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.
Argentina: luxury goods companies head for the exit (FT)
"Joining a growing list of luxury brands fleeing Argentina, Ralph Lauren has announced that it is closing its stores in the country, at least for now... Luxury brands face multiple problems in Argentina, none of them easy."
Creative and commercial (FT)
"Then last spring, Ms Hosten discovered the School for Creative Start-Ups, a social enterprise started and initially funded by Doug Richard, an entrepreneur, investor and former judge on the BBC version of Dragons' Den."
New cool for Russia's super-rich: slumming it (Reuters)
"Gone are the Beluga caviar parties and ostentation that marked the arrival of Russia's billionaire barons onto the world stage: the new cool for real oligarchs is a much more modest mingling among the common people."
Mencyclopaedia: Bosideng (Telegraph)
"Bosideng is one of the largest fashion companies in China, and far, far, far bigger than anything we have here. As well as producing clothes for many international labels, such as North Face, it has an own-brand network of 10,000 stores in China."
Azealia Banks: fashion's new poster girl (Guardian)
"Now Azealia Banks has been named as the new muse for New York's king of downtown, Alexander Wang. Starring in a film for his T line of jersey basics, she's bouncing around to her Van Vogue track, hair flying, in a cropped top, bomber jacket and tube skirt."
From analysis of the global fashion and beauty industries to career and personal advice, BoF’s founder and CEO, Imran Amed, will be answering your questions on Sunday, February 18, 2024 during London Fashion Week.
The State of Fashion 2024 breaks down the 10 themes that will define the industry in the year ahead.
Imran Amed reviews the most important fashion stories of the year and shares his predictions on what this means for the industry in 2024.
After three days of inspiring talks, guests closed out BoF’s gathering for big thinkers with a black tie gala followed by an intimate performance from Rita Ora — guest starring Billy Porter.