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Junya Watanabe

Designer, Junya Watanabe

Inspired by both traditional and techno fabrics, the experimental designer was a protégé of Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, where his label lives.

Junya Watanabe
Fashion Week

In Paris, Sex Sells, While Innovation is Scarce

PARIS, France — A gruelling 'fashion month' closed yesterday rather dimly. There was no glittering fanfare, nor theatrical adieu : editors, buyers

Fashion Week

In Paris, Sex Sells, While Innovation is Scarce

PARIS, France — A gruelling 'fashion month' closed yesterday rather dimly. There was no glittering fanfare, nor theatrical adieu : editors, buyers


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Hussein Chalayan, Hermès, Frida Giannini and more.


Retail

In Shoreditch, All’s Good in the Hood

Seven years after it debuted as a small independent clothing boutique, East London-based Goodhood brings its eclectic and highly curated mix of fashion, accessories and home goods to a new 3,000 square-foot flagship, combining edgy lifestyle boutique with an intimate neighbourhood feel.

Retail

In Shoreditch, All’s Good in the Hood

Seven years after it debuted as a small independent clothing boutique, East London-based Goodhood brings its eclectic and highly curated mix of fashion, accessories and home goods to a new 3,000 square-foot flagship, combining edgy lifestyle boutique with an intimate neighbourhood feel.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | JW Anderson, CSM BAs, Anya Hindmarch

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers JW Anderson, CSM BA graduates, and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | JW Anderson, CSM BAs, Anya Hindmarch

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers JW Anderson, CSM BA graduates, and more.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Gaultier, Valentino and Lagerfeld

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Gaultier, Valentino and Lagerfeld

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld and more.


Fashion Week

Junya Watanabe's Symphony of Circles

Junya Watanabe delivered a radical yet elegant symphony of seemingly infinite variations on a circular theme in his latest collection, writes Lily Templeton for Nowfashion.com.

Fashion Week

Junya Watanabe's Symphony of Circles

Junya Watanabe delivered a radical yet elegant symphony of seemingly infinite variations on a circular theme in his latest collection, writes Lily Templeton for Nowfashion.com.


Fashion Week

Paris, Fashion’s Global Melting Pot

Thirty-five of the fifty designers showing this week in Paris have made the trek from foreign countries to present their work at a menswear showcase with an incredible mix of cultures and labels. BoF reports.

Fashion Week

Paris, Fashion’s Global Melting Pot

Thirty-five of the fifty designers showing this week in Paris have made the trek from foreign countries to present their work at a menswear showcase with an incredible mix of cultures and labels. BoF reports.


Global Markets

Ukraine, a Complex Crossroads of New and Old

In the latest instalment of Market GPS, Robb Young examines Ukraine, a market going through a period of major transition.

Global Markets

Ukraine, a Complex Crossroads of New and Old

In the latest instalment of Market GPS, Robb Young examines Ukraine, a market going through a period of major transition.


News & Analysis

A.F. Vandevorst’s Hard-Earned Happy Birthday

BoF examines the genesis, travails and revival of Belgian label A.F. Vandevorst, which this season marks 15 years in business, and distills down the important lessons that designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx have learned along the way.

News & Analysis

A.F. Vandevorst’s Hard-Earned Happy Birthday

BoF examines the genesis, travails and revival of Belgian label A.F. Vandevorst, which this season marks 15 years in business, and distills down the important lessons that designers An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx have learned along the way.


Luxury

Adrian Joffe, Tending the Garden of Comme des Garçons

Comme des Garçons has quietly grown a global multi-brand fashion business that now generates $220 million in revenue per year. BoF talks to Adrian Joffe — president of Comme des Garçons International and retail guru behind Dover Street Market — about tending the precious root of creativity from which the company's unconventional collections and business strategies both derive.

Luxury

Adrian Joffe, Tending the Garden of Comme des Garçons

Comme des Garçons has quietly grown a global multi-brand fashion business that now generates $220 million in revenue per year. BoF talks to Adrian Joffe — president of Comme des Garçons International and retail guru behind Dover Street Market — about tending the precious root of creativity from which the company's unconventional collections and business strategies both derive.


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