Skip to main content

bof500-2014

Retail

The Trouble with Topshop

Can the one-time fashion favourite stage a comeback as sales fall and the likes of Asos, Boohoo and Zara continue to eat into its business?

Retail

The Trouble with Topshop

Can the one-time fashion favourite stage a comeback as sales fall and the likes of Asos, Boohoo and Zara continue to eat into its business?


News & Analysis

The Independent State of Erdem

Without external investment, Erdem Moralioglu has steadily built a label with a turnover of $13 million and an aesthetic loved by some of the world’s most elegant women. Now, a collaboration with H&M could get his name in front of a whole legion of new fans.

News & Analysis

The Independent State of Erdem

Without external investment, Erdem Moralioglu has steadily built a label with a turnover of $13 million and an aesthetic loved by some of the world’s most elegant women. Now, a collaboration with H&M could get his name in front of a whole legion of new fans.


Fashion Week

Versus Gets Real

Donatella Versace didn’t want the collection to look “fashion-y”. On paper, that adds an element of anarchy.  In actuality, the fashion element remained.

Fashion Week

Versus Gets Real

Donatella Versace didn’t want the collection to look “fashion-y”. On paper, that adds an element of anarchy.  In actuality, the fashion element remained.


Fashion Week

Searching for Rebirth at Emporio Armani

Despite renewed energy around the brand — including a relaunched magazine — there was no halo effect for the collection.

Fashion Week

Searching for Rebirth at Emporio Armani

Despite renewed energy around the brand — including a relaunched magazine — there was no halo effect for the collection.


Fashion Week

Anya Hindmarch's Symphony to Suburbia

If the collection’s archness was distancing, it struck one genuine chord with the designer’s tribute to soon-to-close Colette.

Fashion Week

Anya Hindmarch's Symphony to Suburbia

If the collection’s archness was distancing, it struck one genuine chord with the designer’s tribute to soon-to-close Colette.


Fashion Week

Mary Katrantzou Lets Loose

The long-time purveyor of the architectural, nipped silhouette embraced childhood and a new fluidity.

Fashion Week

Mary Katrantzou Lets Loose

The long-time purveyor of the architectural, nipped silhouette embraced childhood and a new fluidity.


Fashion Week

Gareth Pugh's Macabre Movie

In lieu of a show, the visionary designer presented a powerful film about the creation that comes from endless destruction, but one couldn't help seeing how repetitive Pugh's work can be.

Fashion Week

Gareth Pugh's Macabre Movie

In lieu of a show, the visionary designer presented a powerful film about the creation that comes from endless destruction, but one couldn't help seeing how repetitive Pugh's work can be.


Fashion Week

Simone Rocha and the End of Innocence

Where last season was all about protection and a militant stance, Rocha’s new collection surrendered to fragility.

Fashion Week

Simone Rocha and the End of Innocence

Where last season was all about protection and a militant stance, Rocha’s new collection surrendered to fragility.


Fashion Week

A Shift in Sensibility at Burberry

With the last collection and this one, there is a real sense of a designer hungry for a creative turnaround.

Fashion Week

A Shift in Sensibility at Burberry

With the last collection and this one, there is a real sense of a designer hungry for a creative turnaround.


Fashion Week

​A Meditative Mood at ​J.W.​ ​Anderson

Jonathan Anderson is still capable of extremely sophisticated effects, but his intentions here seemed much more aligned with some kind of spiritual response to “the complexity of modern life”​.​

Fashion Week

​A Meditative Mood at ​J.W.​ ​Anderson

Jonathan Anderson is still capable of extremely sophisticated effects, but his intentions here seemed much more aligned with some kind of spiritual response to “the complexity of modern life”​.​


News & Analysis

Amazon Tests One-Hour Catwalk-to-Doorstep Deliveries at Nicopanda

The one-hour delivery option will be available only to Amazon Prime members in London, and will come at a cost.

News & Analysis

Amazon Tests One-Hour Catwalk-to-Doorstep Deliveries at Nicopanda

The one-hour delivery option will be available only to Amazon Prime members in London, and will come at a cost.


News & Analysis

The School of Dazed

Dazed & Confused may have been started by students, but 25 years later, it has become a training ground for multiple generations of fashion creatives.

News & Analysis

The School of Dazed

Dazed & Confused may have been started by students, but 25 years later, it has become a training ground for multiple generations of fashion creatives.