The fashion industry’s outlook has never been so uncertain, as geopolitical upheaval, climate challenges and nagging inflation keep markets unsteady. The new challenges in a post-covid climate directly impact consumer confidence, as highlighted in The State of Fashion 2024 report, a collaborative effort by McKinsey & Company and Business of...
Nov 29, 2023
The Business of Fashion (BoF) has unveiled the influential names added to this year’s The BoF 500, an index of individuals the media firm deems as those shaping the global fashion industry. New selections for the 10th anniversary year of the list were chosen based on their leadership, creativity, innovation and impact, BoF said, with nominations...
Sep 29, 2023
Buying and Merchandising Masterclass by Susanne Tide-Frater The product strategy & brand development expert with former roles at Harrods, Selfridges and Farfetch gives her insights on the lessons learned across a 20-year career and takes questions from those tuning in. Video source: BOF, via YouTube
Dec 9, 2020
"I am luddite, I believe in human contact...having a coffee with someone, writing a letter and connecting with someone else", says fashion designer Marc Jacobs on his struggle with quarantine. Jacobs opens up to Business of Fashion's Tim Blake on his mental health during the time of coronavirus, and how he uses his creativity to counteract the...
May 20, 2020
Garance Doré, a fashion illustrator and streetwear photographer, was a part of the first wave of fashion bloggers to emerge. Doré played an intrigal role in growing the movement, but after years of extravagant trips,expensive gifts from designers and runway show after runway show, she realised it wasn't for her. Doré shares her story with...
Apr 30, 2020
Communications and marketing professional in the fashion industry, Gabriele Hackworthy, shares tips for freelancers on reaching out to their network during a time of crisis to ensure future business. It is crucial for fashion freelancers, now more than ever, to adapt to this new world quickly and consider ways to pivot their skill set, as well...
Apr 29, 2020
BoF and McKinsey & Company released the collaborator's The State of Fashion 2020, keeping in mind that the fashion industry is in a time of crisis. This year's State of Fashion, titled 'Coronavirus Update' discusses unemployment, opportunities, and what has become the new normal for many fashion professionals. Founder and CEO of Business of...
Apr 15, 2020
Hair stylist Sam McKnight, who has worked with brands such as Chanel, Fendi and Burberry, talks to BoF Editor Tim Blanks about the future of hairstyling and the fashion industry beyond the coronavirus pandemic. “Beauty is crucial to some people,” he saids. “It's not going to be done by a machine or a computer anytime soon… hair and makeup...
Apr 14, 2020
The activist Hoda Katebi speaks passionately about the 'revolution' of fashion, while the Tehran design duo Shirin and Shiva Vaqar on the VOICES 2019 defy the restrictive conditions for emerging brands in Iran.
Jan 15, 2020
"Anxiety" and "worry". With those two words we could very well define the feelings with which the fashion world, and its top executives, face the year 2020. This situation is counterbalanced by the slight air of optimism with which some sectors, especially in the United States, were entering 2019. This is at least what the latest annual report...
Dec 30, 2019
BoF’s Imran Amed sat down with LVMH Greater China group president Andrew Wu at the BoF China Summit to demystify the multi-faceted Chinese consumer. Source: Youtube, The Business of Fashion
Apr 10, 2019
The news media business is facing a major crisis, but the chief executives of both the Financial Times and the Guardian, speaking at BoF’s VOICES, said their models proved people value quality journalism in a world of fake news and political polarisation. Source: Youtube, The Business of Fashion
Mar 20, 2019
