Boots Acquired by Canada’s Weston Family for $8.9 Billion
The Westons agreed on Wednesday to buy the UK's Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family, pledging to invest in the retailer's stores and online and expand healthcare services.
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Around the World in 81 Designers
BoF spotlights the countries making the biggest mark at London’s sixth annual International Fashion Showcase.
Fashion Week
A Defiant Direction at Burberry
The theatrical flavour of Christopher Bailey’s intensely personal translation of Henry Moore’s undulating forms may take some getting used to.
Fashion Week
Anya's Alpine Dream
Hindmarch is surely London fashion’s greatest impresario, making a mountain out of the portable version of a molehill.
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Mary's Magical Kingdom
Mary Katrantzou may be doomed to be dogged by her early success. But here, at least, there were clothes whose peculiar beauty stood on their own.
Fashion Week
At Topshop: Utility vs Femininity
Call it elevated festival dressing, the collection’s garish pizzazz was tempered by baggy knits, soft trench coats and teddy furs.
Fashion Week
Let's Reimagine 'Fashion Month'
With more and more designers showing beyond the traditional womenswear weeks and experimenting with new presentation formats, what does the future hold for 'fashion month'?
News & Analysis
Vogue’s Race Problem Is Bigger Than Karlie Kloss
"Even if the model featured in the magazine’s latest controversial spread had been Asian, it would still have been offensive."
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Tim's Take | J.W. Anderson Autumn/Winter 2017
Tim Blanks talks to J.W. Anderson to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
Fashion Week
Gareth Pugh’s Macabre Cabaret
The show felt unsettling in a good way — bleak in its outlook and sharply in tune with how many of us feel about the near future, it struck a chord close to home.
Fashion Week
Versus’ New Generation
Donatella Versace injected the hard rock’n’roll edge of the Versus of old with a transfusion of high performance sportswear to create a successful contemporary hybrid.
Fashion Week
J.W. Anderson’s Style Odyssey
“Ease and coolness,” said Jonathan Anderson of his collection, “It’s more digestible. I wasn’t trying to provoke myself.”
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Guido Palau, an Eye in the Fashion Week Hurricane
Fashion's most sought-after hairdresser opens up to BoF about his creative process and staying calm amidst the storm of New York Fashion Week.
The News in Brief
Vogue Arabia to Launch Annual Ball
The magazine’s inaugural ball will take place in November, the latest in a growing portfolio of live events hosted by publisher Condé Nast.
Lacoste Fired CEO Ahead of Paris Runway Show, Sources Say
The French tennis and lifestyle brand quietly fired its chief executive, Eric Vallat, shortly before the brand’s latest Paris fashion show, sources told Reuters.
Frasers Group Acquires 8.8% Stake in Under Armour
The move extends British company’s push into sports brands following a recent purchase of Puma stock.
US Luxury Spending Slows, Citi Data Shows
US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, according to data from Citi.
Frasers Group Steps Up Luxury Push With New Division, Larger Burberry Stake
The British retail group has brought its stakes in Burberry, Hugo Boss and Mulberry together with its luxury retail operations.
Asos Customers Receive ‘Hack’ Notification Threatening Leak
The retailer is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had ‘fully compromised’ company data.
Report: L’Oréal Explores Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities
The French company has engaged restructuring advisers to explore options for rising US legal liabilities linked to its use of talc and other chemical ingredients in some of its cosmetic products, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.