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.
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Financial Markets
How Supreme Grew a $1 Billion Business with a Secret Partner
Supreme scaled from scrappy start-up to billion-dollar streetwear juggernaut with private equity funding going back to 2014.
How Supreme Grew a $1 Billion Business with a Secret Partner
Supreme scaled from scrappy start-up to billion-dollar streetwear juggernaut with private equity funding going back to 2014.
News & Analysis
Dries Van Noten, Carine Roitfeld, Joe Gebbia and Dynamo to Speak at VOICES 2017
These are the latest globally renowned speakers confirmed to join fashion industry leaders from around the world at the second annual edition of VOICES, from November 29 to December 1 in Oxfordshire, UK.
Dries Van Noten, Carine Roitfeld, Joe Gebbia and Dynamo to Speak at VOICES 2017
These are the latest globally renowned speakers confirmed to join fashion industry leaders from around the world at the second annual edition of VOICES, from November 29 to December 1 in Oxfordshire, UK.
Financial Markets
Supreme Confirms Investment From Carlyle Group
Supreme founder James Jebbia has confirmed that private equity giant The Carlyle Group has taken a stake in the skater-inflected label and longtime purveyor of ‘downtown cool.’
Supreme Confirms Investment From Carlyle Group
Supreme founder James Jebbia has confirmed that private equity giant The Carlyle Group has taken a stake in the skater-inflected label and longtime purveyor of ‘downtown cool.’
Fashion Week
Watch: Tim's Take on S/S 2018
Tim Blanks delivers his take on the Spring/Summer 2018 season in conversation with BoF founder Imran Amed in a BoF Professional-only exclusive. Watch now.
Watch: Tim's Take on S/S 2018
Tim Blanks delivers his take on the Spring/Summer 2018 season in conversation with BoF founder Imran Amed in a BoF Professional-only exclusive. Watch now.
Retail
Supreme Said Close to Investment Deal With Carlyle Group
The skate-inflected label and longtime purveyor of ‘downtown cool’ could be close to selling a stake in the company to private equity firm The Carlyle Group, according to a report in Women’s Wear Daily.
Supreme Said Close to Investment Deal With Carlyle Group
The skate-inflected label and longtime purveyor of ‘downtown cool’ could be close to selling a stake in the company to private equity firm The Carlyle Group, according to a report in Women’s Wear Daily.
Fashion Week
Haider Ackermann's Uncompromising Fantasy
Maybe his work on men’s tailoring at Berluti bestowed him a new appreciation of the human form. Kudos to that, because he’s telling striking new stories.
Haider Ackermann's Uncompromising Fantasy
Maybe his work on men’s tailoring at Berluti bestowed him a new appreciation of the human form. Kudos to that, because he’s telling striking new stories.
Fashion Week
A Contrary Spirit at Miu Miu
Miu Miu's parent company is battling institutional stasis, but Miuccia Prada was fired up by the state of the world, delivering a dialogue of opposites with extraordinary skill.
A Contrary Spirit at Miu Miu
Miu Miu's parent company is battling institutional stasis, but Miuccia Prada was fired up by the state of the world, delivering a dialogue of opposites with extraordinary skill.
Fashion Week
Thom Browne's Dream of Paris
The show's darkness delivered magic on the catwalk with a collection that was as light as the fabric itself, and shot through with colour.
Thom Browne's Dream of Paris
The show's darkness delivered magic on the catwalk with a collection that was as light as the fabric itself, and shot through with colour.
Media
BoF Exclusive | Condé Nast To Launch New LGBTQ Media Brand
The new multi-platform title — called Them — was conceived by Teen Vogue’s Phillip Picardi. Newly appointed chief revenue officer Pamela Drucker Mann sees it as a template for launching future brands.
BoF Exclusive | Condé Nast To Launch New LGBTQ Media Brand
The new multi-platform title — called Them — was conceived by Teen Vogue’s Phillip Picardi. Newly appointed chief revenue officer Pamela Drucker Mann sees it as a template for launching future brands.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
The News in Brief
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.
EssilorLuxottica Managers Defend CEO After Heir Lashes Out
Twenty top lieutenants to CEO Francesco Milleri came to their boss’s defense in an escalating feud with Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, a son of the founder who abruptly left a senior role at the company.