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The Business of Fashion

Workplace & Talent

Analysis and advice on the future of work, careers and management.

The Creative Class | Shona Heath, Set Designer

BoF enters the magical world of set designer Shona Heath to discuss her fairy tale work, collaborating with Tim Walker and rendering her unfettered imagination.

Jean Touitou of A.P.C. Says Be Cautious, Expect the Worst and Be Ready to Die

BoF sat down with the irreverent and principled Jean Touitou to learn how he built the pioneering and independently owned French contemporary label A.P.C.

The Creative Class | Karim Sadli, Photographer

BoF sits down with photographer Karim Sadli to discuss his personal and professional trajectory, from star literature student growing up in a rough Paris suburb to one of the most in-demand fashion photographers in the world.

The Creative Class | Joseph Dirand, Architect

Joseph Dirand likes to live fast and furiously. He is as obsessive about food as he is about music and wouldn’t mind being a woman. Along the way, the architect, an admitted control freak, has redefined our expectations of what a successful fashion retail experience should be.

Paul Smith Says You Need a Head that Can Change Hats Every Hour

Rebecca May Johnson spends an afternoon in conversation with Paul Smith, tracing his path from a small time retailer to Britain’s most successful fashion designer, who pioneered the concept of classic menswear with a twist.

Felipe Oliveira Baptista Says Go Slow and Don’t Court the Spotlight

BoF speaks to Portuguese designer Felipe Oliveira Baptista about growing his own label and bringing a sporty urban aesthetic to preppy Lacoste.

The Creative Class | Ben Gorham, Perfumer

BoF spoke to Ben Gorham of Byredo to understand how a former basketball player and art school graduate with no training as a perfumer founded a fashionable, cult fragrance house in which he sold a majority share to Manzanita Capital, owner of Diptyque and SpaceNK, earlier this year.

The Creative Class | Ariel Foxman, Editor

BoF sat down with Ariel Foxman, editor of InStyle, the world’s top selling fashion magazine, to learn about his professional journey and the secrets to his success.

The Creative Class | Pamela Golbin, Curator

BoF sat down with Pamela Golbin, chief curator of the Musée de la Mode et du Textile, located in the Palais du Louvre in Paris, and learnt about her puzzling love of planes, nerdy obsession with problem-solving and how serendipity, vision and a MacGyver-like gift for improvising are essential to working under the same roof as the Mona Lisa.

The Creative Class | George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, Interior Designers

BoF sits down with interior designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg — creators of store environments for Lane Crawford, Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman and others — to discuss their personal and professional journey.

The Creative Class | Linda Wells, Editor

To coincide with Allure’s annual "Best of Beauty" awards, BoF spoke with founding editor-in-chief Linda Wells about the magazine’s robust growth, adapting to the digital age, editorial integrity and the publication's influential "Best of Beauty" seal, created along with the awards in 1996 and now licensed to brands and retailers.

The Creative Class | Maria Luisa Poumaillou, Buyer

Maria Luisa Poumaillou has gone from owning one of the most influential fashion boutiques in Paris to transforming venerable department store Printemps into a serious fashion destination, along the way enabling the careers of some of the greatest names in fashion. Now, on her way to conquer the Chinese market with a slew of new stores and her own fashion brand, the legendary buyer sat down with BoF to share her story.

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