The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The Parisian brand named K-pop septet Enhypen its first global ambassadors, The Korea Herald reports, while the Italian luxury player has tapped Korean singer and dancer Seulgi.
Enhypen, which has been active since 2020 and was formed through the competition reality show I-Land, consists of members Heeseun, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon and Ni-ki. Seulgi is a member of the K-pop girl group Red Velvet. Alongside Seulgi, Salvatore Ferragamo has also appointed Chinese actress Jelly Lin global ambassador.
Ami and Ferragamo are just two of many designer brands tapping into the global appetite for Korean stars. Alongside Valentino and Tiffany & Co, which appointed Son Ye-jin and Blackpink’s Rosé as ambassadors in recent months, cultural sensation BTS were named Louis Vuitton’s house ambassadors in April.
People of Indian and Pakistani heritage are critical to the UAE’s fashion sector, leading billion-dollar retail empires, trading textiles and jewellery and stitching garments for Middle Eastern brands.
Influencer Irene Kim and V&A curator Rosalie Kim join Chanel executive Yana Peel to chart South Korea’s rise to global creative juggernaut.
BoF sits down with Zainab Abdulrazzaq, founder of 3oud.com and organiser of the Oud Fashion Talks, to discover the next steps for the event, designed to cement Kuwait’s place on the international fashion map.
The World Economic Forum in Davos, a retail convention in New York and menswear shows in Paris will command the industry’s attention. Plus, what else to watch for this week.