Playground Closes $2 Million in Funding Round
The intimate wellness brand completed its first institutional raise after seeing 700 percent revenue growth and is launching in Target.
Shaana Levy
How Fashion Can Empower Girls
On International Women’s Day, BoF examines how the industry can be a better platform for empowering girls around the world.
Global Markets
Inside India’s Big Fat $38 Billion Wedding Market, Part 2
Yesterday, in Part 1, BoF’s editor-in-chief Imran Amed spoke to designers, show organisers, media executives and former brides to learn why weddings are such big business in India. Today, get to know the couture-level designers that cater to the top end of the country’s bridal market, the opportunities for international luxury brands and the forces set to shape the market in the years to come.
Inside India’s Big Fat $38 Billion Wedding Market, Part 2
Yesterday, in Part 1, BoF’s editor-in-chief Imran Amed spoke to designers, show organisers, media executives and former brides to learn why weddings are such big business in India. Today, get to know the couture-level designers that cater to the top end of the country’s bridal market, the opportunities for international luxury brands and the forces set to shape the market in the years to come.
Global Markets
Inside India’s Big Fat $38 Billion Wedding Market, Part 1
On a recent trip to India to explore the country’s sizable wedding market, BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed spoke to top designers, show organisers, media executives and former brides to learn why weddings are such big business in this fast-rising country of 1.2 billion people.
Inside India’s Big Fat $38 Billion Wedding Market, Part 1
On a recent trip to India to explore the country’s sizable wedding market, BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed spoke to top designers, show organisers, media executives and former brides to learn why weddings are such big business in this fast-rising country of 1.2 billion people.
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The European Parliament approved rules on Tuesday to ban in the EU the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour.
Unilever India Is Losing Foreign Shareholders on High Valuations
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On Sept. 10 the eight designers will present their collections at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.
Valentino’s Full-Year Sales Fall 3 Percent
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TikTok’s Crackdown on Ozempic Influencers Threatens Weight-Loss Drug Hype Machine
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Vivienne Westwood’s Personal Wardrobe To Be Auctioned
A taffeta ball gown with the span of a light aircraft is one of the more magnificent items to go on sale at Christie’s in June as part of an auction of the personal wardrobe of Dame Vivienne Westwood.