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The cult apparel and accessories label’s 10,000-square-foot outpost in New York will include a year-round selection of its popular “Bushwick Birkins” and a television studio.
The brand, known for its perpetually sold-out “Bushwick Birkin” totes made from vegan leather, is launching a range of pebble leather bags, priced as high as $960.
The designer will release new products via a 24-hour television channel in a bid to beat the bots and build on an already flourishing fan community.
After more than a decade of toil, American designer Telfar Clemens was finally poised for mainstream success, with a hit bag nicknamed the ‘Bushwick Birkin’ and a cultural message ripe for the times. Then came coronavirus.
Malique Morris is Senior E-Commerce Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and covers digital-native brands and shifts in the online shopping industry.
The direct-to-consumer label raised a $500 million Series E as it seeks to continue its rapid expansion.
New partnerships with A$AP Rocky and celebrity stylist Erin Walsh signal the retailer’s ambitions to be known for more than selling less expensive versions of other brands’ products.
The shoemaker’s president and finance chief, Dayna Quanbeck, spoke to The Business of Fashion about her plans for the brand once she transitions to the top role in January.
Inditex’s flagship brand is trying to elevate its image and capture new growth in a market where Shein and Temu are luring young, budget-conscious shoppers.
The Swedish fast-fashion retailer is one of a shrinking number of companies that’s still drawing attention to its emissions goals. Plus, a Shanghai Fashion Week preview.
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.
