L’Oréal Joins Forces With Nykaa to Invest in Indian Beauty Brands
BOLD, the French conglomerate’s venture capital fund, will collaborate with retailer Nykaa to invest in the next generation of Indian beauty brands.
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Fashion Week
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Prada Autumn/Winter 2013, February 21, 2013
For BoF’s Editor-at-Large, it was a ‘gun-to-my-head challenge’ to pick just one Prada outing for his top shows of all-time, but there was something ‘extra’ about Autumn/Winter 2013 that had instant, primal resonance.
Fashion Week
The BoF Podcast: The Fate of the Physical Runway Show
BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks, The Washington Post’s fashion critic Robin Givhan and GQ’s Rachel Tashjian explore the past, present and the future of the event that makes the industry go round — the fashion show.
Fashion Week
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013
BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
Fashion Week
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Romeo Gigli Spring/Summer 1990
BoF's editor-at-large travels back in time to the Italian designer's standing ovation-worthy Paris debut, which took place at the peak of his influence.
Luxury
Will Covid-19 Change Fashion Shows Forever?
After the cancellation of this season’s traditional men’s fashion week in Paris, Virgil Abloh’s recent Louis Vuitton outing in Shanghai offered a savvy template for how to stage a fashion show in a world reshaped by globalisation, the internet and coronavirus. What does it mean for fashion week?
Fashion Week
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2013
BoF’s Editor-at-Large travels back in time to the designer’s Edie Sedgwick-inflected Spring 2013 show which reimagined proper little misses from the early 60s in a parade of bizarre propriety.
Fashion Week
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Junya Watanabe Men's Autumn/Winter 2006
BoF’s Editor-at-Large connects the dots between the designer’s Spring/Summer 2021 collection and a mesmerising 2006 meditation on ‘Taxi Driver’ anti-hero Travis Bickle, which probed the heart of America’s darkness.
Fashion Week
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 1998
Under a golden rain, the miraculous finale to McQueen’s Spring 1998 presentation was perhaps the most dramatic single moment of Tim Blanks’ 35 years of show-going.
Fashion Week
The BoF Podcast: Imran Amed and Tim Blanks on Where Fashion Goes From Here
This week on Inside Fashion, the BoF tag team discuss the state of an industry in flux, digital pivots and the future of fashion shows.
Fashion Week
Zegna’s Alessandro Sartori Is Reconceptualising the Suit
After staging one of Milan Fashion Week’s most convincing ‘phygital’ shows, the designer discusses the hybridisation of the sartorial and the casual with Tim Blanks.
Fashion Week
Alessandro Michele on Fashion’s Big Opportunity
On the eve of his 12-hour livestream experiment, the Gucci designer talked with Tim Blanks about the industry’s transformation from an empire of elitism into an often-wild reflection of reality.
Fashion Week
Searching For a New Narrative at Milan Fashion Week
The lockdowns may have hit Milan hard, but in some quarters, it enabled the creativity to flow.
The News in Brief
Private Equity Firm Inflexion Invests in Manucurist
The European investor, which previously backed Medik8, has taken a 49 percent stake in the premium French nail line.
H&M Profit Rises on Tariff Refunds as Sales Remain Sluggish
US tariff refunds drove an increase operating profit, even as the fast-fashion retailer has struggled to deliver consistent sales growth.
Arnault Clan to Change LVMH Holding Structure to Ensure Control
Under the plan, the world’s biggest luxury group will be controlled by one entity, Agache SCA, after Christian Dior SE, one of the current holding companies of LVMH, is delisted.
JD Sports Says Nike Turnaround Is Only a Matter of Time
Dominic Platt, chief financial officer of the British sportswear retailer, told Reuters, ‘Much as there's a lot of talk about Nike, it's still the most popular brand out there and it's still a very strong brand.’
Chanel Plans to Keep Investing in China Despite Demand Downturn
CEO Leena Nair pointed to the brand’s recent renovation of its Plaza 66 boutique in Shanghai, calling China ‘a market where the clients understand sophistication, refinement.’
Meta Expected to Unveil Smart Glasses Without Camera
Smart glasses have become a target of criticism in recent months amid growing concerns they can be used to record people without their consent.
Record Global Fibre Production Pushes Fashion’s Environmental Footprint Higher
Planet-warming emissions associated with the raw materials used to make fashion, footwear and home textiles have risen 30 percent since 2019, according to a new report.