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Designer, Rick Owens

He has earned a cult following for his sharp, distressed leather jackets and an all-black, “grungy glamorous” aesthetic.

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News & Analysis

Francesca Bellettini, Huda Kattan, Adut Akech, Michèle Lamy and Kalpona Akter Are the Latest Speakers for VOICES 2018

The five power women are the latest names to join an exciting and inspirational group of speakers at BoF's Annual Gathering for Big Thinkers to be held in Oxfordshire, UK later this month.

News & Analysis

Francesca Bellettini, Huda Kattan, Adut Akech, Michèle Lamy and Kalpona Akter Are the Latest Speakers for VOICES 2018

The five power women are the latest names to join an exciting and inspirational group of speakers at BoF's Annual Gathering for Big Thinkers to be held in Oxfordshire, UK later this month.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | In Defense of Hedi Slimane

The designer wasn’t particularly novel in the way he went about rebooting Celine, but to label him a misogynist is a dangerous game, argues Anabel Maldonado.

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | In Defense of Hedi Slimane

The designer wasn’t particularly novel in the way he went about rebooting Celine, but to label him a misogynist is a dangerous game, argues Anabel Maldonado.


Luxury

Y/Project Is Pitti Uomo’s Next Guest Brand

The acclaimed French brand headed up by Glenn Martens will present its Autumn/Winter 2019 collection at the Italian trade show in January.

Luxury

Y/Project Is Pitti Uomo’s Next Guest Brand

The acclaimed French brand headed up by Glenn Martens will present its Autumn/Winter 2019 collection at the Italian trade show in January.


Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.

Fashion Week

Top 10 Shows of the Season

This season’s best shows were impeccably crafted and sometimes engaged with the wider political zeitgeist.


Fashion Week

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy

While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.

Fashion Week

In Paris, a Fight for Supremacy

While the luxury groups that dominate the industry staged larger and larger marketing spectacles, designers like Rick Owens, Rei Kawakubo, John Galliano and Pierpaolo Piccioli delivered poetry.


Fashion Week

Eerie Power at Rick Owens

He was wrestling with his nihilistic mood, but what was most striking about his collection was how celebratory it looked.

Fashion Week

Eerie Power at Rick Owens

He was wrestling with his nihilistic mood, but what was most striking about his collection was how celebratory it looked.


Retail

Inside Birkenstock’s Tumultuous Relationship With Fashion

The 244-year-old sandal brand is opening its first boutique in the US and will unveil a new online store for collaborations later this year.

Retail

Inside Birkenstock’s Tumultuous Relationship With Fashion

The 244-year-old sandal brand is opening its first boutique in the US and will unveil a new online store for collaborations later this year.


Luxury

Virgil Abloh: ‘I Am Not a Designer’

The Off-White founder and Wizard of Oz fan isn’t just making clothes. He’s blazing his own Yellow Brick Road from nowheresville to the Emerald City of Paris and reprogramming Louis Vuitton in the process.

Luxury

Virgil Abloh: ‘I Am Not a Designer’

The Off-White founder and Wizard of Oz fan isn’t just making clothes. He’s blazing his own Yellow Brick Road from nowheresville to the Emerald City of Paris and reprogramming Louis Vuitton in the process.


Luxury

Op-Ed | Whatever: How Fashion Lost Its Meaning

Fashion has entered a state of pure postmodernism where anything goes and nothing means anything anymore, argues Eugene Rabkin.

Luxury

Op-Ed | Whatever: How Fashion Lost Its Meaning

Fashion has entered a state of pure postmodernism where anything goes and nothing means anything anymore, argues Eugene Rabkin.


Fashion Week

In Paris, New Elegance and the Revolution That Wasn’t

Amid the much-anticipated, streetwear-inflected disruption at Louis Vuitton and Dior, it was the need for new elegance that stood out, writes Angelo Flaccavento.

Fashion Week

In Paris, New Elegance and the Revolution That Wasn’t

Amid the much-anticipated, streetwear-inflected disruption at Louis Vuitton and Dior, it was the need for new elegance that stood out, writes Angelo Flaccavento.


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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.

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