Fashion System

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.’

News & Analysis

Tom Ford to Show Men’s at New York Fashion Week

23 January 2018 • By BoF Team

23 January 2018 • By BoF Team

BoF's guide to the changing fashion calendar tracks new operating models and approaches, brand by brand.

News & Analysis

Tom Ford to Show Men’s at New York Fashion Week

BoF's guide to the changing fashion calendar tracks new operating models and approaches, brand by brand.

1 Granary Launches VOID, a Global Fashion Education Initiative

20 November 2017 • By Osman Ahmed

Once an unofficial student publication, today 1 Granary has ambitious plans to become a global platform for emerging designers and creatives.

1 Granary Launches VOID, a Global Fashion Education Initiative

Once an unofficial student publication, today 1 Granary has ambitious plans to become a global platform for emerging designers and creatives.

News Bites | A New Name for the Fédération Française de la Couture

29 June 2017 • By BoF Team

29 June 2017 • By BoF Team

In today's News Bites, why the French fashion industry’s governing body has rebranded, changing its name to the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.

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News Bites | A New Name for the Fédération Française de la Couture

In today's News Bites, why the French fashion industry’s governing body has rebranded, changing its name to the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.

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Li Edelkoort Reads Her Anti-Fashion Manifesto

9 February 2017 • By BoF Team

9 February 2017 • By BoF Team

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort spoke in December at VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers.

Li Edelkoort Reads Her Anti-Fashion Manifesto

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort spoke in December at VOICES, BoF's new annual gathering for big thinkers.

Fashion's Top 10 Newsmakers of 2016

22 December 2016 • By BoF Team

Fashion's Top 10 Newsmakers of 2016

BoF breaks down the people behind the biggest fashion stories of the year.

Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger: Lessons in Fashion Immediacy

11 December 2016 • By Imran Amed and Robin Mellery-Pratt

Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger: Lessons in Fashion Immediacy

What do Burberry and Tommy Hilfiger’s experiments in ‘see now, buy now’ tell us about how fashion immediacy might evolve in 2017?

Li Edelkoort: ‘Fashion is Old Fashioned’

5 December 2016 • By Robert Cordero

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Li Edelkoort: ‘Fashion is Old Fashioned’

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort presented key excerpts from her ‘Anti-Fashion’ Manifesto, challenging an industry she described as ‘no longer part of the avant-garde.’

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Rethinking the Fashion System

3 December 2016 • By Lauren Sherman

Rethinking the Fashion System

After a year of transformation — and increasing chaos — in the way clothes are designed, marketed and sold, industry leaders ponder the future of ‘fashion immediacy.'

How ‘See Now, Buy Now’ Is Rewiring Creativity

4 October 2016 • By Lauren Sherman

How ‘See Now, Buy Now’ Is Rewiring Creativity

To keep up with ‘instant fashion,’ fashion creatives — from photographers to casting directors to visual merchandisers — are changing the way they operate.