The BoF 500

The 2013 Andam prize winner, who trained at Givenchy and Marc Jacobs, offers a winning formula of quality menswear

The celebrated producer and set designer has transformed mere runway shows into major multi-sensory events for brands like Dior, Hussein Chalayan and Rodarte.

The editors have used their social clout to secure top content and collaborators for their new bi-annual magazine, chronicling the fashion ‘system.’

Paris’ first female mayor is also the first to take a real interest in the influence of the French capital as fashion’s most important hub.

Antoine Arnault is transforming an Italian footwear business into an upscale menswear brand and taking charge of communications at the conglomerate.

As a sixth-generation member of the family that founded Hermès, he ran its crucial jewellery and leather goods divisions before becoming chief executive.

Formerly assistant to Marie-Amélie Sauvé, the trained art critic has a distinctive detail-orientated, intellectual aesthetic.

The French business magnate controls more than 60 brands including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Celine.

The experienced couturier sat at the creative helm of France's oldest fashion house for 16 months.

The accomplished fashion executive emphasises creativity and measured growth at one of the industry’s most prestigious brands.

The editor and stylist, famous for her provocative work as editor of French Vogue, founded CR Fashion Book and its men's title, CR Men's Book.

Having left Hermès to focus on his eponymous label, in one year the designer doubled the turnover of his own line and was appointed artistic director of a new Uniqlo Paris R&D Centre and designer of Uniqlo U.