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A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou: ‘I’m Ready for a War’

1 April 2020 • By Tim Blanks

A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou: ‘I’m Ready for a War’

The French designer talks to Tim Blanks about how he’s navigating the crisis and why the coronavirus can’t kill fashion.

The End of the (Fashion) World as We Know It

24 March 2020 • By Tim Blanks

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The End of the (Fashion) World as We Know It

If nature is inexorable, a volatile pathogen like coronavirus is its consummate ambassador and the fashion industry must change or die, writes Tim Blanks.

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Can Raf and Miuccia Take Fashion Somewhere New?

24 February 2020 • By Tim Blanks

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Can Raf and Miuccia Take Fashion Somewhere New?

BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks considers the possibilities.

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How Daniel Lee Reinvented Bottega Veneta

21 February 2020 • By Tim Blanks

Tim Blanks talks to the British designer about his creative strategy and why his approach has struck a chord with consumers as the Kering-owned brand returns to growth.

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How Daniel Lee Reinvented Bottega Veneta

Tim Blanks talks to the British designer about his creative strategy and why his approach has struck a chord with consumers as the Kering-owned brand returns to growth.

Zegna and Fear of God: What the Merger of Suiting and Streetwear Says About the Men’s Market

3 February 2020 • By Tim Blanks

3 February 2020 • By Tim Blanks

Ermenegildo Zegna’s Alessandro Sartori is teaming up with Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo on a collection that launches during Paris Fashion Week. Tim Blanks decodes the logic behind the collaboration and what it says about the state of menswear.

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Zegna and Fear of God: What the Merger of Suiting and Streetwear Says About the Men’s Market

Ermenegildo Zegna’s Alessandro Sartori is teaming up with Fear of God’s Jerry Lorenzo on a collection that launches during Paris Fashion Week. Tim Blanks decodes the logic behind the collaboration and what it says about the state of menswear.

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Felipe Oliveira Baptista Talks Kenzo Challenge

16 January 2020 • By Tim Blanks

In an exclusive interview with BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks, Kenzo's newly appointed creative director sets his intentions for the LVMH-owned house and where he'll show his first collection in February.

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Felipe Oliveira Baptista Talks Kenzo Challenge

In an exclusive interview with BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks, Kenzo's newly appointed creative director sets his intentions for the LVMH-owned house and where he'll show his first collection in February.

A-Cold-Wall Plots Next Chapter in Milan

13 January 2020 • By Tim Blanks

13 January 2020 • By Tim Blanks

As designer Samuel Ross prepares his luxury streetwear brand for its next stage of growth, he’s sharpening and humanizing his approach.

A-Cold-Wall Plots Next Chapter in Milan

As designer Samuel Ross prepares his luxury streetwear brand for its next stage of growth, he’s sharpening and humanizing his approach.

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Fendi Enters the Post-Lagerfeld Era

19 September 2019 • By Tim Blanks

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Fendi Enters the Post-Lagerfeld Era

After the death of Karl Lagerfeld, Silvia Venturini Fendi added the women’s fashion collection that Lagerfeld oversaw for 54 years to her set of design responsibilities at the house that carries her family name. Today, as she prepares to stage her first women’s ready-to-wear show, Mrs Fendi tells Tim Blanks about what she learned from Lagerfeld and the future of the brand.

Fabien Baron Is Not Nostalgic

16 September 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Fabien Baron Is Not Nostalgic

A new book by fashion's most illustrious art director is a compilation of his four-decade career. But more than that, this retrospective of ad campaigns, magazine editorials and private photography reveals a primal faceoff between chaos and control — a hint to what's to come, writes Tim Blanks.

Remembering Peter Lindbergh

4 September 2019 • By Tim Blanks

Remembering Peter Lindbergh

Lindbergh, who died on Tuesday, was the most cinematic photographer of fashion's Golden Age, writes Tim Blanks.