Dao-Yi Chow Appointed Creative Director of New Era
The former Public School and DKNY designer will launch the cap brand’s first apparel line.
Virginie Viard
Top 10 Shows of the Season
BoF’s editors pick the best shows of the Autumn/Winter 2024 season.
Chanel + Manchester = Chanchester!
‘Chanel is never really new — it’s always Chanel,’ designer Virginie Viard tells Tim Blanks as she brings the French megabrand’s celebration of artisanal crafts to the UK’s second city.
Chanel’s Three Pillars for the Future
At The Business of Fashion’s VOICES 2023 gathering, Chanel’s global CEO Leena Nair outlined to BoF founder Imran Amed the vision she’s crafted during her first two years leading the iconic brand.
Paris: The Final Day — Last Women Standing
Miuccia Prada tells her own story at Miu Miu. How much of Virginie Viard’s is in Chanel?
Paris Couture Week: All or Nothing
Couture Week was a polarised affair, opposing restraint and excess, technique and showmanship, real clothes and wild storytelling, with little in between, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Chanel Takes Us to the River
Virginie Viard is the latest designer to join in fashion’s pre-Olympic celebration of Paris, both as city and state of mind, writes Tim Blanks.
In Dark Times, Choose Optimism!
Chanel, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton offered “useful beauty” for Spring 2023, writes Tim Blanks.
At Couture, the Murmuring 30s
The first days of the Paris couture shows offered subliminal reflections of other times and places when things were just as bad as they are now, writes Tim Blanks.
The Kids Are Alright
Teen volatility at Vuitton, bare midriffs at Miu Miu, tweedy Chelsea Girls at Chanel… what a time to be young and in fashion!
In Paris, Couture’s Return to Clothes Making
Haute couture, once the realm of unbridled dreams, is getting back to making clothes, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
What’s Legacy Got to Do With It?
Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Valentino fuse past and present in their quest for an uncertain future.
In Paris, Post-Pandemic Couture
On the first two days of Haute Couture Week, escapism was laced with a heavier side, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Company Snapshot
Starting as an intern in 1987, the designer now oversees the house’s artistic direction as the chosen successor of Karl Lagerfeld, who referred to her as ‘my right arm and my left arm.’
The News in Brief
Buyout Firm Sycamore Vies to Take Nordstrom Private, Sources Say
Nordstrom shares rose 6 percent on the news, giving the company a market value of about $3.3 billion.
Olaplex Sales Continued Slide in First Quarter
A double-digit decline was attributed to the brand’s distribution changes.
Celebrity Makeup Artist Quinn Murphy Launches Beauty Line
Spatch will debut on May 4 with a nine-piece collection of skin-perfecting products designed for professional and consumer use.
Jewellery Brand Pandora Surges as Lab-Grown Diamonds Lift Sales
The Danish company, which makes more pieces of jewellery than any other in the world, said organic sales are projected to rise 8-10 percent this year.
Sandra Stangl Is Exiting Banana Republic
Despite a brief uptick in sales, up 24 percent between 2021 and 2022, the brand’s growth has stalled.
Susanna Lau Joins System Magazine as Digital Editorial Director
The move comes as System owner Mike Obenson aims to turn what began as a bi-annual print title into a global media brand with a stronger digital offering.
Cascale Appoints New CEO
Former Under Armour COO Colin Browne has been appointed to lead the industry organisation formerly known as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.