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What Makes a Great Magazine Editor?

Ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman outlines what’s changed and what must stay the same about the business of editing a magazine in today’s digital age.

News & Analysis

What Makes a Great Magazine Editor?

Ex-British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman outlines what’s changed and what must stay the same about the business of editing a magazine in today’s digital age.


Fashion Week

A Nothing-To-Lose Kick at Louis Vuitton

It felt like a breakthrough for Nicolas Ghesquière. If the brand’s raison d'être is travel, he’d certainly found his own way into the idea: time, not place.

Fashion Week

A Nothing-To-Lose Kick at Louis Vuitton

It felt like a breakthrough for Nicolas Ghesquière. If the brand’s raison d'être is travel, he’d certainly found his own way into the idea: time, not place.


Fashion Week

Chasing Waterfalls at Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld is adamant that his word is first and last at Chanel, so it would be thrilling to see him set himself some limits.

Fashion Week

Chasing Waterfalls at Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld is adamant that his word is first and last at Chanel, so it would be thrilling to see him set himself some limits.


Fashion Week

Reanimated Memory at Sacai

Chitose Abe went back to the source, manifested here in the unabashed sensuality and in the sense of humour of distinctly utilitarian elements that were quintessential Sacai.

Fashion Week

Reanimated Memory at Sacai

Chitose Abe went back to the source, manifested here in the unabashed sensuality and in the sense of humour of distinctly utilitarian elements that were quintessential Sacai.


Fashion Week

An Earthly Wildness at Alexander McQueen

Gardens were the starting point, but it didn’t take long for the familiar to be absorbed and co-opted into the instinctive otherness of Sarah Burton's world.

Fashion Week

An Earthly Wildness at Alexander McQueen

Gardens were the starting point, but it didn’t take long for the familiar to be absorbed and co-opted into the instinctive otherness of Sarah Burton's world.


Luxury

Decoding Chanel’s Gen-Z Strategy

Perhaps no other brand is as deft as Chanel at extracting juice from ingénue endorsements. But as younger consumers turn away from traditional celebrities in favour of digital influencers, how will fashion’s most powerful luxury house adjust its strategy?

Luxury

Decoding Chanel’s Gen-Z Strategy

Perhaps no other brand is as deft as Chanel at extracting juice from ingénue endorsements. But as younger consumers turn away from traditional celebrities in favour of digital influencers, how will fashion’s most powerful luxury house adjust its strategy?


Fashion Week

‘Real’ World Dressing at Stella McCartney

In stores, the designer's clothes exert the chimerical hanger appeal that makes a shopper shop for herself.  You scarcely have to like it on the catwalk when it’s really intended for the sidewalk.

Fashion Week

‘Real’ World Dressing at Stella McCartney

In stores, the designer's clothes exert the chimerical hanger appeal that makes a shopper shop for herself.  You scarcely have to like it on the catwalk when it’s really intended for the sidewalk.


Workplace & Talent

5 Tips for Fashion Success from Phillip Lim's CEO

The formidable executive helped grow the American designer label into a globally renowned brand in four years. How did she do it?

Workplace & Talent

5 Tips for Fashion Success from Phillip Lim's CEO

The formidable executive helped grow the American designer label into a globally renowned brand in four years. How did she do it?


News & Analysis

Alexander Wang Relinquishes CEO Role, Plants Seeds for New Direction

Former Goop and Martha Stewart Omnimedia head Lisa Gersh will assume the chief executive title, while ex-Farfetch marketer Stephanie Horton is joining as chief strategy officer.

News & Analysis

Alexander Wang Relinquishes CEO Role, Plants Seeds for New Direction

Former Goop and Martha Stewart Omnimedia head Lisa Gersh will assume the chief executive title, while ex-Farfetch marketer Stephanie Horton is joining as chief strategy officer.


Fashion Week

A Renewed Sense of Purpose at Céline

Phoebe Philo opted for optimism in the face of the spectacle of disorder, achieving maximal effects with minimal means. If complex simplicity sounds like a paradox, it’s one measure of this designer’s unique achievement.

Fashion Week

A Renewed Sense of Purpose at Céline

Phoebe Philo opted for optimism in the face of the spectacle of disorder, achieving maximal effects with minimal means. If complex simplicity sounds like a paradox, it’s one measure of this designer’s unique achievement.


Fashion Week

Altuzarra Plays to His Strengths

The designer felt no compulsion to adjust anything to account for a demanding new audience in Paris, conjuring up a strong, sensual, all-conquering female alter ego that was a testament to his focus.

Fashion Week

Altuzarra Plays to His Strengths

The designer felt no compulsion to adjust anything to account for a demanding new audience in Paris, conjuring up a strong, sensual, all-conquering female alter ego that was a testament to his focus.


Fashion Week

Comme des Garçons' Monument to Irrevocable Loss

Just as girlhood is an inevitable prelude to lost innocence, Rei Kawakubo’s collection seemed to recognise another human inevitability, the most inescapable of all.

Fashion Week

Comme des Garçons' Monument to Irrevocable Loss

Just as girlhood is an inevitable prelude to lost innocence, Rei Kawakubo’s collection seemed to recognise another human inevitability, the most inescapable of all.