Marc Jacobs
Founder & Designer, Marc Jacobs
The decorated American designer was the first to introduce '90s grunge to the catwalk and grew his namesake brand into a global fashion force.


How Tom Kartsotis Is Banking on America
With Shinola, and now Filson, the founder of watchmaking behemoth Fossil wants to bring integrity to accessible luxury. But can he profit from good intentions?

CFDA Awards To Honour Industry Shapers
Alessandro Michele, Donna Karan and BoF's very own Imran Amed are amongst the list of nominees and honorees for this year's edition of the CFDA Awards to be held on June 6th.

Why You Shouldn’t Launch a Label Straight Out of School
Fashion designers, investors, headhunters, editors and analysts make the case for getting work experience at an established brand before launching your own.

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2016
At the end of a complex fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 Shows of the Season.

Personal Shopping Services Seek Scale
A handful of tech-powered personal shopping apps are trying to make yet another white-glove service more scalable.

Momentum in Dubai, Middle East’s Fashion Mecca
With a new fashion council, a revamped fashion week and a growing reputation as a launch pad for big brand events, Dubai is evolving into a fully-fledged fashion capital for the Middle East and North African market.

Topshop's Creator-Customers
In lieu of a designer-driven narrative, the latest Topshop collection seemed to propose ingredients for a multiplicity of consumer-generated stories.

Richer in Monochrome
A Gothic highschool Cinderella with echoes of The Addams Family, Beetlejuice and all those little trading figurines Tim Burton created.

Marc, Calvin and Ralph Close NYFW
On the last day of NYFW, you could get a sense of where American fashion has been, where it is now, and where it might — or would like — to be going.

Ed Filipowski, Fashion Catalyst
The co-president of fashion PR powerhouse KCD talks exclusively to BoF about public relations in the digital age and the firm’s new entertainment and tech division.
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.




