Harvey Nichols Appoints New CEO
Harvey Nichols has named Julia Goddard chief executive following the departure of Manju Malhotra — who held the post for 25 years — in late 2023.
Nicolas Ghesquière
Top 10 Shows of the Season
BoF’s editors pick the best shows of the Autumn/Winter 2024 season.
The BoF Podcast | Tim Blanks and Imran Amed Recap The Season That Was
BoF’s editor-in-chief and editor-at-large walk through the highlights and unforgettable moments of fashion weeks in Milan and Paris.
In Dark Times, Choose Optimism!
Chanel, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton offered “useful beauty” for Spring 2023, writes Tim Blanks.
Louis Vuitton Lands in California
The stunning Salk Institute in La Jolla, California could have upstaged Nicolas Ghesquière’s latest collection. Instead, it brought it to life.
The Kids Are Alright
Teen volatility at Vuitton, bare midriffs at Miu Miu, tweedy Chelsea Girls at Chanel… what a time to be young and in fashion!
What’s Legacy Got to Do With It?
Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Valentino fuse past and present in their quest for an uncertain future.
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Balenciaga Autumn/Winter 2006, 28 February, 2006
BoF’s editor at large looks back at one of Nicolas Ghesquière's most memorable collections for the house — one that would influence fashion for years to come.
At Louis Vuitton, Between Masculine and Feminine
While not particularly convincing in conceptual terms, the collection was well suited to real life, making for one of Nicolas Ghesquière’s strongest outings for the French megabrand.
At Paris Fashion Week, Real Life and Liberation
Reality was front and centre at Paris Fashion Week, but this season’s winners both addressed and transcended our current state of affairs, reports Angelo Flaccavento, who beamed into Paris from his base in Italy.
Can Emerging Designers and Technology Reimagine Fashion’s Creative Processes?
BoF speaks to four emerging designers who are experimenting with Microsoft technologies to innovate their creative process with regards to waste, aesthetics and product.
Workplace & Talent
Power Moves | Ferragamo Names Executive Deputy Chairman, Louis Vuitton Appoints Director of Women’s Fashion Leather Goods
This week, Michele Norsa returns to Ferragamo as executive deputy board chairman after exiting in 2016, while Louis Vuitton hires former Mulberry designer Johnny Coca to lead its women’s leather goods division.
Power Moves | Ferragamo Names Executive Deputy Chairman, Louis Vuitton Appoints Director of Women’s Fashion Leather Goods
This week, Michele Norsa returns to Ferragamo as executive deputy board chairman after exiting in 2016, while Louis Vuitton hires former Mulberry designer Johnny Coca to lead its women’s leather goods division.
How I Became... A Shoe Designer
Fabrizio Viti has worked with the likes of Tom Ford, Miuccia Prada, Marc Jacobs and Nicolas Ghesqiuère, and launched an eponymous label in 2016.
Company Snapshot
The designer who brought Balenciaga to the cutting edge is now breathing new life into heritage brand Louis Vuitton.
The News in Brief
Emerging Designer Platform The Folklore Raises $3.4 Million
The capital injection will strengthen the company’s earlier pivot from being an African designer e-commerce site to being a business-to-business venture helping emerging brands enter global retailers.
Adidas Is Seeing Hot Demand for Sambas and Yeezys
The German sportswear company now expects to generate operating profit of around €700 million ($743 million), an increase from the previous target of €500 million.
Sephora, Perfumes and Cosmetics Drive LVMH Sales Growth
Amid a luxury slowdown, strong performance by LVMH’s perfumes and cosmetics and selective retailing divisions show a healthy appetite for beauty.
Dr Martens Shares Plunge as Tough Outlook Sets Challenge for New CEO
The company, which named chief brand officer Ije Nwokorie as its next CEO, said it was anticipating a double-digit percentage decline in US wholesale revenues, which would dent overall profits.
Procter & Gamble Price Hikes Thin Shoppers’ Wallets
Rising prices of personal care products could quash Americans’ habit of buying big-brand-name items for their household pantries, posing a threat to Procter & Gamble, one of the world’s biggest makers of packaged goods.
Traders Fear Antitrust Risk in $8.5 Billion Deal Between Coach, Michael Kors Owners
The merger arbitrage investor community turned increasingly bearish on the deal last week, as they interpreted some comments from FTC officials at a conference as negative for the deal.
US Retail Sales Top Forecasts as Consumers Keep Fuelling Growth
The value of retail purchases, unadjusted for inflation, increased 0.7 percent from February, Commerce Department data showed Monday.