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.
Chanel Acquires First Tannery to Secure Luxury Bag Supplies
PARIS, France — Chanel has acquired its long-time lamb hide provider, the French tannery Bodin-Joyeux, in the latest purchase by a luxury brand of a
Fashion’s Art Fair Love Affair
Today, to coincide with the start of Art Basel Miami Beach, Hettie Judah considers the increasingly intertwined markets for fashion and art. Tomorrow, we examine the anatomy of fashion’s most spectacular artist collaboration to date: Yayoi Kusama for Louis Vuitton.
After Identity Crisis, Brazilian Fashion Shows Momentum
Following an "identity crisis" that saw designers sitting out the shows, or showing collections lacking in creativity, São Paulo Fashion Week is on the upswing.
For Brands Big and Small, Fashion Archives Can Be a Powerful Asset
Fashion brands, both emerging and established, have been investing significant resources in building and maintaining their archives. BoF investigates.
With New Launches, i-D and Dazed Embrace Digital-Age Dynamics
i-D and Dazed, two of fashion's most respected youth-focused media companies, are adopting new digital-age approaches to content, platform and monetisation.
The Creative Class | Ben Gorham, Perfumer
BoF spoke to Ben Gorham of Byredo to understand how a former basketball player and art school graduate with no training as a perfumer founded a fashionable, cult fragrance house in which he sold a majority share to Manzanita Capital, owner of Diptyque and SpaceNK, earlier this year.
Pucci Opening Boutiques in Global Fashion Capitals
PARIS, France — The storied Florentine house of Emilio Pucci, which made colorful, kaleidoscopic prints world-famous and once counted Marilyn Monroe
Market Pulse | Big Shoes to Fill
The Savigny Luxury Index lost ground in October, as consumer appetite for mega-brands continues to cool and management changes shake up the industry.
Week in Review | Business of Books, Anatomy of Fashion, Vlisco, Designer Bridalwear, SuperPier, Universal Shopping Cart, Top 10 Fashion Films
BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season
This season, brands embraced strong scripts, serious acting talent and heavy-hitting directors like never before, resulting in a crop of winning fashion films largely driven by the kind of compelling storytelling long missing from the genre. Sit back, relax and enjoy BoF’s Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season.