The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
MILAN, Italy — Giamba, the irreverent, younger sibling of the Giambattista Valli girl, has found her own niche in the world. She inhabits a glorious bubble of frills and boots, graffiti brocades and haphazard mixes of high and low, couture and underground. As a line, it is essentially an exercise in raw assemblage applied to a dignified design lexicon. This season, Giambattista Valli mined Downtown New York in the early 1980s and the proliferation of tutus and leather caps were a nod to the source of his inspiration. The delicate perversion of seasons past was replaced by something tougher and more heavily styled, but beyond the layers — both physical and metaphorical — were Valli's trademark dresses.
From where aspirational customers are spending to Kering’s challenges and Richemont’s fashion revival, BoF’s editor-in-chief shares key takeaways from conversations with industry insiders in London, Milan and Paris.
BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks and Imran Amed, BoF founder and editor-in-chief, look back at the key moments of fashion month, from Seán McGirr’s debut at Alexander McQueen to Chemena Kamali’s first collection for Chloé.
Anthony Vaccarello staged a surprise show to launch a collection of gorgeously languid men’s tailoring, writes Tim Blanks.
BoF’s editors pick the best shows of the Autumn/Winter 2024 season.