A licensing agreement with the manufacturer ends later this year, fuelling speculation about what’s next for the brand.

The designer presented his first collection since February 2020, amid an uncertain but optimistic time for the city’s fashion industry.

The American designer said he will show his upcoming Autumn/Winter 2021 collection in New York City on June 28, confirming the news in posts on both his personal and brand Instagram accounts on Monday.

There’s no online replacement for walking into a store and smelling a fragrance sample. But brands are finding ways to sidestep this dilemma, sending US fragrance sales soaring after a rocky start to the year.

BoF’s Editor-at-Large travels back in time to the designer’s Edie Sedgwick-inflected Spring 2013 show which reimagined proper little misses from the early 60s in a parade of bizarre propriety.

It may be a while before concerts and red carpets are allowed again, but luxury brands are finding creative ways to engage with the music industry in the meantime.

The Nintendo Switch game, released in late March, has captured the attention of fashion enthusiasts waiting out the coronavirus pandemic. But it presents no clear way for fashion to monetise its popularity just yet.

With pre-pandemic budgets slashed, brands are relying less heavily on influencers, using what marketing dollars they have left in creative ways.