Emerging Designers

How Nicomede Returned to Menswear

11 June 2019 • By Zoe Suen

How Nicomede Returned to Menswear

The London-based designer put his label on ice just as it was gaining speed. Now he’s back for the long haul, with a new business model and penchant for wellness.

Charles Jeffrey Gets Down to Business

7 June 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Ahead of his show this Saturday at London’s Fashion Week Men’s, the designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about the next chapter of his Loverboy label.

Charles Jeffrey Gets Down to Business

Ahead of his show this Saturday at London’s Fashion Week Men’s, the designer talks exclusively to Tim Blanks about the next chapter of his Loverboy label.

Global Currents

Who’s Really Driving Georgian Fashion? Not Demna.

30 May 2019 • By Victoria Berezhna

Global Currents

Who’s Really Driving Georgian Fashion? Not Demna.

Demna Gvasalia may be the very public face of Georgian fashion but behind the scenes it is a different story. BoF reveals the power brokers investing in the market.

Global Currents

Chinese Designers Had a Breakthrough Season. Now What?

27 May 2019 • By Zoe Suen

Global Currents

Chinese Designers Had a Breakthrough Season. Now What?

China’s emerging design talent is in higher demand than ever, but can the country’s fashion industry overcome its next obstacles?

BoF Professional Exclusive

Why Luxury Fashion Can't Resist an Exclusive

22 April 2019 • By Victoria Berezhna

BoF Professional Exclusive

Why Luxury Fashion Can't Resist an Exclusive

E-commerce players are leaning heavily on exclusive collections from buzzy brands in the fight for customers — but the cost for emerging labels to play the game can be high.

BoF Professional Exclusive

Global Brands Have a Design Disconnect with China’s Youth

3 April 2019 • By Sam Gaskin and Zoe Suen

BoF Professional Exclusive

Global Brands Have a Design Disconnect with China’s Youth

Shanghai Fashion Week exposed a subtle but unshakable aesthetic gap between local designers and global fashion brands, suggesting that the latter need to do better range planning to satiate demand in China. Read China Decoded to make sense of the market.

An Emerging Designer's Quiet Culture Clash

14 March 2019 • By Zoe Suen

An Emerging Designer's Quiet Culture Clash

Asai's London-based designer A Sai Ta has gone from selling his brand via Instagram DMs to being stocked at the likes of Dover Street Market and Ssense without sacrificing his experimental touch.

Stefan Cooke: Fighting Against the Hype

1 March 2019 • By Zoe Suen

Stefan Cooke: Fighting Against the Hype

'Wearable, convincing and believable' sound far from ground-breaking, but the LVMH Prize nominees behind London-based brand Stefan Cooke are out to prove that craftsmanship isn’t dead.

‘The Next Sacai’ Takes on Paris

1 March 2019 • By Kati Chitrakorn

‘The Next Sacai’ Takes on Paris

With a focus on reviving Japan’s declining textile industry, the Issey Miyake-trained designer Mame is readying to show her next collection during Paris Fashion Week.

Xu Zhi Expands Into Menswear, Partners with JD.com

15 February 2019 • By Kati Chitrakorn

The buzzy designer is gearing up to launch menswear, his first standalone show in Shanghai and a savvy new partnership with China's largest retailer.

Xu Zhi Expands Into Menswear, Partners with JD.com

The buzzy designer is gearing up to launch menswear, his first standalone show in Shanghai and a savvy new partnership with China's largest retailer.