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The Business of Fashion is a next-generation media company recognised around the world for its authoritative, analytical point of view on the global fashion and beauty industries. Founded by Imran Amed in 2007, BoF serves members in more than 125 countries.

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Week in Review | Fashion-Tech Bubble, Democracy that Destroyed Fashion, Wings of Céline

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.

News & Analysis

Week in Review | Fashion-Tech Bubble, Democracy that Destroyed Fashion, Wings of Céline

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.


News & Analysis

On the Wings of Céline

Céline has become one of the most copied fashion brands on the planet and every critic’s favourite. What’s more, it has sales revenue to support the hype. How long can it can last?

News & Analysis

On the Wings of Céline

Céline has become one of the most copied fashion brands on the planet and every critic’s favourite. What’s more, it has sales revenue to support the hype. How long can it can last?


News & Analysis

LVMH Said to Enter Playing Field for Pomellato

MILAN, Italy — Luxury goods group LVMH is said to have made an offer for Pomellato, adding suspense to the protracted battle to acquire the

News & Analysis

LVMH Said to Enter Playing Field for Pomellato

MILAN, Italy — Luxury goods group LVMH is said to have made an offer for Pomellato, adding suspense to the protracted battle to acquire the


China

Dior Plans Encore Haute Couture Show in Shanghai

PARIS, France — For the first time since Raf Simons took the creative helm at Dior, the French fashion house is bringing its haute couture show to

China

Dior Plans Encore Haute Couture Show in Shanghai

PARIS, France — For the first time since Raf Simons took the creative helm at Dior, the French fashion house is bringing its haute couture show to


Technology

Is There a Fashion-Tech Bubble?

As money pours into fashion-tech start-ups, at sky high valuations, BoF talks to leading investors to assess the existence of a bubble and understand what separates winning investments from those that are failing.

Technology

Is There a Fashion-Tech Bubble?

As money pours into fashion-tech start-ups, at sky high valuations, BoF talks to leading investors to assess the existence of a bubble and understand what separates winning investments from those that are failing.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Who Watches the Watchmen?

Courtesy of our friends at Byronesque, pioneering fashion blogger Diane Pernet laments the current state of fashion criticism and brings us a brief history of fashion critics past and present.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | Who Watches the Watchmen?

Courtesy of our friends at Byronesque, pioneering fashion blogger Diane Pernet laments the current state of fashion criticism and brings us a brief history of fashion critics past and present.


News & Analysis

Fashionologie, 2005 — 2013

BoF laments the loss of Fashionologie, a popular fashion blog started by Tommye Fitzpatrick from her dorm room at North Carolina’s Duke University, that was recently folded into PopSugar.com

News & Analysis

Fashionologie, 2005 — 2013

BoF laments the loss of Fashionologie, a popular fashion blog started by Tommye Fitzpatrick from her dorm room at North Carolina’s Duke University, that was recently folded into PopSugar.com


News & Analysis

Will a Wave of Megastores Turn Bond Street into the World’s Premier Luxury Showcase?

Following the arrival of Louis Vuitton’s super-sized “Maison” on London’s Bond Street in 2010, the thoroughfare will soon be home to a slew of high fashion megastores, transforming the once-quaint street into a larger-than-life global luxury showcase.

News & Analysis

Will a Wave of Megastores Turn Bond Street into the World’s Premier Luxury Showcase?

Following the arrival of Louis Vuitton’s super-sized “Maison” on London’s Bond Street in 2010, the thoroughfare will soon be home to a slew of high fashion megastores, transforming the once-quaint street into a larger-than-life global luxury showcase.


News & Analysis

Has Logo Fatigue Reached a Tipping Point?

What does it mean when Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury brand, shifts its focus away from the very trademarks on which its success has been built?

News & Analysis

Has Logo Fatigue Reached a Tipping Point?

What does it mean when Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury brand, shifts its focus away from the very trademarks on which its success has been built?


Entrepreneurship

Part 16: Strategic Investors

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, breaks down the advantages and disadvantages of bringing in strategic investors.

Entrepreneurship

Part 16: Strategic Investors

Áslaug Magnúsdóttir, co-founder of Moda Operandi, breaks down the advantages and disadvantages of bringing in strategic investors.