Week in Review | Fashion-Tech Bubble, Democracy that Destroyed Fashion, Wings of Céline
Source: ShutterstockBoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
Source: ShutterstockIs There a Fashion-Tech Bubble?
Source: ShutterstockAs money pours into fashion-tech start-ups, at sky high valuations, BoF talks to leading investors to assess the existence of a bubble and understand what separates winning investments from those that are failing.
BoF Exclusive | Farfetch Raises $18m to Fuel Growth in Europe, US and Brazil
Bernhard Willhelm ‘Karasaba’ Mini-Skirt | Source: Farfetch.com LONDON, United Kingdom — Today, BoF can exclusively reveal that curated fashion marketplace Farfetch.com has raised a new $18 million round of funding from Index Ventures, eVenture Capital Partners and existing investors Advent Venture Partners, bringing the total amount of capital the company has raised to date to almost $25 million. The valuation of the company in this latest round was not disclosed. Founded in 2008, the
