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News & Analysis

Rei Kawakubo's Hair Magician

Best known for his dramatic hair sculptures for Comme des Garçons, Julien d'Ys was the first to purposefully make hair look dirty, using potions of grease, vodka, clay or powder.

News & Analysis

Rei Kawakubo's Hair Magician

Best known for his dramatic hair sculptures for Comme des Garçons, Julien d'Ys was the first to purposefully make hair look dirty, using potions of grease, vodka, clay or powder.


News & Analysis

Fashion World Pays Tribute to Rei Kawakubo at the Met Gala

An exhibition honouring the Comme des Garçons designer inspired a more adventurous red carpet, underscoring her exceptional ability to fuel commerce with art.

News & Analysis

Fashion World Pays Tribute to Rei Kawakubo at the Met Gala

An exhibition honouring the Comme des Garçons designer inspired a more adventurous red carpet, underscoring her exceptional ability to fuel commerce with art.


Workplace & Talent

Japan Wants More Fashion Designers from Abroad

As Japan’s population ages and shrinks, the government hopes to alleviate the labour shortage by recruiting more foreign specialists. But are there more obstacles than opportunities?

Workplace & Talent

Japan Wants More Fashion Designers from Abroad

As Japan’s population ages and shrinks, the government hopes to alleviate the labour shortage by recruiting more foreign specialists. But are there more obstacles than opportunities?


News & Analysis

Anna Wintour on Politics and the Fashion Business in Trump's America

There is no one in the fashion world quite as powerful — or as polarising — as Anna Wintour. BoF's Imran Amed sits down with the American Vogue editor-in-chief to pick her brain about what 2017 may bring for the business of fashion in America and beyond.

News & Analysis

Anna Wintour on Politics and the Fashion Business in Trump's America

There is no one in the fashion world quite as powerful — or as polarising — as Anna Wintour. BoF's Imran Amed sits down with the American Vogue editor-in-chief to pick her brain about what 2017 may bring for the business of fashion in America and beyond.


Luxury

Rei Kawakubo: A Punk’s Pain

On the eve of a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the radical and reclusive Comme des Garçons designer talks to BoF’s Tim Blanks about the pain of constant creation and the impossibility of stopping.

Luxury

Rei Kawakubo: A Punk’s Pain

On the eve of a major retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the radical and reclusive Comme des Garçons designer talks to BoF’s Tim Blanks about the pain of constant creation and the impossibility of stopping.


News & Analysis

Irving Penn: An Oral History

As the largest ever retrospective of Irving Penn’s photography opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, his collaborators — including Phyllis Posnick, Issey Miyake, Polly Mellen, Marisa Berenson and Julien d’Ys — remember his greatness.

News & Analysis

Irving Penn: An Oral History

As the largest ever retrospective of Irving Penn’s photography opens at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, his collaborators — including Phyllis Posnick, Issey Miyake, Polly Mellen, Marisa Berenson and Julien d’Ys — remember his greatness.


News & Analysis

British Vogue Names Edward Enninful Editor-in-Chief

Enninful, the former style director at W Magazine, succeeds Alexandra Shulman, who resigned after 25 years in January.

News & Analysis

British Vogue Names Edward Enninful Editor-in-Chief

Enninful, the former style director at W Magazine, succeeds Alexandra Shulman, who resigned after 25 years in January.


Fashion Week

In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence

The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, Singularity Shines Through the Incoherence

The winners of the season were designers who stuck to a single, brilliant idea, like Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga, Rei Kawakubo at Comme des Garçons and Jun Takahashi of Undercover, argues Angelo Flaccavento.


Fashion Week

Essential Evolution at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s designs exploded the female form into primal shapes that looked as much Stone Age as they did Space Age.

Fashion Week

Essential Evolution at Comme des Garçons

Rei Kawakubo’s designs exploded the female form into primal shapes that looked as much Stone Age as they did Space Age.


Beauty

News Bites | Calvin Klein Hires Luella Bartley, Lyst Links with Vestiaire Collective and More...

In today's News Bites, Calvin Klein appoints Luella Bartley to tackle denim, Lyst links with Vestiaire Collective, Grailed gears up for womenswear and Want Les Essentiels opens another Apothecary.

Beauty

News Bites | Calvin Klein Hires Luella Bartley, Lyst Links with Vestiaire Collective and More...

In today's News Bites, Calvin Klein appoints Luella Bartley to tackle denim, Lyst links with Vestiaire Collective, Grailed gears up for womenswear and Want Les Essentiels opens another Apothecary.