CVC Mulls Buying Stake in Jeweller APM Monaco From TPG
CVC Capital Partners is considering buying a stake in the fashion jeweller from private-equity firm TPG Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
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Luxury
Coperni Forgoes Paris Show Amid Shareholder Strife
The label’s relationship with Tomorrow London has ‘deteriorated significantly,’ founders Arnaud Vaillant and Sebastien Meyer said in a statement.
Coperni Forgoes Paris Show Amid Shareholder Strife
The label’s relationship with Tomorrow London has ‘deteriorated significantly,’ founders Arnaud Vaillant and Sebastien Meyer said in a statement.
Sports
How Fashion Is Breaking Through the Super Bowl Noise
Building on fashion’s breakout Super Bowl in 2025, brands are getting even more creative in how they show up this year as the frenzy around the Big Game reaches new heights.
How Fashion Is Breaking Through the Super Bowl Noise
Building on fashion’s breakout Super Bowl in 2025, brands are getting even more creative in how they show up this year as the frenzy around the Big Game reaches new heights.
Sustainability
Copenhagen Fashion Week Defies the Sustainability Pullback
The event, now in its 20th year, made its name by embedding environmental responsibility into its structure. But as green initiatives slip down fashion’s corporate agenda, what does its future look like?
Copenhagen Fashion Week Defies the Sustainability Pullback
The event, now in its 20th year, made its name by embedding environmental responsibility into its structure. But as green initiatives slip down fashion’s corporate agenda, what does its future look like?
Fashion Week
The BoF Podcast | The Couture Season That Cut Through
Fresh off a week of major moments, Tim Blanks and Imran Amed break down the blockbuster couture debuts at Dior and Chanel and what they signify about the state of the luxury industry.
The BoF Podcast | The Couture Season That Cut Through
Fresh off a week of major moments, Tim Blanks and Imran Amed break down the blockbuster couture debuts at Dior and Chanel and what they signify about the state of the luxury industry.
Fashion Week
The Beating Heart of Haute Couture
IT’S ALIVE! in the dreamweaving hands of Alessandro Michele at Valentino and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, reports Tim Blanks.
The Beating Heart of Haute Couture
IT’S ALIVE! in the dreamweaving hands of Alessandro Michele at Valentino and Daniel Roseberry at Schiaparelli, reports Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
Couture Has Entered a New Era. What Does It Mean?
There were plenty of questions coursing through the shows in Paris this week as new designers at Chanel and Dior brought fresh perspectives to their first couture collections, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Couture Has Entered a New Era. What Does It Mean?
There were plenty of questions coursing through the shows in Paris this week as new designers at Chanel and Dior brought fresh perspectives to their first couture collections, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Luxury
What’s Couture For? Chanel and Dior’s New Designers Make Their Case
Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson each took different approaches to navigating the inherent tensions of French couture, Robert Williams writes. Plus: LVMH’s results.
What’s Couture For? Chanel and Dior’s New Designers Make Their Case
Matthieu Blazy and Jonathan Anderson each took different approaches to navigating the inherent tensions of French couture, Robert Williams writes. Plus: LVMH’s results.
Fashion Week
Blazy’s Chanel Couture Was a Slam Dunk!
Who knew an inspiration as unlikely as ‘bird on a mushroom’ could unleash such a torrent of creativity, reports Tim Blanks.
Blazy’s Chanel Couture Was a Slam Dunk!
Who knew an inspiration as unlikely as ‘bird on a mushroom’ could unleash such a torrent of creativity, reports Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
At Saint Laurent, Dressing and Undressing
Anthony Vaccarello’s latest men’s outing was impeccably executed, but the frisson of eroticism the designer has mastered so well in the past got lost along the way, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
At Saint Laurent, Dressing and Undressing
Anthony Vaccarello’s latest men’s outing was impeccably executed, but the frisson of eroticism the designer has mastered so well in the past got lost along the way, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Beauty
Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy
Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.
Why Pat McGrath Labs Filed for Bankruptcy
Once valued at $1 billion, the makeup brand has struggled to balance its creative point of view with commercial viability.
Fashion Week
Another Day, Another Dior Debut for Jonathan Anderson
A schedule that, on paper, looks like it would try the patience of a saint produced a couture show that was anything but in a beautiful synthesis of two very distinct design sensibilities, reports Tim Blanks.
Another Day, Another Dior Debut for Jonathan Anderson
A schedule that, on paper, looks like it would try the patience of a saint produced a couture show that was anything but in a beautiful synthesis of two very distinct design sensibilities, reports Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
The BoF Podcast | Jonathan Anderson on Refashioning the House of Dior
Imran Amed sat down with Anderson to explore the thinking behind his Dior couture debut and wider remaking of the storied French label.
The BoF Podcast | Jonathan Anderson on Refashioning the House of Dior
Imran Amed sat down with Anderson to explore the thinking behind his Dior couture debut and wider remaking of the storied French label.
The News in Brief
Will Jewellery Help Shape Luxury’s Winners?
As weak appetite for handbags and geopolitical tensions weigh on fashion sales, luxury groups are leaning on high-performing jewellery to help boost growth and steady profit margins.
London’s Liberty Doubles Fabric Section as Sewing Booms
The department store has more than doubled the size of its fabrics department and will host crafting classes this autumn as social media drives a surge in activities like sewing.
US Businesses File Lawsuit Challenging New ‘Forced Labour’ Tariffs
Two small businesses, backed by the group that successfully sued over previous tariffs, say the new policy similarly exceeds the president’s authority to tax imports.
Perfume Maker Givaudan’s Sales Beat Estimates, Tariff Paybacks Weigh on Shares
Givaudan’s second-quarter organic sales came in ahead of market estimates on Thursday, but its shares fell 5 percent on litigation costs and tariff repayments.
Trump to Impose Forced Labour Duties on Friday as Temporary 10% US Tariffs Expire
The move is the White House’s latest effort to restore Trump’s campaign vision of a near-global tariff after the US Supreme Court in February struck down his ‘reciprocal’ duties.
LVMH Appoints General Manager of Fragrance
Givenchy executive Yann Musquin will lead the group’s fragrance portfolio, succeeding longtime division head Romain Spitzer.
India Changes Rule in Win for Foreign E-Commerce Companies
In a major win for Amazon, which lobbied for the change, the government will allow foreign e-commerce companies to buy products directly from Indian sellers and sell them to overseas customers.