Demna
Creative Director, Gucci
The former longtime Balenciaga artistic director is now tasked with restoring the Gucci brand.


#BoF500 — The New Class: Catalysts
They may work behind the scenes, but these talent spotters, agents and educators are essential to making the fashion machine tick. Meet the 15 catalysts who are new to the #BoF500 this year.

#BoF500 — The New Class: Models & Muses
More than pretty faces, they have leveraged their grace and connections to get things done. Meet the 17 models and muses who are new to the #BoF500 this year.

British Fashion Council Announces Nominees for The Fashion Awards 2016
Jonathan Anderson, Alessandro Michele and Christopher Kane have all been nominated in multiple categories for The Fashion Awards 2016.

Top 10 Shows of Spring/Summer 2017
At the end of a headline-grabbing fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 shows of Spring/Summer 2017.

Female Empowerment in Paris
In this season of feminine empowerment, Demna Gvasalia stood out with his deliberately harsh and infinitely cynical take on fetish, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Sci-Fi Heroines at Louis Vuitton
Ghesquière’s ideal Parisienne had subtext of sci-fi that a striking contrast with its backdrop the raw space of the new Vuitton superstore in Place Vendome, a work in very visible progress.

Tim’s Take | Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2017
Tim Blanks talks to Demna Gvasalia to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.

Balenciaga, Demna Gvasalia and a Fabulous Fashion Synchronicity
Demna Gvasalia's second women's collection for Balenciaga explored the parallels between couture and fetishism — to dazzling effect.

The Unlikely Success of Virgil Abloh
Having gained prominence as a creative consultant to Kanye West, Off-White founder Virgil Abloh is proving his three-year-old brand has the business chops to back up the buzz.

In Milan, Fashion on Repeat
Though new voices bubbled under the surface, Milan Fashion Week hammered home repetitive brand ‘codes,’ raising questions about the purpose of staging fashion shows, says Angelo Flaccavento.
What is The BoF 500?
The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.




