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The Estée Lauder-owned beauty company and The Ordinary parent will relaunch one of its original brands as it moves to rekindle its reputation for incubation.
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How African Designers Are Finding Success by Tapping Into Their Cultural Roots
More designers from Nigeria, South Africa and other African countries are connecting with consumers in international markets by putting their cultures front and centre.
How African Designers Are Finding Success by Tapping Into Their Cultural Roots
More designers from Nigeria, South Africa and other African countries are connecting with consumers in international markets by putting their cultures front and centre.
Luxury
Op-Ed | Is Copying Always Wrong?
Young fashion designers should be free to imitate others, argues Eugene Rabkin.
Op-Ed | Is Copying Always Wrong?
Young fashion designers should be free to imitate others, argues Eugene Rabkin.
Luxury
How Young Designers in Paris Are Beating the Pandemic So Far
Fragile but focused, creative labels like Marine Serre, Y/Project and Ludovic de Saint Sernin are navigating rocky waters by engaging their communities and rethinking their role in fashion's ‘system’. Is it enough to make it through a make-or-break season?
How Young Designers in Paris Are Beating the Pandemic So Far
Fragile but focused, creative labels like Marine Serre, Y/Project and Ludovic de Saint Sernin are navigating rocky waters by engaging their communities and rethinking their role in fashion's ‘system’. Is it enough to make it through a make-or-break season?
Retail
Matchesfashion Doubles Down on Emerging Labels
The retailer, facing growing pains of its own, is launching a new 'Innovators Programme' to bolster the fledgling labels that help set it apart from competitors in a crowded luxury e-commerce market.
Matchesfashion Doubles Down on Emerging Labels
The retailer, facing growing pains of its own, is launching a new 'Innovators Programme' to bolster the fledgling labels that help set it apart from competitors in a crowded luxury e-commerce market.
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Retail
How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands
Post-pandemic, a further shift away from wholesale by bigger labels could benefit emerging brands. But there will be a sting in the tail for some.
How the Wholesale Crisis Could Benefit Independent Fashion Brands
Post-pandemic, a further shift away from wholesale by bigger labels could benefit emerging brands. But there will be a sting in the tail for some.
Luxury
Vogue and the CFDA Set Up Shop on Amazon
Through the fundraising initiative A Common Thread, 20 independent New York brands will begin selling their collections on the e-commerce marketplace as part of an effort to help struggling designers.
Vogue and the CFDA Set Up Shop on Amazon
Through the fundraising initiative A Common Thread, 20 independent New York brands will begin selling their collections on the e-commerce marketplace as part of an effort to help struggling designers.
News & Analysis
Not Just a Label’s Strategy to Support Emerging Designers
Recognising the commercial potential of a global creative class of emerging designers, NJAL positions its community as an international cloud solution for creative needs, and has tailored a membership programme to equip designers with the tools they need today.
Not Just a Label’s Strategy to Support Emerging Designers
Recognising the commercial potential of a global creative class of emerging designers, NJAL positions its community as an international cloud solution for creative needs, and has tailored a membership programme to equip designers with the tools they need today.
Media
Television's Power to Launch Fashion Brands Remains Unproven
Netflix’s ‘Next in Fashion’ and Amazon’s ‘Making the Cut’ are more focused on the business of selling clothes than 'Project Runway' ever was. But can their winners become stars?
Television's Power to Launch Fashion Brands Remains Unproven
Netflix’s ‘Next in Fashion’ and Amazon’s ‘Making the Cut’ are more focused on the business of selling clothes than 'Project Runway' ever was. But can their winners become stars?
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Luxury
Independent American Fashion Businesses Are Unravelling. The Government Must Help.
If something is not done, large numbers of independent fashion labels and stores are going to go bankrupt.
Independent American Fashion Businesses Are Unravelling. The Government Must Help.
If something is not done, large numbers of independent fashion labels and stores are going to go bankrupt.
Luxury
How a Young Designer Is Rethinking the Playbook for Emerging Brands
After working with the likes of Kanye West and Hood by Air’s Shayne Oliver, Lourdes’ Andreas Aresti is determined to dodge convention.
How a Young Designer Is Rethinking the Playbook for Emerging Brands
After working with the likes of Kanye West and Hood by Air’s Shayne Oliver, Lourdes’ Andreas Aresti is determined to dodge convention.
Entrepreneurship
The Biggest Challenges Facing New Brands and How to Tackle Them
From financing to navigating a shifting retail market, a host of obstacles are standing between emerging designers and sustainable growth.
The Biggest Challenges Facing New Brands and How to Tackle Them
From financing to navigating a shifting retail market, a host of obstacles are standing between emerging designers and sustainable growth.
News & Analysis
Tmall: An Incubator for China’s Emerging Designers
BoF meets with Tmall executives and four designers showing as part of the marketplace’s ‘China Cool’ programme to discuss the growing influence of Chinese designers.
Tmall: An Incubator for China’s Emerging Designers
BoF meets with Tmall executives and four designers showing as part of the marketplace’s ‘China Cool’ programme to discuss the growing influence of Chinese designers.
The News in Brief
De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.