Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Grows Double Digits
The Italian cosmetics label expects to maintain its growth trajectory in 2026 after surpassing €1 billion ($1.12 billion) in wholesale revenues last year.
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Fashion Week
A Perfect Day, Undercover
The clothes followed their own peculiar path, variations on a theme of soft, fuzzy cocooning, reflecting Jun Takahashi’s own idea of a perfect day.
News & Analysis
Slimane, Gvasalia and the Power of Emotional Experiences
BoF's Imran Amed asks, in an age of fashion immediacy, can genuinely emotional fashion experiences — like those staged by Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Hedi Slimane at Yves Saint Laurent — really be communicated at scale to millions of end consumers?
Fashion Week
Tim’s Take | Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter 2016
Tim Blanks talks to Nicolas Ghesquière to decode the creative thinking behind his latest collection. Watch now.
Fashion Week
Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2016
At the end of a complex fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 Shows of the Season.
Fashion Week
Nobility, Misery and Fun at Miu Miu
Quirky Anglophilia informed the collection in silhouettes that ran from Regency tails to Victorian propriety, Edwardian elongation to aristo riding gear.
Financial Markets
Hugo Boss Keeps Dividend at Last Year’s Level, Below Forecast
Hugo Boss AG said it’s maintaining its dividend at last year’s level following the departure of its chief executive officer last month after a series of profit warnings and strategic mishaps.
Fashion Week
The Fashion Gyre and the Ghost of Martin Margiela
Amidst a whirlwind of directions, the real protagonist of Paris Fashion Week was Martin Margiela, whose influence was felt from Vetements to Miu Miu.
Fashion Week
Ghesquière Goes Into the Past to Find the Future
With all of Nicolas Ghesquière’s talk of creating a wardrobe for the Vuitton woman, the mesh of references for Autumn 2016 made a lot of sense. Whose clothes tell only one story, especially if travel is in your DNA?
Fashion Week
Iris Van Herpen's Dream States
Iris Van Herpen's latest collection, entitled 'Lucid,' put her spectators in a trance, thanks, in particular, to 'phantom' dresses that fused featherweight tulle with iridescent stripes in a mind-bending maze of miniature pleating.
Fashion Week
Reference and Remix at Kenzo
Carol Lim and Humberto Leon's collection was their most referential in recent times, owing debts to Vetements and Hedi Slimane's seedy Saint Laurent.
Financial Markets
James Jebbia on Taking Supreme Global
In a rare interview, the press-shy founder speaks exclusively to BoF about Supreme’s new Paris store — set to open later this week — and the company’s homegrown approach to global expansion.
Fashion Week
Saint Laurent: Cloaked in Mystique
Hedi Slimane's 23rd collection for Saint Laurent, “made at the reinstated couture ateliers in Paris and Angers," was a maximal exercise in minimal form.
The News in Brief
Chanel Extends Revamp as Fashion Head Pavlovsky Exits Board
The move follows CFO Philippe Blondiaux’s decision to retire at the end of this year after more than 15 years at Chanel.
Zara Billionaire Owner Ortega Buys $550 Million Chicago Tower
Pontegadea Inversiones SL acquired the 51-story One North Wacker in the city’s business district in one of the biggest US office deals this year.
Laani and Boldpurity Are Among This Year’s Estée Lauder, Nykaa Beauty&You Winners
The programme, now in its fifth year, reflect the US beauty giant’s commitment to the Indian market.
Douglas Group Names New CEO
Jean-Marc Bellaiche will succeed outgoing Sander van der Laan as chief executive of the German beauty retailer.
Lululemon Makes Changes to Fabric Team After See-Through Mishaps
The changes at the leggings maker come after a customer backlash over quality issues.
THG Lifts 2026 Profit Forecast on Nutrition Demand
The UK e-commerce platform, which owns Dermstore and Lookfantastic, forecast 2026 adjusted core profit above market expectations, driven by strong demand for its sports nutrition and supplements brand and favourable whey protein prices.
Botswana Said to Near Agreement on Size of Its De Beers Stake
Ongoing talks between the nation’s government and Global Diamond Consortium are likely to see Botswana boost its stake in De Beers by 10 percent.