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.
[ PARIS, France — ]
Punk, for
, is a state of mind that never tires. While his contemporaries become milder with the years, the king of black gets sharper and punchier, his asymmetric
a thing of harsh beauty, his sense of drape dryly poetic.
The magic about this designer is that you go to his shows imagining exactly what you will see — a sea of black, dashes of white, a slash of red for pieces that coil and fall, playing the masculine against the feminine — but you always end up being moved and surprised. With hints of bondage, plus diagonals and sharp angles, today's show was another marvellous iteration of the Yamamoto magic.
From where aspirational customers are spending to Kering’s challenges and Richemont’s fashion revival, BoF’s editor-in-chief shares key takeaways from conversations with industry insiders in London, Milan and Paris.
BoF editor-at-large Tim Blanks and Imran Amed, BoF founder and editor-in-chief, look back at the key moments of fashion month, from Seán McGirr’s debut at Alexander McQueen to Chemena Kamali’s first collection for Chloé.
Anthony Vaccarello staged a surprise show to launch a collection of gorgeously languid men’s tailoring, writes Tim Blanks.