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Tom Ford is the jewel in Estée Lauder’s crown — and it only cost $2.8 billion to keep it there.
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Tim Blanks sits down with the American designer to discuss creativity and cancel culture, fashion and mortality, the future of the Tom Ford brand and his new book, courtesy of ES Magazine.
By entering into a rare licensing agreement with the French fashion house, the beauty conglomerate would be looking to repeat the success it had turning Tom Ford Beauty into a billion-dollar business.
What started with a single fragrance has expanded into cosmetics and, soon, skincare. Estée Lauder sees Tom Ford Beauty becoming its new $1 billion brand.
The ‘everyman’ skincare market is moving towards premiumisation, as brands like Johnson’s Papatui ditch traditional one-note marketing for a more considered approach.
The successful restock of a vibrator and lube from Styles' beauty and wellness brand Pleasing shows how celebrities are sustaining the sexual wellness category, writes Bloomberg's Jessica Karl.
Following their Global Award wins, founders from Akt London, Yse Beauty and Ruka share how the recognition changed their business trajectories.
This week, Priya Rao examines Gen Alpha’s next big brand, Hiku.
Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
Fashion’s enfant terrible is trading exclusivity for the mass market. Is it the ultimate fashion coup, or the final surrender of prestige?
Textile hubs are already feeling the cascading risks of the conflict in Iran as Washington ramps up forced labour probes to revive tariffs, while decarbonisation in fashion’s factories might finally have a standard to go off of.
The designer and podcaster joins Imran Amed to reflect on the emotional power of clothes, what Vivienne Westwood taught her about rebellion and how Fashion Neurosis has unlocked a new chapter in her creative life.
