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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Emotional Engagement at Burberry
Christopher Bailey succeeded in making the embrace of vast and rapid change look not just accessible but intimate, and even charming.
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Can 180 The Strand Become London’s Next Fashion Hub?
The Store founder Alex Eagle is turning 180 The Strand into a space for exhibitions, events and, soon, the offices of Dazed Media and the British Fashion Council.
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At Erdem, a D-Day of Beauty
Amidst a weather-beaten boardwalk and billowing sails, Erdem Moralioglu gave his drowned damsels in distress a buttoned-down eroticism.
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Roksanda's Way With Colour
The designer mixed lustrous, plump hues with poignant delicacy and incredible lightness, but her silhouettes were a little clumsy.
News & Analysis
Kate Moss Inc: How the World’s Most Famous Supermodel Is Building a Business of Her Own
For BoF’s 4th annual BoF 500 special print edition, available for pre-order now, cover star Kate Moss speaks exclusively to Imran Amed about her plans to build her own talent agency and expand her lifestyle brand.
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At Anya Hindmarch, Something Weird and Beautiful
Video games last season, geometry this: Anya Hindmarch's ability to find poetry and humour in the mechanical is becoming something of a calling card.
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Mary Katrantzou’s Ancient Greek Pop-Art
Mary Katrantzou returning to her design roots should have been a slam-dunk. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Parthenon. Mary lost her way.
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Tim’s Take | J.W. Anderson Spring/Summer 2017
Tim Blanks talks to Jonathan Anderson to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
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Gareth Pugh's Night After the Opera
The designer delivered the kind of campy high fashion drama he deeply loves, though one wonders where the Pugh woman might promenade her powerful silhouettes.
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Simone Rocha: The Earth Spirit
Simone Rocha's collection had such a rich, pagan resonance that you could only wonder at the prettiness of the ritual.
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Era-Hopping at J.W. Anderson
The collection Jonathan Anderson showed on Saturday was his most relaxed ever, giving it an easy, commercial charm.
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A Uniform Edge at Versus
Versus is courting millennials with a fierce hunger to define themselves as individuals.
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.