Joe Corré’s Light House Club Launches Pop-Up Spaces for Emerging Designers
Independent creatives can apply to utilise pop-up spaces at Light House to sell merchandise and meet with clientele.
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News & Analysis
Grace Wales Bonner: ‘I Want to Focus on Growing the Team’
Grace Wales Bonner speaks to BoF on winning the third annual LVMH Prize.
News & Analysis
Wales Bonner Wins LVMH Prize
Wales Bonner has been awarded the LVMH Prize 2016, and will receive €300,000 and a year-long mentorship.
Financial Markets
BoF Exclusive | David Neville to Exit Rag & Bone
BoF has learned that co-chief executive officer David Neville will step down from his day-to-day role at Rag & Bone, while remaining a ‘significant’ shareholder and board member. Marcus Wainwright will become the company’s sole CEO.
Retail
Uniqlo Wants to Become World's Biggest Apparel Maker
Uniqlo has leveraged its prowess in mass production to build a fashion empire filled with shelves upon shelves of affordable, good quality items like down jackets, underwear and T-shirts.
Fashion Week
At Coach and Miharayasuhiro, American Bad Boys
Looking at Americana from the outside, Mihara Yasuhiro and Stuart Vevers both celebrated the pop-cultural rush of teen rebellion.
Fashion Week
What Season Is it Anyway?
In New York, the meaning of Resort was more elusive than ever, as a grab-bag of approaches to ‘fashion immediacy’ added chaos to an already disjointed season.
Fashion Week
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back to J.W. Anderson
His new men’s collection is a psychedelically surreal fairytale.
Fashion Week
MAN and Fashion East Deliver Mixed Results
Lulu Kennedy's fairy-godmothering of nascent British fashion talent continues to yield dividends.
News & Analysis
UK Shadow Chancellor Joins Calls to Strip Philip Green of Knighthood
UK Labour finance spokesman John McDonnell has called for former BHS owner Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood if he refuses to appear before a parliamentary committee this week.
News & Analysis
Jonathan Anderson's Cultural Cut-and-Paste
One of the most promising design talents of his generation reflects on a peripatetic life juggling J.W. Anderson and Loewe, and the cultural cut-and-paste of his creative process.
Fashion Week
Craig Green's Dreams and Reality
Craig Green's latest collection was his strongest statement yet about contemporary masculinity and his most confident expression to date of his own ethos.
News & Analysis
Can Craig Green Build a Real Business?
The designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about turning his undeniable creative vision into 'product that people want to buy.'
The News in Brief
Givaudan Sales Beat Expectations on Fine Fragrance Strength
A surge in sales of scents for luxury perfumes and a continued recovery in flavours drove the Swiss firm’s organic sales growth clearly beyond market expectations in the third quarter, lifting its shares on Tuesday.
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Boosts Position in Burberry
Frasers Group Plc now possesses over 7 percent of the British label’s voting rights, placing it on track to be the brand’s biggest investor.
Isamaya Ffrench Has Departed Namesake Brand
The makeup artist has not been involved with Isamaya Beauty for over a year, sources told The Business of Beauty.
Shein Outsells British Rival Asos as UK Revenue Hits $3.41 Billion
The ultra-fast fashion company said sales had been bolstered by marketing partnerships with music festivals, a pop-up shop on London’s Oxford Street and local Christmas gift events.
Nike, Patagonia and Lululemon Join Group Battling Microfibre Pollution
Global environmental non-profit The Nature Conservancy has launched a new industry coalition to help apparel companies tackle microfibre pollution across their supply chains.
Meta Bans Ads From TikTok on Its Apps
The policy bars ads from ByteDance, which remains in charge of key parts of TikTok, and extends to third-party advertisers running campaigns that link to TikTok.
Gap to Use Athleta Leader’s Exit to Rebuild Slumping Brand
The departure of Athleta’s CEO for Lululemon is a chance to ‘reimagine the brand’s path forward,’ Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson wrote in an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg.