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How RaiseFashion Prepares Independent Fashion Brands For AI Discoverability

BoF speaks with six designers from RaiseFashion's 2026 masterclass — Andrew Kwon, Mckenzie Liautaud, Natasha Das, Patricio Campillo, Rodney Patterson and Shao Yang — on the challenge of building discoverability in the age of AI and the distribution decisions that define an independent brand.

How RaiseFashion Prepares Independent Fashion Brands For AI Discoverability

BoF speaks with six designers from RaiseFashion's 2026 masterclass — Andrew Kwon, Mckenzie Liautaud, Natasha Das, Patricio Campillo, Rodney Patterson and Shao Yang — on the challenge of building discoverability in the age of AI and the distribution decisions that define an independent brand.


How the RaiseFashion Masterclass Helps Brand Founders Rethink Operations

BoF speaks with seven designers from RaiseFashion’s 2026 cohort — Angelo Beato and Yamil Arbaje, Bianca Saunders, Brandon Murphy, Diarra Bousso, Dwarmis Concepción, and Reut Ringel — on navigating tariffs, supply chain complexity and the operational decisions that can make or break an independent brand.

How the RaiseFashion Masterclass Helps Brand Founders Rethink Operations

BoF speaks with seven designers from RaiseFashion’s 2026 cohort — Angelo Beato and Yamil Arbaje, Bianca Saunders, Brandon Murphy, Diarra Bousso, Dwarmis Concepción, and Reut Ringel — on navigating tariffs, supply chain complexity and the operational decisions that can make or break an independent brand.


The BoF Podcast | Inside Dries Van Noten’s Venice Manifesto

After stepping back from his namesake brand, Dries Van Noten has opened a foundation in a Venetian palazzo dedicated to craft, beauty, and the things made by hand and soul. BoF's Tim Blanks speaks with the designer about why, in ugly times, making something beautiful is the only real form of protest.

The BoF Podcast | Inside Dries Van Noten’s Venice Manifesto

After stepping back from his namesake brand, Dries Van Noten has opened a foundation in a Venetian palazzo dedicated to craft, beauty, and the things made by hand and soul. BoF's Tim Blanks speaks with the designer about why, in ugly times, making something beautiful is the only real form of protest.


Dries Van Noten’s Next Act

There is no such thing as retirement for the Belgian designer. With his new Venice foundation, he’s blossoming professionally and personally under the influence of La Serenissima.

Dries Van Noten’s Next Act

There is no such thing as retirement for the Belgian designer. With his new Venice foundation, he’s blossoming professionally and personally under the influence of La Serenissima.


The Acts of Love Behind Milan Design Week

From a six-person ceramics studio to the chief design officer of one of the world’s biggest technology companies, Salone del Mobile remains the place where you feel the full spectrum of what design means today, writes Imran Amed.

The Acts of Love Behind Milan Design Week

From a six-person ceramics studio to the chief design officer of one of the world’s biggest technology companies, Salone del Mobile remains the place where you feel the full spectrum of what design means today, writes Imran Amed.


The BoF Podcast | Britt Moran on Why Atmosphere Is a Real Luxury Product

From a gap year in Italy that became a 31-year career, Dimorestudio’s Britt Moran joins Imran Amed during Milan Design Week to discuss what fashion brands get wrong about design, why physical spaces still win over screens and how a partnership that began after a romantic relationship ended became one of the most influential studios in the world.

The BoF Podcast | Britt Moran on Why Atmosphere Is a Real Luxury Product

From a gap year in Italy that became a 31-year career, Dimorestudio’s Britt Moran joins Imran Amed during Milan Design Week to discuss what fashion brands get wrong about design, why physical spaces still win over screens and how a partnership that began after a romantic relationship ended became one of the most influential studios in the world.


What Stood Out at Salone

Martina Mondadori separates the signal from the noise at Milan Design Week: Dimorestudio’s retail space, Osanna Visconti’s bronzes, Laila Gohar’s merry-go-round for Arket and more.

What Stood Out at Salone

Martina Mondadori separates the signal from the noise at Milan Design Week: Dimorestudio’s retail space, Osanna Visconti’s bronzes, Laila Gohar’s merry-go-round for Arket and more.


Why the Party Photography Business Is Booming

Not only are brands investing in more stylistic content, but celebrities, influencers and wealthy shoppers are hiring their own photographers to ensure a steady stream of perfectly staged pictures.

Why the Party Photography Business Is Booming

Not only are brands investing in more stylistic content, but celebrities, influencers and wealthy shoppers are hiring their own photographers to ensure a steady stream of perfectly staged pictures.


The BoF Podcast | Faye McLeod on Luxury World-Building, One Window at a Time

From a childhood accident in the desert to 16 years conceptualising and creating Louis Vuitton’s windows, Faye McLeod joins Imran Amed to trace the emotional origins of her creative process and explain why she is striking out on her own.

The BoF Podcast | Faye McLeod on Luxury World-Building, One Window at a Time

From a childhood accident in the desert to 16 years conceptualising and creating Louis Vuitton’s windows, Faye McLeod joins Imran Amed to trace the emotional origins of her creative process and explain why she is striking out on her own.


Model Alliance Calls For Inquiry Into How Agencies ‘Facilitated Epstein’s Abuse’

The group’s founder, Sara Ziff, and more than 40 Epstein survivors have signed a letter to US officials, pressing them to investigate the role modelling agencies may have played in sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein.

Model Alliance Calls For Inquiry Into How Agencies ‘Facilitated Epstein’s Abuse’

The group’s founder, Sara Ziff, and more than 40 Epstein survivors have signed a letter to US officials, pressing them to investigate the role modelling agencies may have played in sex trafficking by Jeffrey Epstein.


The BoF Podcast | Bella Freud on Fashion and the Art of Getting People to Open Up

The designer and podcaster joins Imran Amed to reflect on the emotional power of clothes, what Vivienne Westwood taught her about rebellion and how Fashion Neurosis has unlocked a new chapter in her creative life.

The BoF Podcast | Bella Freud on Fashion and the Art of Getting People to Open Up

The designer and podcaster joins Imran Amed to reflect on the emotional power of clothes, what Vivienne Westwood taught her about rebellion and how Fashion Neurosis has unlocked a new chapter in her creative life.


The BoF Podcast | Andrew Mukamal and the Rise of Method Dressing

Celebrity stylist Andrew Mukamal tells Imran Amed how a childhood love of fashion as a ‘language’ — and years apprenticing in editorial — shaped the storytelling behind Margot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’ press tours.

The BoF Podcast | Andrew Mukamal and the Rise of Method Dressing

Celebrity stylist Andrew Mukamal tells Imran Amed how a childhood love of fashion as a ‘language’ — and years apprenticing in editorial — shaped the storytelling behind Margot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’ press tours.