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ASOS Focuses on Growing Its Genderless Offering

17 October 2018 • By Bloomberg

17 October 2018 • By Bloomberg

The online-only fashion retailer plans to capture sales from a new generation that doesn’t want to be categorised as male or female.

News & Analysis

ASOS Focuses on Growing Its Genderless Offering

The online-only fashion retailer plans to capture sales from a new generation that doesn’t want to be categorised as male or female.

Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?

24 September 2018 • By Lauren Sherman

Fashion’s Year of Reckoning: Have We Learned Anything?

Nine months after the rise of fashion’s own #MeToo movement casting director James Scully, Model Alliance founder Sara Ziff and supermodel-turned-activist Karen Elson take stock.

Social Goods | The Rise of Natural Beauty, Revolve's 'Fatphobia' Top

19 September 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

19 September 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

This week, the popularity of natural beauty is attributed to the rising fear of chemicals, while Revolve sold a sweatshirt with a controversial quote.

Social Goods | The Rise of Natural Beauty, Revolve's 'Fatphobia' Top

This week, the popularity of natural beauty is attributed to the rising fear of chemicals, while Revolve sold a sweatshirt with a controversial quote.

The Creative Class

A Royal Photographer’s Modern Gaze

19 September 2018 • By John Ortved

In a world that’s tiring of fashion photography that prizes artifice, shuns diversity and exploits sexuality, Alexi Lubomirski, who famously shot Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding pictures, is after something more authentic, ethical, thoughtful.

The Creative Class

A Royal Photographer’s Modern Gaze

In a world that’s tiring of fashion photography that prizes artifice, shuns diversity and exploits sexuality, Alexi Lubomirski, who famously shot Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding pictures, is after something more authentic, ethical, thoughtful.

Sponsored Feature

Working at Zalando, Europe's Fastest Growing Fashion E-Commerce Player

17 September 2018 • By BoF Team

Sponsored Feature

Working at Zalando, Europe's Fastest Growing Fashion E-Commerce Player

Diverse, entrepreneurial, technologically innovative while generous towards its human workforce — according to its employees, Zalando’s company culture has become its greatest asset — and a key competitive differentiator in the market.

Yara Shahidi: ‘Brown Faces Are Bankable’

14 September 2018 • By Lauren Sherman

Anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, the 18-year-old 'Black-ish’ star, Tory Burch brand ambassador and Harvard freshman is schooling the fashion industry on race, activism and the future.

Yara Shahidi: ‘Brown Faces Are Bankable’

Anointed by Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama, the 18-year-old 'Black-ish’ star, Tory Burch brand ambassador and Harvard freshman is schooling the fashion industry on race, activism and the future.

Fashion to Die For

13 September 2018 • By Robb Young

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’

Fashion to Die For

Kalpona Akter is worried for her life. Her support for the Bangladeshi garment workers who produce more than $30 billion worth of fashion for Western retailers every year puts her at odds with powerful factory owners and the country’s ‘industrial police.’

New York Fashion Week's New Look

2 September 2018 • By Brian Baskin

New York Fashion Week's New Look

This week, everyone will be talking about who's showing — and who isn't — at New York Fashion Week, how runway models are treated and the push for size inclusivity. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.

Social Goods | Black Women Dominate September Covers, Retailers Abandon Sweatshop Safety Scheme

8 August 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

8 August 2018 • By Kristina Ezhova

This week, a glut of big name magazines have chosen black women to front their September issues, while a German retailers' alliance formed to improve working conditions in Asian factories is crumbling.

Social Goods | Black Women Dominate September Covers, Retailers Abandon Sweatshop Safety Scheme

This week, a glut of big name magazines have chosen black women to front their September issues, while a German retailers' alliance formed to improve working conditions in Asian factories is crumbling.

What It's Like to Be a Black Designer in America Right Now

27 June 2018 • By Julee Wilson

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What It's Like to Be a Black Designer in America Right Now

Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton appointment suggests the global fashion industry is becoming more inclusive. But African American designers still face undeniable roadblocks.

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