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.
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Fashion Week
Cottweiler Goes Cruising
Wrapped in a story about casual sex before the internet, the tactile luxe of the collection was in step with a new era of male elegance.
Cottweiler Goes Cruising
Wrapped in a story about casual sex before the internet, the tactile luxe of the collection was in step with a new era of male elegance.
Technology
Why Nobody Is Wearing Black to This Year's Golden Globes
This week, everyone will be talking about the Golden Globes, London Fashion Week Men's, Pitti Uomo and the Consumer Electronics Show. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Why Nobody Is Wearing Black to This Year's Golden Globes
This week, everyone will be talking about the Golden Globes, London Fashion Week Men's, Pitti Uomo and the Consumer Electronics Show. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Fashion Week
Edward Crutchley’s Anti-Sportswear
The designer has yet to show the breadth that would net him a spot in the winner’s circle, but he’s at least halfway there with his craft and sense of humour.
Edward Crutchley’s Anti-Sportswear
The designer has yet to show the breadth that would net him a spot in the winner’s circle, but he’s at least halfway there with his craft and sense of humour.
Fashion Week
A Tang of Revolution at Charles Jeffrey
The designer calls himself Loverboy, but this kitty had claws with a collection that was a curiously timely, multi-layered call to the barricades.
A Tang of Revolution at Charles Jeffrey
The designer calls himself Loverboy, but this kitty had claws with a collection that was a curiously timely, multi-layered call to the barricades.
Fashion Week
Nike Engineering a Rebound for Jordan Brand
This week, everyone will be talking about Nike's earnings, the Autumn/Winter 2019 fashion calendar and the holiday retail landscape. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Nike Engineering a Rebound for Jordan Brand
This week, everyone will be talking about Nike's earnings, the Autumn/Winter 2019 fashion calendar and the holiday retail landscape. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Fashion Week
Fashion East’s Class of Spring-Summer 2019
This season, Charlotte Knowles, Asai and newcomer Yuhan Wang raised their game.
Fashion East’s Class of Spring-Summer 2019
This season, Charlotte Knowles, Asai and newcomer Yuhan Wang raised their game.
Fashion Week
Ritual and Ceremony at Simone Rocha
The collection was very much an evolution of Rocha's aesthetic, but a new degree of precision stood out.
Ritual and Ceremony at Simone Rocha
The collection was very much an evolution of Rocha's aesthetic, but a new degree of precision stood out.
Fashion Week
Rejina Pyo's Complex Creatures
Part of this collection’s appeal was its lack of order: the styling suggested thirty-five women in thirty-five moments of their lives.
Rejina Pyo's Complex Creatures
Part of this collection’s appeal was its lack of order: the styling suggested thirty-five women in thirty-five moments of their lives.
Fashion Week
Christopher Kane Explores Sex in Nature
There is no other designer in the UK who can unsettle and provoke the way Kane does. His latest, creepily erotic collection was no different.
Christopher Kane Explores Sex in Nature
There is no other designer in the UK who can unsettle and provoke the way Kane does. His latest, creepily erotic collection was no different.
Fashion Week
Erdem’s Victorian Cross-Dressers
The extravagant silhouettes, fabrics and decoration edged on costume but the designer managed to find a contemporary relevance in his research.
Erdem’s Victorian Cross-Dressers
The extravagant silhouettes, fabrics and decoration edged on costume but the designer managed to find a contemporary relevance in his research.
Fashion Week
A New Day at Burberry
The collection’s 133-look breadth, so weighted with canny commercial considerations, was simultaneously its strength and weakness.
A New Day at Burberry
The collection’s 133-look breadth, so weighted with canny commercial considerations, was simultaneously its strength and weakness.
Fashion Week
Richard Quinn’s Royal Flush
Support from Queen Elizabeth II gave the fledgling British label a big boost. Richard Quinn talks numbers and next moves.
Richard Quinn’s Royal Flush
Support from Queen Elizabeth II gave the fledgling British label a big boost. Richard Quinn talks numbers and next moves.
The News in Brief
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.
Skincare Brand Prequel Appoints C-Suite
The dermatologist-developed label has named Nathalie Kristo as its first chief executive officer and Toral Patel as chief marketing officer.