Zane Li, Marcelle Barbosa Among Fashion Trust US 2026 Award Recipients
The fourth annual gathering awarded five emerging labels with grant money and mentorship at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

The spending power of Chinese tourists in Japan is so impressive there is a special word for it: bakugai, or explosive buying.

The spending power of Chinese tourists in Japan is so impressive there is a special word for it: bakugai, or explosive buying.

BoF’s Entrepreneurship Week continues with the Athens-based start-up co-founded by an ex-Balenciaga footwear designer that grew over 51 percent year-on-year through the country's economic crisis.

BoF’s Entrepreneurship Week continues with the Athens-based start-up co-founded by an ex-Balenciaga footwear designer that grew over 51 percent year-on-year through the country's economic crisis.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, addresses the importance of collecting, mining and reviewing data.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, addresses the importance of collecting, mining and reviewing data.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, provides tips on how to overcome the cultural disconnects of doing business in the US.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, provides tips on how to overcome the cultural disconnects of doing business in the US.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, breaks down the advantages and disadvantages of bringing in strategic investors.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, breaks down the advantages and disadvantages of bringing in strategic investors.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, examines how to deepen loyalty with your most important customers.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, examines how to deepen loyalty with your most important customers.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, provides tips on when and how to transition a start-up company to a more corporate mentality and culture.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, provides tips on when and how to transition a start-up company to a more corporate mentality and culture.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, offers advice on how a CEO should spend his or her time, and how this evolves as a company grows.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, offers advice on how a CEO should spend his or her time, and how this evolves as a company grows.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, offers advice on how to think through strategy shifts.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, offers advice on how to think through strategy shifts.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, provides tips on keeping start-up employees happy and motivated.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, provides tips on keeping start-up employees happy and motivated.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, examines the importance of team building and how to do it well at key stages of a young company’s growth.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, examines the importance of team building and how to do it well at key stages of a young company’s growth.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, gives a lesson on how to acquire and retain customers on a very lean budget.

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, gives a lesson on how to acquire and retain customers on a very lean budget.
The fourth annual gathering awarded five emerging labels with grant money and mentorship at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Droin was most recently a partner at Eurazeo, where he led investments in Gisou, Axel Arrigato and Ex Nihilo.
The young grant programme brought together global fashion industry leaders and celebrities in Los Angeles to award emerging designers.
The fund, Proximity Ventures, was formed in late 2024 with venture capitalist Neil Sirni and has already invested in supplement brand Pendulum Therapeutics.
The capital injection will strengthen the company’s earlier pivot from being an African designer e-commerce site to being a business-to-business venture helping emerging brands enter global retailers.
Creators including Batsheva, Harbison Studio and Don’t Let Disco were honoured by the US off-shoot of Fashion Trust Arabia, a non-profit that supports emerging designers.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue presented New York-based German designer Melitta Baumeister, known for her innovative, often voluptuous silhouettes, with the 2023 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award.
After awarding prizes to all finalists for the past two years, the initiative will revert to naming one winner and two runners-up