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.
Fashion partnership, Shoedazzle pivots, Curation superheroes, Extreme e-commerce, Li Bingbing
Humberto Leon and Carol Lim by Gregory Harris | Source: InterviewHumberto Leon and Carol Lim (Interview) “When Humberto Leon first met his future close friend and business partner Carol Lim 19 years ago at the University of California, Berkeley, Lim was in her pajamas. ‘I met her at a friend’s house and said, ‘Let’s go out!’ So Carol just put on heels with her pajamas and we had a really fun night,” Leon recalls. “That’s how it all started.”
Andrew Rosen’s influence, Prada soars, ShoeDazzle pivot, Challenges in Australia, British revival
Andrew Rosen by Tina Barney | Source: Wall Street JournalA Homegrown Fashion Mogul (WSJ) “Andrew Rosen’s father was a bombastic character who played gin rummy with William Holden and pretty much invented designer jeans. His son soaked up his father’s mastery of the clothing business but not his bluster. He avoids the limelight his father basked in. So it’s easy to overlook the progress that has made him among the most potent figures in the U.S. clothing business
E-Commerce Week | The Rise of New Business Models
Modcloth screenshot | Source: ModclothIn Part I, we examined the innovations and infrastructural advances that have improved the historically poor economics of e-commerce and set the stage for a renaissance in online retail. Today, we explore some of new and exciting business models taking shape, the companies exploiting them and the challenges they face. SAN FRANCISCO, United States — For years, e-commerce suffered from capital inefficiencies and complexities that
