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News & Analysis

Analysts Sceptical of Avon's Turnaround Plan

A rally in struggling cosmetics maker Avon Products Inc's shares fizzled on Friday after analysts questioned the company’s ability to carry out its turnaround plan and sought more details.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Grace Coddington Steps Down, New CEOs at Adidas and Miansai

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


Fashion Week

A Quintessential Play on Volume

The collection was a series of thick, sloppy coats and jumpers of wonderfully nonchalant ease — repetitive, yet charming.


News & Analysis

Part 3: What the Future Holds

What does the future hold for Yoox Net-a-Porter? Will the merger succeed? And now that Massenet has exited the business, what will she do next?


Fashion Week

Extinction, Evolution and Raw Sex

Rick Owens tackles ecological anxiety with haunting, creepy, elegant​ beauty.


Fashion Week

Vuitton's Future Heritage

Kim Jones is a master intuitor of LV's past — and a prophet of its future


Fashion Week

Dries Van Noten's Psychedelic Spectacular

Dream and reality merge against the unreal backdrop of the Opera Garnier.


Fashion Week

In Paris, Neo-Nomads and Labourers

Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Kolor and Julien David showed masculinity in many forms.


Financial Markets

Renzo Rosso: ‘Galliano, Elbaz and Me’

Colin McDowell talks to the Only The Brave Group president about hiring a fashion exile and what's next for the former Lanvin creative director.


News & Analysis

Part 2: The Deal of a Lifetime

How did Federico Marchetti manage to strike the ‘deal of a lifetime’ with Richemont to get the YNAP merger done at such favourable terms?


Fashion Week

Raf Simons' Nightmares and Dreams

Raf Simons proves that a good nightmare is much better than a bad dream.


Fashion Week

Kim Jones Brings Light to Paris

A light-filled cloud created by Japanese artist Ohmaki Shinji will undulate above Kim Jones' catwalk at the Louis Vuitton menswear show in Paris today as the sun sets around 5.30pm.