CEO Talk | Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Chief Executive Officer, Polyvore

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Sukhinder Singh, CEO, Polyvore | Source: Polyvore

MOUNTAIN VIEW, United States — As the digital revolution continues to exert a powerful democratising force on the closed hierarchy of the traditional fashion system, perhaps no platform has put more power in the hands of the people than Polyvore, a social shopping site. Polyvore gives consumers the tools to mix and match their favourite fashion items, creating “sets” for others to see and shop. In this way, everyone truly is an

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CEO Talk | James Gardner, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CreateThe Group

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[caption id="attachment_13333" align="alignnone" width="500"] James Gardner, Founder and CEO, CreateThe Group[/caption] NEW YORK, United States — I'd bet that almost every senior executive in the fashion industry who has overseen the development of a brand website in recent years has met James Gardner at least once. Indeed, James is one of those rare creatures in the business who has managed to serve brands from all three of the major luxury groups on their web presence, which speaks to the scarcity of the skills and the quality of the services he and his team provide. After leaving a successful career in investment banking in 2004, together with Chief Technology Officer Allen Kung, Gardner founded CreateThe Group (CTG), a digital creative agency…

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CEO Talk | Robert Duffy, President, Marc Jacobs International

CEO Talk | Fashion 2.0

Robert Duffy and Marc Jacobs | Source: Twitpic via @robertcduffy

In our latest CEO Talk, Robert Duffy, longtime business partner of Marc Jacobs, speaks to BoF about the power of Twitter. NEW YORK, United States — When Robert Duffy posted his first-ever Tweet on 30 January, saying “Welcome Tweeties,” he had no idea what he was getting into. What happened in the weeks that followed is an excellent lesson for fashion executives everywhere: the best way to understand social media is to

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CEO Talk | Pierre Mallevays, Founder and Managing Partner, Savigny Partners

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Pierre Mallevays, Founder and Managing Director, Savigny Partners | Source: Savigny Partners

Today, BoF brings you an exclusive interview with a key adviser to the private family trust which, as announced today, made an investment in Lanvin, one of the hottest fashion brands in the world. PARIS, France — Over the past few years, under the creative stewardship of industry darling Alber Elbaz, Lanvin has risen to heights that most fashion brands can only dream of, with nearly unanimous positive reviews from buyers and

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CEO Talk | Christopher Colfer, Chief Executive Officer, Alfred Dunhill

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Christopher Colfer, CEO, Alfred Dunhill | Source: Dunhill

LONDON, United Kingdom — In 1893, at the age of 21, Alfred Dunhill inherited his father’s saddlery business in London and slowly but surely transformed it into a global business spanning several categories including timepieces, automobile accessories and clothing. In this way, it was the first global luxury men’s brand, paving the way for brands like Ermengildo Zegna, Dior Homme and Tom Ford to follow in its footsteps

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