Harper’s Bazaar to Launch Philippine Edition
Hearst Magazines International is partnering with Philippine media group AGC Power Holdings to launch the fashion title in November 2027.
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News & Analysis
Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger: Lessons in Fashion Immediacy
What do Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger’s experiments in ‘see now, buy now’ tell us about how fashion immediacy might evolve in 2017?
Fashion Week
The Case for Global Fashion Cooperation
In today’s complex and connected world, the major challenges facing fashion can only be addressed through greater global cooperation.
Fashion Week
Coach Making a Play For the Major Leagues
As the mid-market leather goods house celebrates its 75th anniversary with a large-scale show, the buzz around the company's acquisition strategy continues to swell.
Workplace & Talent
Power Moves | CEO and Creative Directors Exit DKNY, TCS US Expansion, Condé Nast VPs
This week, chief executive officer Caroline Brown and creative directors Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow exited their posts at DKNY, and The Communications Store has appointed Stacie Henderson to lead its US operations.
News & Analysis
From Designer to CEO, Alexander Wang Is a Man with a Plan
In his first sit-down interview as CEO of the business that bears his name, Alexander Wang speaks exclusively to Imran Amed about his plans for the future.
Retail
Green Delays Arcadia Results as Pressure Builds on Billionaire
Green, under fire from lawmakers for selling BHS to an unsuitable buyer and leaving behind a significant pension deficit, said he’s “not in the mood” to discuss Arcadia or its results.
News & Analysis
Inside VOICES, BoF’s First Gathering for Big Thinkers
From terrorism to disruptive technology, fashion’s top business leaders, entrepreneurs and educators gathered to discuss the threats and opportunities facing the $2.4 trillion industry.
News & Analysis
The Fashion Awards Goes Global
The British Fashion Council revamped its annual awards show, aiming for a high-wattage, global-scale ‘mix of the Academy Awards and the Met Ball.’
News & Analysis
James Scully on Fashion's Bullying, Cruelty and Discrimination of Models
Casting director James Scully was given a standing ovation at VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers, following his plea to end the fashion industry's "cruel and sadistic" abuse of models.
News & Analysis
Mario Testino: ‘I See Fashion Photography as a Business’
Super-photographer Mario Testino discusses the marriage of art and commerce and the arc of his career seen through 10 iconic images.
News & Analysis
Models Face Bullying, Cruelty and Racial Discrimination at Castings
Casting director James Scully and others lifted the lid on a system that hires girls when they are little more than children and then disposes of them when they hit puberty in a power game where models are pawns.
Financial Markets
Disrupting Amidst Disruption
In a fast-changing and unpredictable world, fashion must embrace disruption.
The News in Brief
Sycamore Said to Near Deal to Sell Boots
The private equity firm is nearing a deal, valued at $9 billion, to sell the UK health and beauty retail business to the Canadian branch of the billionaire Weston family, a source told Bloomberg.
Pandora Opens World’s Largest Jewellery Factory in Vietnam
The $150 million plant is the Danish jewellers first outside of Thailand, part of a bid to diversify its manufacturing footprint and boost supply-chain resilience.
Luca de Meo Says Italy Remains Key, Rules Out Production Shift
The Kering CEO also denied any interest in buying a minority stake in Armani, adding that the group was focusing on other challenges.
H&M, Adidas and Inditex Back New Effort to Address ‘Waste Colonialism’
The new initiative will explore how the industry can take responsibility for the millions of used and unsold garments exported to secondhand markets around the world.
Dyson’s $499 AI Toothbrush Sees Rocky Debut
The UK firm blamed a production error resulting in ‘water seepage’ for the disappearance of its newly launched camera-equipped toothbrush from stores.
Sephora to Launch at Marks & Spencer
‘Sephora at M&S’ will roll out in M&S stores and online starting next spring, with plans to expand to 100 locations by the end of 2028.
Novo Buys Rights to Early Obesity Pill For $2.6 Billion
The Wegovy maker has signed a deal to license an experimental obesity pill from China’s Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals as it seeks to regain share of the global GLP-1 market.