The Reformation


Start-Up School | Chapter 6: Scale Your Business Carefully
Every business has its own path to scale, from a fledgling start-up into a global brand. However, there are a handful of common challenges every brand must face, including hiring, growing the supply chain, market expansion and marketing.

Start-Up School | Chapter 6: Scale Your Business Carefully
Every business has its own path to scale, from a fledgling start-up into a global brand. However, there are a handful of common challenges every brand must face, including hiring, growing the supply chain, market expansion and marketing.

America Needs to Rethink Its Role in Fashion
The most interesting businesses and brands coming out of the US have little to do with the traditional system.

America Needs to Rethink Its Role in Fashion
The most interesting businesses and brands coming out of the US have little to do with the traditional system.

Fashion's Top VCs Open Their Playbooks
A new breed of VC firms is backing next-generation digital lifestyle brands targeting millennials. BoF talks to five of the top players to decode their investment theses.

Fashion's Top VCs Open Their Playbooks
A new breed of VC firms is backing next-generation digital lifestyle brands targeting millennials. BoF talks to five of the top players to decode their investment theses.

Why Digital Brands Are Invading Department Stores
Traditional retailers are bringing internet-born, direct-to-consumer brands into their stores as a way to draw millennials, creating new models for wholesale partnerships in the process.

Why Digital Brands Are Invading Department Stores
Traditional retailers are bringing internet-born, direct-to-consumer brands into their stores as a way to draw millennials, creating new models for wholesale partnerships in the process.

Op-Ed | Millennials Say They Care About Sustainability. So, Why Don't They Shop This Way?
The gap between millennials’ stated interest in sustainability and their actual purchasing patterns is not due to lack of conviction but product availability and lack of clear marketing, argues Luna Atamian Hahn-Petersen.

Op-Ed | Millennials Say They Care About Sustainability. So, Why Don't They Shop This Way?
The gap between millennials’ stated interest in sustainability and their actual purchasing patterns is not due to lack of conviction but product availability and lack of clear marketing, argues Luna Atamian Hahn-Petersen.

A Guide to Early-Stage Fundraising
Nascent brands often seek external capital to fuel future growth — or simply stay afloat. But how much money should start-ups really be raising, when and from where?

A Guide to Early-Stage Fundraising
Nascent brands often seek external capital to fuel future growth — or simply stay afloat. But how much money should start-ups really be raising, when and from where?

Reformation Raises $25 Million to Fuel Brick-and-Mortar Growth
Founder and chief executive Yael Aflalo will use the Series B round of financing, led by Stripes Group with participation from 14W andImaginary Ventures, to open more tech-enabled retail locations.

Reformation Raises $25 Million to Fuel Brick-and-Mortar Growth
Founder and chief executive Yael Aflalo will use the Series B round of financing, led by Stripes Group with participation from 14W andImaginary Ventures, to open more tech-enabled retail locations.

How BFF Marketing Became the M.O. for Women’s Direct-to-Consumer Brands
The approach — predicated on the notion that a brand is your ‘best friend forever’ — is the core narrative behind the rise of some of the most successful direct-to-consumer womenswear and beauty brands.

How BFF Marketing Became the M.O. for Women’s Direct-to-Consumer Brands
The approach — predicated on the notion that a brand is your ‘best friend forever’ — is the core narrative behind the rise of some of the most successful direct-to-consumer womenswear and beauty brands.

The Top 10 Venture-Backed Fashion Startups
As a spate of disruptive startups inch toward a decade in business, those being disrupted are increasingly turning to acquisitions to better secure their futures. BoF identifies the top targets.

The Top 10 Venture-Backed Fashion Startups
As a spate of disruptive startups inch toward a decade in business, those being disrupted are increasingly turning to acquisitions to better secure their futures. BoF identifies the top targets.

Does Reshoring Fashion Manufacturing Make Sense?
Reshoring — bringing manufacturing back to Europe and the US — can help fashion businesses build their brands and improve agility. But is it worth it?

Does Reshoring Fashion Manufacturing Make Sense?
Reshoring — bringing manufacturing back to Europe and the US — can help fashion businesses build their brands and improve agility. But is it worth it?