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.
The French Contemporary Wave That's Reshaping Ready-to-Wear
PARIS, France — Last April, a journalist from French daily newspaper Le Figaro asked Frederic Lefebvre, French Secretary of State for Trade, to name
Peter Marino: Fashion’s Most Influential Architect
The fashion industry depends heavily on a wide variety of creatives apart from just fashion designers. In our new series, The Creative Class, BoF highlights success stories, insights and advice from the most talented creatives working in fashion today.
How Can Emerging Fashion Brands Get a Leg Up in Chinese Retail?
BEIJING, China — With Chinese luxury consumption projected to account for 20 percent, or US$27 billion, of global luxury sales by 2015, it's no
How to Seize the China Opportunity, Beyond Store Openings
BEIJING, China — According to Bain & Company, a consulting firm, China is currently the world's second largest consumer of luxury goods, ahead of
Colin's Column | Something Is Rotten in the State of Fashion
Chanel Couture A/W 2011 | Source: Ecouterre
Does Azzedine Alaïa Have the Antidote to a Relentless Fashion System?
The relentless pace of the fashion industry has almost certainly contributed to the retirement, the downfall, and possibly even the death of some of
CEO Talk | Harry Wang, Chief Executive Officer, Shiatzy Chen
PARIS, France — Long before the question arose about who would create the first Chinese luxury brand, Wang Chen Tsai-Hsia set up Shiatzy Chen to
Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season
LONDON, United Kingdom — This season, fashion brands embraced fashion film like never before, integrating digital videos more meaningfully into a
The Business of Blogging | Tommy Ton
In our second installment of The Business of Blogging, we speak to the uber-talented Tommy Ton, founder of Jak & Jil and streetstyle photographer for Style.com and GQ.com
Brands Experiment with Weibo, China's Answer to Twitter
SHANGHAI, China — In the parallel internet universe behind China's "Great Firewall," where search engine Baidu is Google, etailer Dangdang is Amazon,