Boots Acquired by Canada’s Weston Family for $8.9 Billion
The Westons agreed on Wednesday to buy the UK's Boots from Sycamore Partners and the Pessina family, pledging to invest in the retailer's stores and online and expand healthcare services.
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Fashion Week
Kanye West’s Paris Fashion Week Surprise
This week, everyone will be talking about Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week, the watch industry's troubles and the coronavirus' financial impact. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Workplace & Talent
Coronavirus Concerns Hit Fashion’s Workplaces
Brands and publications are working in real time to protect their workforce as fashion month nears its end.
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Paris Fashion Designers Address Coronavirus Concerns
As of now, the shows will continue, with many brands expected to offer face masks.
Luxury
Raf and Miuccia Steal the Spotlight from Paris
This week, everyone will be talking about Paris Fashion Week, the bid to take Saks' owner private and a trio of earnings reports by fashion technology companies. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Luxury
What Will Vetements Be Like Without Demna?
This week, everyone will be talking about the men's shows at Paris Fashion Week, an agreement to end the US-China trade war and Fenty Beauty's first mascara. Get your BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
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At Sacai, One World
Chitose Abe’s work has a wilful eroticism that you won’t find anywhere else in Japanese fashion and it was this that ultimately gave her latest collection its groove.
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At Thom Browne, Before the Guillotine
If the collection was ridiculously pretty, it was also pretty ridiculous.
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At Maison Margiela, From Liberation to Darkness
The show was John Galliano's most accessible distillation of the manifesto he is shaping around his designs.
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Junya Watanabe's Transmogrified Trench Coats
The designer's scalpel-sharp dissections made for spectacular reworkings of achingly familiar components.
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Melancholy and Improvisation at Miu Miu
The Prada show was distinguished by its serene rejection of excess. Miu Miu took a more wayward route, with an improvised DIY quality that was fundamental to the collection.
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Top 10 Shows of the Season
After a fashion month punctuated with true fashion moments, BoF's editors pick the top ten shows of the season.
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Life at Its Most Primal at Stella McCartney
A sensuality infused even the more tailored pieces, and even her menswear fell under the spell.
The News in Brief
Vogue Arabia to Launch Annual Ball
The magazine’s inaugural ball will take place in November, the latest in a growing portfolio of live events hosted by publisher Condé Nast.
Lacoste Fired CEO Ahead of Paris Runway Show, Sources Say
The French tennis and lifestyle brand quietly fired its chief executive, Eric Vallat, shortly before the brand’s latest Paris fashion show, sources told Reuters.
Frasers Group Acquires 8.8% Stake in Under Armour
The move extends British company’s push into sports brands following a recent purchase of Puma stock.
US Luxury Spending Slows, Citi Data Shows
US credit card spending on luxury brands fell for a third consecutive month in September, according to data from Citi.
Frasers Group Steps Up Luxury Push With New Division, Larger Burberry Stake
The British retail group has brought its stakes in Burberry, Hugo Boss and Mulberry together with its luxury retail operations.
Asos Customers Receive ‘Hack’ Notification Threatening Leak
The retailer is investigating after users of its mobile app received a notification claiming hackers had ‘fully compromised’ company data.
Report: L’Oréal Explores Unloading Chemical-Related Liabilities
The French company has engaged restructuring advisers to explore options for rising US legal liabilities linked to its use of talc and other chemical ingredients in some of its cosmetic products, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.