The BoF 500

The stylist turned her frustrations with fashion’s outdated moodboard systems into a game-changing start-up.

The financial analyst-turned-entrepreneur founded one of Brazil’s biggest fashion retail success stories with his direct-to-consumer brand Amaro.

The co-founders are pioneering research into natural silk alternatives and received investment from Chanel.

The inclusive fashion brand established by the serial entrepreneurs brought in $1 million on the first day of its launch campaign and has built inclusivity into its ethos, carrying sizes 00 through to 24.

The entrepreneur switched stocks for shoes, building the world’s first sneaker stock market which was valued at $1 billion this year.

The eBay reseller-turned-fashion entrepreneur has made Korean fashion and beauty a global export with her labels Nanda and 3CE.

The executive heads up one of China’s largest luxury e-commerce platforms, which boasts a customer base of 27 million people.

The duo leveraged consumer analytics and influencer marketing to elevate an unknown e-tailer into a billion-dollar company that went public in 2019.

The entrepreneur founded Xiaohongshu, which has become China's most popular social e-commerce app for beauty, fashion, lifestyle and travel, achieving a valuation of over $3 billion in just six years.

Their size-inclusive brand is realising its eponymous mission to set a new standard for modern fashion tailoring.

The childhood friends left their careers in finance to grow the global sustainable shoe brand without financial investment, manufacturing more than 1 million pairs of shoes in 2018.

Under their leadership, Depop has established itself not only as a successful peer-to-peer clothing resale app, but also a cultural force for trend creation and young creativity.