into a global media brand with a stronger digital offering.
Cascale Appoints New CEO
Former Under Armour COO Colin Browne has been appointed to lead the industry organisation formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.