Emerging Designers

How Young Designers in Paris Are Beating the Pandemic So Far

9 October 2020 • By Robert Williams

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How Young Designers in Paris Are Beating the Pandemic So Far

Fragile but focused, creative labels like Marine Serre, Y/Project and Ludovic de Saint Sernin are navigating rocky waters by engaging their communities and rethinking their role in fashion's ‘system’. Is it enough to make it through a make-or-break season?

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Matchesfashion Doubles Down on Emerging Labels

6 August 2020 • By Tamison O'Connor

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Matchesfashion Doubles Down on Emerging Labels

The retailer, facing growing pains of its own, is launching a new 'Innovators Programme' to bolster the fledgling labels that help set it apart from competitors in a crowded luxury e-commerce market.

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How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands

10 July 2020 • By Zoe Suen

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How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands

Post-pandemic, a further shift away from wholesale by bigger labels could benefit emerging brands. But there will be a sting in the tail for some.

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Vogue and the CFDA Set Up Shop on Amazon

14 May 2020 • By Chantal Fernandez

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Vogue and the CFDA Set Up Shop on Amazon

Through the fundraising initiative A Common Thread, 20 independent New York brands will begin selling their collections on the e-commerce marketplace as part of an effort to help struggling designers.

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Not Just a Label’s Strategy to Support Emerging Designers

26 March 2020 • By BoF Team

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Not Just a Label’s Strategy to Support Emerging Designers

Recognising the commercial potential of a global creative class of emerging designers, NJAL positions its community as an international cloud solution for creative needs, and has tailored a membership programme to equip designers with the tools they need today.

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Television's Power to Launch Fashion Brands Remains Unproven

25 March 2020 • By Amy Odell

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Television's Power to Launch Fashion Brands Remains Unproven

Netflix’s ‘Next in Fashion’ and Amazon’s ‘Making the Cut’ are more focused on the business of selling clothes than 'Project Runway' ever was. But can their winners become stars?

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Independent American Fashion Businesses Are Unravelling. The Government Must Help.

19 March 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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Independent American Fashion Businesses Are Unravelling. The Government Must Help.

If something is not done, large numbers of independent fashion labels and stores are going to go bankrupt.

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The Spotlight

How a Young Designer Is Rethinking the Playbook for Emerging Brands

10 March 2020 • By Zoe Suen

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How a Young Designer Is Rethinking the Playbook for Emerging Brands

After working with the likes of Kanye West and Hood by Air’s Shayne Oliver, Lourdes’ Andreas Aresti is determined to dodge convention.

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The Biggest Challenges Facing New Brands and How to Tackle Them

13 February 2020 • By Zoe Suen

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The Biggest Challenges Facing New Brands and How to Tackle Them

From financing to navigating a shifting retail market, a host of obstacles are standing between emerging designers and sustainable growth.

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Tmall: An Incubator for China’s Emerging Designers

27 September 2019 • By BoF Team

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Tmall: An Incubator for China’s Emerging Designers

BoF meets with Tmall executives and four designers showing as part of the marketplace’s ‘China Cool’ programme to discuss the growing influence of Chinese designers.

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