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Bespoke Tailoring Mutates at Balenciaga

Demna Gvasalia finishes an old coat, and launches a new legacy.

Fashion Week

Bespoke Tailoring Mutates at Balenciaga

Demna Gvasalia finishes an old coat, and launches a new legacy.


News & Analysis

Slimane, Gvasalia and the Power of Emotional Experiences

BoF's Imran Amed asks, in an age of fashion immediacy, can genuinely emotional fashion experiences — like those staged by Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Hedi Slimane at Yves Saint Laurent — really be communicated at scale to millions of end consumers?

News & Analysis

Slimane, Gvasalia and the Power of Emotional Experiences

BoF's Imran Amed asks, in an age of fashion immediacy, can genuinely emotional fashion experiences — like those staged by Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Hedi Slimane at Yves Saint Laurent — really be communicated at scale to millions of end consumers?


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2016

At the end of a complex fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 Shows of the Season.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of Autumn/Winter 2016

At the end of a complex fashion month, BoF brings you the Top 10 Shows of the Season.


Fashion Week

The Fashion Gyre and the Ghost of Martin Margiela 

Amidst a whirlwind of directions, the real protagonist of Paris Fashion Week was Martin Margiela, whose influence was felt from Vetements to Miu Miu.

Fashion Week

The Fashion Gyre and the Ghost of Martin Margiela 

Amidst a whirlwind of directions, the real protagonist of Paris Fashion Week was Martin Margiela, whose influence was felt from Vetements to Miu Miu.


Fashion Week

Op-Ed | Whites-Only Policy at Vetements and Balenciaga

For someone whose design work has been dubbed ‘revolutionary’ in fashion circles, Demna Gvasalia’s all-white casting is shockingly out of touch with today’s global reality, argues Jason Campbell.

Fashion Week

Op-Ed | Whites-Only Policy at Vetements and Balenciaga

For someone whose design work has been dubbed ‘revolutionary’ in fashion circles, Demna Gvasalia’s all-white casting is shockingly out of touch with today’s global reality, argues Jason Campbell.


Fashion Week

The Shape of Things to Come

Demna Gvasalia's debut collection for Balenciaga had the rightness of something we’ve been waiting to see forever. And it immediately cast a giant shadow over the entire season.

Fashion Week

The Shape of Things to Come

Demna Gvasalia's debut collection for Balenciaga had the rightness of something we’ve been waiting to see forever. And it immediately cast a giant shadow over the entire season.


Marketing

Christopher Simmonds: 'I Think People Get the Message on Gucci Now'

The art director behind Gucci’s latest campaigns tells BoF about working with Alessandro Michele and why designers are not the only ones suffering under the current fashion system.

Marketing

Christopher Simmonds: 'I Think People Get the Message on Gucci Now'

The art director behind Gucci’s latest campaigns tells BoF about working with Alessandro Michele and why designers are not the only ones suffering under the current fashion system.


News & Analysis

The Risks of Changing Creative Directors

Changing the guard at the creative helm of a major fashion house is capital-intensive but can reap great rewards. What’s at stake when fashion houses cycle through designers?

News & Analysis

The Risks of Changing Creative Directors

Changing the guard at the creative helm of a major fashion house is capital-intensive but can reap great rewards. What’s at stake when fashion houses cycle through designers?


News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia Reveals Vetements' Plan to Disrupt the Fashion System

Demna Gvasalia, head of the Vetements collective and newly appointed artistic director of Balenciaga, talks to Imran Amed about a new operating model designed to fix the ‘broken’ fashion system.

News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia Reveals Vetements' Plan to Disrupt the Fashion System

Demna Gvasalia, head of the Vetements collective and newly appointed artistic director of Balenciaga, talks to Imran Amed about a new operating model designed to fix the ‘broken’ fashion system.


Luxury

Do ‘Digital Flagships’ Deliver?

Fashion brands must deliver an online shopping experience as luxurious as their physical flagships. Who's hitting the mark?

Luxury

Do ‘Digital Flagships’ Deliver?

Fashion brands must deliver an online shopping experience as luxurious as their physical flagships. Who's hitting the mark?