Fayed Abuse Victims Seek Up to £150 Million From Harrods
The retailer currently has a £62 million provision set aside for redress payments, but victims’ lawyers say more is likely needed.
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Fashion Week
Tommy Hilfiger Hits the Track
It was an immaculately staged, precision-tooled evening that offered tightly edited insight on the Tommy multiverse and gilded by Gigi Hadid's millennial fairy dust.
Tommy Hilfiger Hits the Track
It was an immaculately staged, precision-tooled evening that offered tightly edited insight on the Tommy multiverse and gilded by Gigi Hadid's millennial fairy dust.
Fashion Week
Emporio Armani Goes Glitzy
Glitter, metallic cowboy boots and miniskirts were quite a sight at the Emporio Armani show, which felt like the opposite of the understatement for which Armani-ism is known.
Emporio Armani Goes Glitzy
Glitter, metallic cowboy boots and miniskirts were quite a sight at the Emporio Armani show, which felt like the opposite of the understatement for which Armani-ism is known.
Fashion Week
Quiet Optimism at Jil Sander
In their second show for Jil Sander, Lucie and Luke Meier projected this season’s running themes of protection and safety into the future, to a life beyond all this chaos.
Quiet Optimism at Jil Sander
In their second show for Jil Sander, Lucie and Luke Meier projected this season’s running themes of protection and safety into the future, to a life beyond all this chaos.
Fashion Week
Armani's Abstracted Trip Around the World
Giorgio Armani has mastered subtle superficiality, but this collection's 96 looks begged for a more concentrated edit.
Armani's Abstracted Trip Around the World
Giorgio Armani has mastered subtle superficiality, but this collection's 96 looks begged for a more concentrated edit.
Fashion Week
Missoni, A Fabulous Timeless Machine
Successfully integrating menswear and womenswear for the first time was a testament to the brand’s constant ability to reinvent itself.
Missoni, A Fabulous Timeless Machine
Successfully integrating menswear and womenswear for the first time was a testament to the brand’s constant ability to reinvent itself.
Fashion Week
The Tribe of Versace
Colour and drape united the disparate strands on display — tartan armies, African graphism — and suggested new paths of exploration for the house.
The Tribe of Versace
Colour and drape united the disparate strands on display — tartan armies, African graphism — and suggested new paths of exploration for the house.
News & Analysis
Burberry’s LGBTQ+ Statement Was More Than Marketing
Christopher Bailey's swan song for Burberry sounded a powerful call to action for LGBTQ+ rights around the world where freedoms are far from secure, argues Bandana Tewari.
Burberry’s LGBTQ+ Statement Was More Than Marketing
Christopher Bailey's swan song for Burberry sounded a powerful call to action for LGBTQ+ rights around the world where freedoms are far from secure, argues Bandana Tewari.
Fashion Week
Prada On the Edge
Miuccia Prada showed a collection founded on oppositions, extreme power and extreme femininity — where sweetness read as a disguise, a distraction and a dare.
Prada On the Edge
Miuccia Prada showed a collection founded on oppositions, extreme power and extreme femininity — where sweetness read as a disguise, a distraction and a dare.
News & Analysis
Stella McCartney-Kering Break Up Well Underway
BoF has learned that the French luxury group is selling its 50 percent share in the label, with a formal transition process already in motion, according to a source with first-hand knowledge of the matter.
Stella McCartney-Kering Break Up Well Underway
BoF has learned that the French luxury group is selling its 50 percent share in the label, with a formal transition process already in motion, according to a source with first-hand knowledge of the matter.
Fashion Week
Alberta Ferretti's Take On the Eighties
The designer's winked at the Eighties of jumpsuits, leather skirts and roomy cape made for outstanding daywear.
Alberta Ferretti's Take On the Eighties
The designer's winked at the Eighties of jumpsuits, leather skirts and roomy cape made for outstanding daywear.
Fashion Week
Gucci's Glorious Pipe Dream
It was Alessandro Michele’s most confounding excursion yet, one that made connections between the distant past, troubled present and a future in which the designer insists on optimism.
Gucci's Glorious Pipe Dream
It was Alessandro Michele’s most confounding excursion yet, one that made connections between the distant past, troubled present and a future in which the designer insists on optimism.
Sustainability
Social Goods | China's Centre to Tackle Fakes, Street Style Is Killing Itself
This week, China launches a luxury brand appraisal centre to tackle fakes, while street style's focus on thin white women is excluding minorities.
Social Goods | China's Centre to Tackle Fakes, Street Style Is Killing Itself
This week, China launches a luxury brand appraisal centre to tackle fakes, while street style's focus on thin white women is excluding minorities.
The News in Brief
Puig Acquires Sun Care Brand Isdin
The conglomerate bought its former partner’s 50 percent share to take full ownership of the Spanish skincare label.
Hugo Boss Chairman to Step Down Amid Frasers Group Pressure
Stephan Sturm is stepping down, as the German fashion house's largest shareholder seeks to beef up its board representation alongside its takeover bid for the brand.
CFDA’s Steven Kolb Involved in Altercation with PETA Protestors
The trade body’s president physically restrained animal rights activists after they stormed a Cos runway show at New York Fashion Week.
GQ Philippines Names Danyl Geneciran Editor in Chief
The former Vogue Man Philippines editor will helm GQ’s 23rd international title, whose debut issue features covers starring Darren Criss, Jordan Clarkson and Erwan Heussaff.
Human Made Discloses $3.6 Million Undercover Purchase Price and Long-Term Financial Targets
The Tokyo-listed company will pay $3.6 million in cash for 100 percent of Undercover, with founder Jun Takahashi relinquishing corporate duties to focus solely on design.
Arizona Accuses L’Oréal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers
The beauty conglomerate faces over 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by individuals that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court.
Space NK Names New CEO, Andy Lightfoot Steps Down
Chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott will succeed Lightfoot, who is leaving the UK retailer after seven years at the helm.