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Reality Has a Starring Role at Milan Fashion Week

27 September 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento

BoF Professional Exclusive

Reality Has a Starring Role at Milan Fashion Week

This season was less about fashion and more about the reality of life suddenly piercing the secluded worlds of fashion designers, reports Angelo Flaccavento.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

Can Valentino Bring Radicalism to Its Romanticism?

27 September 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento

Pierpaolo Piccioli wants to make Valentino the house of romanticism fired with radicalism, an exciting prospect. Today, the romanticism was there; the radicalism a little less.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

Can Valentino Bring Radicalism to Its Romanticism?

Pierpaolo Piccioli wants to make Valentino the house of romanticism fired with radicalism, an exciting prospect. Today, the romanticism was there; the radicalism a little less.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

Ferragamo’s Icy Femininity

26 September 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento

Creative director Paul Andrew had Hitchcock on his mood board. The resulting Luca Guadagnino-directed film was overly literal, but thankfully the clothes were not.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

Ferragamo’s Icy Femininity

Creative director Paul Andrew had Hitchcock on his mood board. The resulting Luca Guadagnino-directed film was overly literal, but thankfully the clothes were not.

BoF Professional Exclusive

The Unprecedented Coming Together of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons

24 September 2020 • By Tim Blanks

BoF Professional Exclusive

The Unprecedented Coming Together of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons

BoF's editor at large Tim Blanks offers his take on the duo's debut as co-creative directors of the house that bears her name.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

Fendi’s Familial Take on Fashion for Hard Times

23 September 2020 • By Angelo Flaccavento

In her last solo outing before Kim Jones takes the reins of Fendi’s womenswear, Silvia Venturini Fendi struck a chord with a take on the historic Roman house’s codes that stayed close to tradition and family.

Ready-to-Wear - Spring 2021

Fendi’s Familial Take on Fashion for Hard Times

In her last solo outing before Kim Jones takes the reins of Fendi’s womenswear, Silvia Venturini Fendi struck a chord with a take on the historic Roman house’s codes that stayed close to tradition and family.

News & Analysis

Prada Says China Sales To Date Well Above 2019 Levels

11 September 2020 • By Reuters

11 September 2020 • By Reuters

The luxury label's recovery in China has accelerated since March, with sales growth of more than 60 percent in following months.

News & Analysis

Prada Says China Sales To Date Well Above 2019 Levels

The luxury label's recovery in China has accelerated since March, with sales growth of more than 60 percent in following months.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Prada Autumn/Winter 2013, February 21, 2013

10 September 2020 • By Tim Blanks

For BoF’s Editor-at-Large, it was a ‘gun-to-my-head challenge’ to pick just one Prada outing for his top shows of all-time, but there was something ‘extra’ about Autumn/Winter 2013 that had instant, primal resonance.

Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Prada Autumn/Winter 2013, February 21, 2013

For BoF’s Editor-at-Large, it was a ‘gun-to-my-head challenge’ to pick just one Prada outing for his top shows of all-time, but there was something ‘extra’ about Autumn/Winter 2013 that had instant, primal resonance.

News & Analysis

Cucinelli Plans Store Expansions

27 August 2020 • By Bloomberg

27 August 2020 • By Bloomberg

Even as other luxury brands hesitate to predict business trends amid the uncertainties of the pandemic, Cucinelli is sticking with its 10-year growth projections for 2019-2028, with sales seen doubling in the period.

News & Analysis

Cucinelli Plans Store Expansions

Even as other luxury brands hesitate to predict business trends amid the uncertainties of the pandemic, Cucinelli is sticking with its 10-year growth projections for 2019-2028, with sales seen doubling in the period.

Sponsored Feature

IED Launches New Masters in Textiles

13 August 2020 • By BoF Team

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IED Launches New Masters in Textiles

Grounding a creative and strategic education in Made in Italy craftsmanship, the course will focus on design, innovation and sustainability.

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At Polimoda, How Students Uncover ‘The Truth About Fashion’

30 July 2020 • By BoF Team

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At Polimoda, How Students Uncover ‘The Truth About Fashion’

The findings of a new research project conducted by Polimoda’s Gen-Z and Millennial students highlights the ‘gap between how the [fashion] system defines itself and how the younger generations perceive it.’