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Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

BoF's edit of the season's best fashion films proves the industry is waking up to the potential of online video, but progress is slow.

News & Analysis

Top 10 Fashion Films of the Season

BoF's edit of the season's best fashion films proves the industry is waking up to the potential of online video, but progress is slow.


Technology

Gucci, YSL, Others Suing Alibaba Back Down on Mediation Threat

Luxury brands suing Alibaba promoting the sale of counterfeit goods have backed away from their threat to withdraw from mediation, despite Alibaba founder Jack Ma's statement that he would rather lose the case than settle.

Technology

Gucci, YSL, Others Suing Alibaba Back Down on Mediation Threat

Luxury brands suing Alibaba promoting the sale of counterfeit goods have backed away from their threat to withdraw from mediation, despite Alibaba founder Jack Ma's statement that he would rather lose the case than settle.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Net-a-Porter Names New President, Balenciaga Appoints Artistic Director

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


Fashion Week

When in Paris, Choose Your Tribe

From Rick Owens to Yohji Yamamoto and Céline to Miu Miu, fashion, right here, right now, is all about tribes and gangs, observes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

When in Paris, Choose Your Tribe

From Rick Owens to Yohji Yamamoto and Céline to Miu Miu, fashion, right here, right now, is all about tribes and gangs, observes Angelo Flaccavento.


News & Analysis

Industry Reacts to Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga Appointment

Demna Gvasalia of Vetements has been named the next creative director of Balenciaga. BoF spoke to several key industry insiders to gauge the reaction.

News & Analysis

Industry Reacts to Demna Gvasalia’s Balenciaga Appointment

Demna Gvasalia of Vetements has been named the next creative director of Balenciaga. BoF spoke to several key industry insiders to gauge the reaction.


News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia of Vetements Named Balenciaga Artistic Director

Demna Gvasalia, the 34-year-old wunderkind designer behind Vetements, has been appointed artistic director of Balenciaga.

News & Analysis

Demna Gvasalia of Vetements Named Balenciaga Artistic Director

Demna Gvasalia, the 34-year-old wunderkind designer behind Vetements, has been appointed artistic director of Balenciaga.


Fashion Week

Bye Bye Balenciaga

With his final collection for the house, Alexander Wang writes the first line of his next chapter.

Fashion Week

Bye Bye Balenciaga

With his final collection for the house, Alexander Wang writes the first line of his next chapter.


News & Analysis

Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972)

Cristóbal Balenciaga went from seamstress’s son to designer’s designer. In the sixth instalment of BoF’s fashion history series, we learn that the Basque couturier was self-taught and never sketched a single garment. So how did this recluse who preferred his religion to charming the press end up as such a key influence of 20th century fashion?

News & Analysis

Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972)

Cristóbal Balenciaga went from seamstress’s son to designer’s designer. In the sixth instalment of BoF’s fashion history series, we learn that the Basque couturier was self-taught and never sketched a single garment. So how did this recluse who preferred his religion to charming the press end up as such a key influence of 20th century fashion?


News & Analysis

Balenciaga Break-Up: "It Was Mutual"

Wang’s departure is a rare example of a drama-free, mutual break-up between a designer and a fashion house, says Imran Amed.

News & Analysis

Balenciaga Break-Up: "It Was Mutual"

Wang’s departure is a rare example of a drama-free, mutual break-up between a designer and a fashion house, says Imran Amed.


Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Wang Exits Balenciaga, New CEOs at Kering and Pucci

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Wang Exits Balenciaga, New CEOs at Kering and Pucci

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.