Balenciaga
Fashion’s New Outlook on 2020
Six takeaways from Paris Fashion Week, where everything from the coronavirus to end-times fashion changed the conversation we'll be having for the rest of the year.
At Balenciaga, Branding the Apocalypse
The label’s signatures were paraded under a low-hung ceiling showing boiling heavens, rushing floods, a temporarily reassuring vision of Planet Earth and then… total eclipse.
How Fashion Can Navigate 2020’s Political Minefield
For fashion brands with a global customer base, it's getting harder to stay neutral in the face of flashpoints like the Hong Kong protests and the US presidential election. Here's what to do.
Fashion's Growth-Focused Business Model Is Not Sustainable. What's the Solution?
The industry has yet to solve the trade-off that selling more clothes, bags and shoes fundamentally requires more resources.
Why Balenciaga's Next Big Drop Is Haute Couture
Creative Director Demna Gvasalia's meme-worthy designs have propelled Balenciaga to over $1 billion in sales. What's motivating the move further upmarket?
Can Balenciaga Become a Megabrand?
How long can designer Demna Gvasalia keep the meme-able hits coming? As Balenciaga crosses the billion-euro sales mark, Chief Executive Cédric Charbit speaks exclusively to BoF about the past, present and future of the Kering-owned house.
Tiffany Under the Microscope
This week, everyone will be talking about Tiffany's last set of earnings as a public company, Dior Men’s in Miami, Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show and The Fashion Awards in London. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Top 10 Shows of the Season
After a fashion month punctuated with true fashion moments, BoF's editors pick the top ten shows of the season.
Revolution in the Air at Balenciaga
Demna Gvasalia's latest collection felt like a forensic analysis of the corrupting nature of power itself, rippling out through the worlds of those that have it and those that don’t.
Off-White, Balenciaga and the End of a Fashion Cycle
This week, everyone will be talking about Off-White and Balenciaga at Paris Fashion Week, France's proposed law to ban destruction of unsold consumer goods and Nike's latest results. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.