Streetwear

Op-Ed | Whatever: How Fashion Lost Its Meaning

10 August 2018 • By Eugene Rabkin

10 August 2018 • By Eugene Rabkin

Fashion has entered a state of pure postmodernism where anything goes and nothing means anything anymore, argues Eugene Rabkin.

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Op-Ed | Whatever: How Fashion Lost Its Meaning

Fashion has entered a state of pure postmodernism where anything goes and nothing means anything anymore, argues Eugene Rabkin.

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Is Luxury’s Love Affair With ‘Drops’ More Than Marketing?

9 August 2018 • By Christopher Morency

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Is Luxury’s Love Affair With ‘Drops’ More Than Marketing?

High-end brands are implementing Supreme-style ‘drops’ to better connect with young consumers who crave newness at the speed of Instagram.

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Hypebeast Shuts Down Its Kids Site

12 July 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

12 July 2018 • By Chantal Fernandez

The vertical will live on through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, where it has 95,800 followers.

Hypebeast Shuts Down Its Kids Site

The vertical will live on through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, where it has 95,800 followers.

Sneakers: Luxury’s Gateway to Millennials

2 July 2018 • By Christopher Morency

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Sneakers: Luxury’s Gateway to Millennials

Luxury sneakers are the ultimate status symbols for a new generation of consumers. Now brands like Balenciaga, Versace and Gucci are upping their game.

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The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Streetwear Takeover

29 June 2018 • By BoF Team

29 June 2018 • By BoF Team

BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.

The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Streetwear Takeover

BoF’s editor-at-large reflects on the latest cycle of menswear shows, including the high-profile streetwear takeover in Paris, and what they say about the future of men’s fashion.

Ear to the Street

In Defense of Virgil Abloh

20 June 2018 • By David Fischer

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In Defense of Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh’s appointment as men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton was a polarising choice, attracting charges like ‘he’s not a designer’ and ‘streetwear is a passing trend.’ Wrong and wrong, argues David Fischer of Highsnobiety.

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Hiroshi Fujiwara: Be a Disturber, Not a Designer

13 June 2018 • By Christopher Morency and Vikram Alexei Kansara

Hiroshi Fujiwara: Be a Disturber, Not a Designer

The enigmatic ‘godfather of streetwear’ talks to BoF about building relevance and staying cool in a fast-moving market, as he prepares to launch a major collaboration with Moncler today at Pitti Uomo.

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Inside Rimowa’s Off-White Collaboration with Virgil Abloh and Alexandre Arnault

5 June 2018 • By Christopher Morency

The luxury streetwear collaboration features a transparent polycarbonate suitcase and follows a successful partnership between Rimowa and Supreme.

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Inside Rimowa’s Off-White Collaboration with Virgil Abloh and Alexandre Arnault

The luxury streetwear collaboration features a transparent polycarbonate suitcase and follows a successful partnership between Rimowa and Supreme.

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Streetwear Has Its Moment at $1 Million Supreme Auction

17 May 2018 • By Bloomberg

17 May 2018 • By Bloomberg

The label proved its power on Wednesday at an auction in Paris totalling $1 million in sales, allowing collectors to grab rare items they may have missed.

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Streetwear Has Its Moment at $1 Million Supreme Auction

The label proved its power on Wednesday at an auction in Paris totalling $1 million in sales, allowing collectors to grab rare items they may have missed.

The New Luxury: How Streetwear Changes Everything

16 May 2018 • By Luca Solca

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The New Luxury: How Streetwear Changes Everything

New streetwear aesthetics are hybridising with traditional luxury goods and fundamentally reshaping the market for status symbols, resulting in a genetically different luxury world, argues Luca Solca.

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