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.
Hello BoF Professionals, welcome to our latest members-only briefing: The Week Ahead. Think of it as your "cheat sheet" to what everyone will be talking about on Monday.
THE CHEAT SHEET
Air Jordans Unexpectedly Take Flight
The Air Jordan 1 High OG Origin Story | Source: Instagram/@jumpman23
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Fashion Week Takes Shape
Fall 2018 Calvin Klein 205W39NYC Runway Show
We still have three more weeks before London Fashion Week Men's kicks off the 2019 calendar, but the season's narratives are already forming. Separate men's fashion weeks in London and New York continue to struggle, missing heavyweights like Burberry that in recent years adopted co-ed shows on the women's calendar and haven't looked back. Currently, London's menswear week is almost single-handedly anchored by Craig Green, British menswear designer of the year for three years running, (with a little help from Samuel Ross's A-Cold-Wall and Charles Jeffrey's Loverboy). But of course, any menswear designer with true international ambitions will be tempted by Paris, where both Hedi Slimane's Celine and Clare Waight Keller's Givenchy are opting for standalone men's shows. On the women's side, rumblings of Raf Simons' possible exit from Calvin Klein could blow a hole in New York Fashion Week's schedule, just as the event was achieving some sense of stability, with Proenza Schouler and Rodarte returning from Paris in September and few designers following Alexander Wang's decision to show off-schedule.
The Bottom Line: The uncertainty surrounding London and New York only highlights how much the momentum at the world's top fashion weeks has shifted to Paris.
Retailers Adjust to a New Holiday Rhythm
Macy's Christmas window 2015 | Photo: Diane Bondareff for Macy's
COMMENT OF THE WEEK
Balenciaga cap | Source: Getty
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