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Op-Ed | What Fashion Must Learn from Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone

Fashion’s future is a long going out of business sale, unless it turns itself upside down, argues John Thorbeck.

Retail

Op-Ed | What Fashion Must Learn from Apple’s $1 Trillion Milestone

Fashion’s future is a long going out of business sale, unless it turns itself upside down, argues John Thorbeck.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Fur: A Reality Check

Not only is real fur continuing to make a strong showing on the catwalks, but it is also sustainable, argue Mark Oaten and Nancy Daigneault.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Fur: A Reality Check

Not only is real fur continuing to make a strong showing on the catwalks, but it is also sustainable, argue Mark Oaten and Nancy Daigneault.


Beauty

Kevyn Aucoin: The Man Who Invented the Modern Makeup Artist

Tim Blanks meditates on the man who gave birth to the concept of makeup artist as a media figure, paving the way for the likes of Pat McGrath and Kylie Jenner, and the current wave of movies taking audiences behind fashion’s mirror.

Beauty

Kevyn Aucoin: The Man Who Invented the Modern Makeup Artist

Tim Blanks meditates on the man who gave birth to the concept of makeup artist as a media figure, paving the way for the likes of Pat McGrath and Kylie Jenner, and the current wave of movies taking audiences behind fashion’s mirror.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Fashion's Fur-Free Future

Today’s consumers want to align their values with their wardrobes like never before and fashion companies are taking notice, argues PJ Smith.  

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Fashion's Fur-Free Future

Today’s consumers want to align their values with their wardrobes like never before and fashion companies are taking notice, argues PJ Smith.  


Luxury

Op-Ed | Whatever: How Fashion Lost Its Meaning

Fashion has entered a state of pure postmodernism where anything goes and nothing means anything anymore, argues Eugene Rabkin.

Luxury

Op-Ed | Whatever: How Fashion Lost Its Meaning

Fashion has entered a state of pure postmodernism where anything goes and nothing means anything anymore, argues Eugene Rabkin.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Why the Plus-Size Revolution Will Fail

Disturbing as it might sound, fashion and inclusivity are incompatible, argues Liroy Choufan.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Why the Plus-Size Revolution Will Fail

Disturbing as it might sound, fashion and inclusivity are incompatible, argues Liroy Choufan.


Retail

Is Inclusivity the New Exclusivity? Gucci Certainly Thinks So

The Italian luxury megabrand attributes its phenomenal success to a bold paradigm shift from exclusivity to inclusivity, but Gucci is much less sticky than inclusive brands like Apple.

Retail

Is Inclusivity the New Exclusivity? Gucci Certainly Thinks So

The Italian luxury megabrand attributes its phenomenal success to a bold paradigm shift from exclusivity to inclusivity, but Gucci is much less sticky than inclusive brands like Apple.


Beauty

The Paradox That Makes Chanel a Powerhouse

Chanel is simultaneously among the most exclusive and most accessible luxury fashion labels of all, a strategy that has made it by far the world’s largest luxury megabrand in retail equivalent terms.

Beauty

The Paradox That Makes Chanel a Powerhouse

Chanel is simultaneously among the most exclusive and most accessible luxury fashion labels of all, a strategy that has made it by far the world’s largest luxury megabrand in retail equivalent terms.


News & Analysis

Remembering Set ‘Magician’ Michael Howells

The production designer created otherworldly sets for the likes of John Galliano’s Dior, but his fantasies were earthed by the humility of the man himself, writes Tim Blanks.

News & Analysis

Remembering Set ‘Magician’ Michael Howells

The production designer created otherworldly sets for the likes of John Galliano’s Dior, but his fantasies were earthed by the humility of the man himself, writes Tim Blanks.


Luxury

Prada Is Making Progress

After a series of strategic missteps, Prada is finding its footing, writes Luca Solca.

Luxury

Prada Is Making Progress

After a series of strategic missteps, Prada is finding its footing, writes Luca Solca.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | World Cup Semi-Finalists Test Adidas and Nike’s Fast Fashion Efforts

The advance of three unlikely teams — Croatia, Belgium and England — to the World Cup semi-finals has offered up its own test to the sportswear giants: how they’re coping with the shift to fast fashion.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | World Cup Semi-Finalists Test Adidas and Nike’s Fast Fashion Efforts

The advance of three unlikely teams — Croatia, Belgium and England — to the World Cup semi-finals has offered up its own test to the sportswear giants: how they’re coping with the shift to fast fashion.


News & Analysis

How ‘Fashion’ Became a Bad Word

Many New York designers are so frustrated with the state of America's fashion system that they want to break away entirely, writes Lauren Sherman.

News & Analysis

How ‘Fashion’ Became a Bad Word

Many New York designers are so frustrated with the state of America's fashion system that they want to break away entirely, writes Lauren Sherman.