Chanel
Chanel is a French luxury fashion house founded by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in Paris in 1910. The company is privately owned and headquartered in London.
Natalia ‘Supernova’ Vodianova, The Survivor
Natalia Vodianova channelled the harsh realities of her childhood and a desperate instinct for survival to become one of the highest earning supermodels in the world. Through the Naked Heart Foundation, founded in 2004, she is channelling the same instinct to help Russian children.
Sølve Sundsbø, Photographer
Sølve Sundsbø, who learned his craft as Nick Knight’s assistant in the 1990s, has made a name for himself with fantastical images that defy belief. The Creative Class is supported by CLIO Image, an awards show honouring creative excellence in fashion, beauty and retail.
The Best of BoF 2014 | People
Next up in our retrospective of the stories that drove the conversation and defined the year in the business of fashion, we highlight some of 2014’s top articles from our People channel.
DFS to Open T Galleria Store near Angkor Wat
Today, BoF can exclusively reveal that luxury travel retail company DFS is set to open an 8,000-square-metre retail complex near the world heritage site of Angkor Wat in Cambodia in 2016.
Power Moves | Lucia Pica to Chanel, Dov Charney Fired, Cagalj to Ports 1961
BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.
Why Isn’t Germany a Bigger Fashion Player?
Germany is Europe’s biggest consumer of fashion. So why isn’t the country a bigger force in the international fashion world?
Big Perfume Makers Smell Threat From Niche Scents
Niche brands take up increasingly more shelf space at upmarket department stores such as Harrods in London, Printemps in Paris and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
Gucci Parts Ways With Giannini in Bid to Regain Lost Exclusivity
Gucci’s longtime creative director Frida Giannini is leaving, a victim of her own success after her designs became too popular to retain the exclusive cachet their price tags demand.
In South Africa, More Evolution than Revolution
A year after the death of Nelson Mandela and two decades since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s fashion market holds up a skewed mirror to its vibrant and incredibly complex society.
Victoria's Secret's Missed Opportunity
LONDON, United Kingdom — We may already be in the final stages of 2014, but you'd never know it by looking at the fashion calendar this week. Over