News & Analysis

The Business of Fashion Touches Down in Los Angeles

5 May 2017 • By BoF Team

5 May 2017 • By BoF Team

In celebration of our latest special print edition examining the business of fashion in America, BoF gathered together the designers, creative leaders and entrepreneurs turning Los Angeles into a fashion and culture epicentre.

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The Business of Fashion Touches Down in Los Angeles

In celebration of our latest special print edition examining the business of fashion in America, BoF gathered together the designers, creative leaders and entrepreneurs turning Los Angeles into a fashion and culture epicentre.

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Intelligence

Vetements and Daft Punk Pop-Ups Cast Los Angeles as Fashionable Petri Dish

15 February 2017 • By Edwin Jiang

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Vetements and Daft Punk Pop-Ups Cast Los Angeles as Fashionable Petri Dish

The city is becoming a hub for fashion experimentation where a potent mix of brands, affluent shoppers and hipster-influencers increasingly co-mingle.

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Ready-to-Wear Spring 2017

#TommyNow Takes Venice Beach

9 February 2017 • By BoF Team

9 February 2017 • By BoF Team

The second installment of Tommy Hilfiger’s runway extravaganza boasted flame throwers, star-spangled fashion, and Gigi, too, catapulting the designer’s buy-now-wear-now show concept into a whole new stratosphere. But could he really top last year?

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Ready-to-Wear Spring 2017

#TommyNow Takes Venice Beach

The second installment of Tommy Hilfiger’s runway extravaganza boasted flame throwers, star-spangled fashion, and Gigi, too, catapulting the designer’s buy-now-wear-now show concept into a whole new stratosphere. But could he really top last year?

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Intelligence

How Social Media Turned Hollywood’s Beauty Prep into Marketing Gold

30 January 2017 • By Chantal Fernandez

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How Social Media Turned Hollywood’s Beauty Prep into Marketing Gold

Social media has pulled back the curtain on the behind-the-scenes process of Hollywood’s beauty prep, unlocking major marketing opportunities for brands and the artists they work with.

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Intelligence

As Trump Looks Inward, Luxury Eyes Los Angeles Manufacturing

26 January 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

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As Trump Looks Inward, Luxury Eyes Los Angeles Manufacturing

Can LA’s manufacturing base transcend denim and t-shirts and become a genuine hub for high-end production in Donald Trump’s protectionist America?

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News & Analysis

Report: American Apparel Starts Layoffs

16 January 2017 • By Reuters

16 January 2017 • By Reuters

Many of the 2,166 employees at the company's headquarters in Los Angeles and 959 employees at the nearby South Gate manufacturing facility now stand to lose their jobs.

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Report: American Apparel Starts Layoffs

Many of the 2,166 employees at the company's headquarters in Los Angeles and 959 employees at the nearby South Gate manufacturing facility now stand to lose their jobs.

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Intelligence

How Co Mastered the Four Ps

11 January 2017 • By Lauren Sherman

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How Co Mastered the Four Ps

Fledgling fashion brand Co used product, price, place and promotion to cut through the noise in a discount-driven, digital-first era.

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American Apparel Goes Canadian as Gildan Buys Assets at Auction

10 January 2017 • By Bloomberg

10 January 2017 • By Bloomberg

Gildan will fold American Apparel into its North American distribution networks to gain market share in the fashion basics segment of the market.

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American Apparel Goes Canadian as Gildan Buys Assets at Auction

Gildan will fold American Apparel into its North American distribution networks to gain market share in the fashion basics segment of the market.

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The China Edit

The China Edit | China-America Trade War, Rooster Craze Annoys Shoppers

9 January 2017 • By Edwin Jiang

9 January 2017 • By Edwin Jiang

A trade war with China may yield dangerous consequences for American brands, while fashion houses appear to fall out of touch with Chinese consumers.

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The China Edit

The China Edit | China-America Trade War, Rooster Craze Annoys Shoppers

A trade war with China may yield dangerous consequences for American brands, while fashion houses appear to fall out of touch with Chinese consumers.

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Intelligence

How Celebrity Image-Makers Capitalise on the Red Carpet

7 January 2017 • By Hayley Phelan

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How Celebrity Image-Makers Capitalise on the Red Carpet

Behind every carefully cultivated look, there is a series of deals that net stylists and their agents thousands of dollars.

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