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Saint Laurent is a Kering-owned luxury fashion brand, founded by the designer Yves Saint Laurent in 1961.

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Beauty

YSL Beauté Names Tom Pecheux Global Beauty Director

Pecheux’s appointment is part of the L’Oréal-owned brand’s ongoing repositioning strategy.


Fashion Week

A Dior Fairytale

In her first couture collection at her new gig, Maria Grazia Chiuri drew a line from Valentino’s pale princesses to Dior’s winsome Titianas. Some of it worked, some not so. But if you were looking for green shoots, they were in the most reassuring places.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Condé Nast's Nicholas Coleridge to Depart, Lisa Pomerantz Returns to Bottega Veneta

Nicholas Coleridge has announced that he will step down as president of Condé Nast International and managing director of Condé Nast Britain, while Lisa Pomerantz is to return to Bottega Veneta after six years at Michael Kors.


Retail

Michael Kors, Prada Skimp on New Designs in Face of Handbag Woes

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd., Prada SpA, LVMH’s Louis Vuitton and Burberry Group Plc all reduced the number of styles introduced last quarter.


Retail

Macy’s Inc: The Slow Death of an American Icon

Macy’s needs more of the ‘magic’ the company touts in its tagline if the department store chain is to survive.


Retail

Korean Retailers Shake up the Old Guard

South Korean retail has long been dominated by a web of conservative conglomerates called chaebols — but a few innovative retailers are pushing the boundaries of product, positioning and price.


News & Analysis

Report: Louis Vuitton's Natacha Ramsay-Levi to Take Lead at Chloé

Chloé's current creative director, Clare Waight Keller has decided not to renew her contract, which ends in March, sources said.


Luxury

Fashion's Top 10 Newsmakers of 2016

BoF breaks down the people behind the biggest fashion stories of the year.


Luxury

10 Forces That Shaped Fashion in 2016

BoF and McKinsey & Company's in-depth report, The State of Fashion 2017, examines the trends that shaped the global fashion industry in 2016, from pervasive uncertainty to the deepening of discount culture.


News & Analysis

Tomes of the Times: Holiday Reading

Just in time for the holidays, Colin McDowell shares his list of the best fashion books of the season.