Valentino
Valentino is an Italian luxury fashion brand founded by Valentino Garavani in 1960. The brand offers haute couture and ready-to-wear lines.
Do Fashion Trends Still Exist?
What has become of the traditional fashion trend, now that fashion seasons have multiplied and blurred into an almost constant stream of ‘newness’ and an Instagram post can make a look go viral overnight?
Power Moves | Lancôme Hires Lisa Eldridge, Haselden to Lululemon, Monocle Names Fashion Director
LONDON, United Kingdom – BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.
Oscar de la Renta Dies at 82
NEW YORK, United States — Oscar de la Renta, the Dominican- born fashion designer who spent more than 50 years dressing royalty, Hollywood
Behind Comme des Garçons is Zen-Loving Contrarian
PARIS, France — On a gray spring morning in Paris, behind the facade of an 18th century building on the Place Vendome, a flying insect has somehow
In Paris, Sex Sells, While Innovation is Scarce
PARIS, France — A gruelling 'fashion month' closed yesterday rather dimly. There was no glittering fanfare, nor theatrical adieu : editors, buyers
Gucci's Frida Giannini, Change Agent
Courtesy of our friends at Surface magazine, BoF brings you an in-depth conversation with Gucci creative director Frida Giannini, who continues to push the Italian house forward by emphasising teamwork and smart growth.
Pop Quiz | Private Equity, Amazon Partners, Tod's Group, Chris Gelinas
How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers private equity, Chris Gelinas, Tod's Group and more.
Has Private Equity Learned Its Lesson on Fashion Investments?
Current market reports indicate that private equity firm Permira Advisers is aiming to sell its majority stake in Hugo Boss and re-opening talks to invest in Roberto Cavalli. What lessons can private equity firms learn from the company’s last major fashion investment?
Can Couture be Modern?
Despite its traditional codes, rituals and gender divisions, couture is modernising. But is modernisation at odds with its role as a creative laboratory for dreams?
Chanel Recalls Le Corbusier in Glittering, Snow-White and Red Collection
PARIS, France — Fashion designers and architects are very different animals, but their eye for form and sculpture is the same, which may be why Karl