Giorgio Armani
1934 - 2025
The venerable Italian designer built a global empire around sleek tailoring and on-brand hospitality.


Peter Marino: Fashion’s Most Influential Architect
The fashion industry depends heavily on a wide variety of creatives apart from just fashion designers. In our new series, The Creative Class, BoF highlights success stories, insights and advice from the most talented creatives working in fashion today.

Peter Marino: Fashion’s Most Influential Architect
The fashion industry depends heavily on a wide variety of creatives apart from just fashion designers. In our new series, The Creative Class, BoF highlights success stories, insights and advice from the most talented creatives working in fashion today.

The Business of Blogging | Style Bubble
Today, BoF launches The Business of Blogging, a new series on the rarely discussed business side of fashion blogging. First up is Susanna Lau of Style Bubble, one of the fashion blogosphere’s most original and influential voices.

The Business of Blogging | Style Bubble
Today, BoF launches The Business of Blogging, a new series on the rarely discussed business side of fashion blogging. First up is Susanna Lau of Style Bubble, one of the fashion blogosphere’s most original and influential voices.


BoF Exclusive | Film Premiere: Band of Outsiders' Scott Sternberg in Being There, by The Little Squares

Friday Column | Failure to re-launch?
LONDON, United Kingdom — The recent news that Matteo Marzotto and Gianni Castiglioni have bought the Vionnet brand reminded me of the old saying

Friday Column | Failure to re-launch?
LONDON, United Kingdom — The recent news that Matteo Marzotto and Gianni Castiglioni have bought the Vionnet brand reminded me of the old saying

New York Fashion Week | Marc Bouwer's online experiment
NEW YORK, United States - While the rest of New York Fashion Week was caught up in its regular Bryant Park frenzy today, designer Marc Bouwer was

New York Fashion Week | Marc Bouwer's online experiment
NEW YORK, United States - While the rest of New York Fashion Week was caught up in its regular Bryant Park frenzy today, designer Marc Bouwer was

Everybody's talking about | Fashion phones
LONDON, United Kingdom - Something is in the air. Earlier this week, we received a mysterious package in the post from Nokia. Inside, we found a 7900

Everybody's talking about | Fashion phones
LONDON, United Kingdom - Something is in the air. Earlier this week, we received a mysterious package in the post from Nokia. Inside, we found a 7900

Escada | In private equity's crosshairs?
Not long after Valentino Fashion Group was acquired by Permira in 2007, Escada AG is the latest major European fashion company to find itself in the

Escada | In private equity's crosshairs?
Not long after Valentino Fashion Group was acquired by Permira in 2007, Escada AG is the latest major European fashion company to find itself in the

Everybody's talking about | Men's underwear
MILAN, Italy - Every once in a while, we notice the media -- all kinds of media from blogs to arty fashion mags to the mainstream press -- talking

Everybody's talking about | Men's underwear
MILAN, Italy - Every once in a while, we notice the media -- all kinds of media from blogs to arty fashion mags to the mainstream press -- talking

Fashion Rocks: An opportunity to seize
Fashion Rocks bills itself as the most glamorous event on the planet. If there is a night on the London fashion calendar that can compare to the

Fashion Rocks: An opportunity to seize
Fashion Rocks bills itself as the most glamorous event on the planet. If there is a night on the London fashion calendar that can compare to the

Gap: American slump, European bounce?
Earlier this year, the Business of Fashion visited a Central London outpost of the Gap, one of America's most well-known high street retail chains.

Gap: American slump, European bounce?
Earlier this year, the Business of Fashion visited a Central London outpost of the Gap, one of America's most well-known high street retail chains.
What is The BoF 500?
The people shaping the global fashion industry, curated by the editors of The Business of Fashion, based on nominations and on-the-ground intelligence from around the world.




