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.
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Fashion Week
A Surrender to Enjoyment at Miu Miu
The '30s were a resonant chord that Miuccia Prada struck as the curtain began its fall for Autumn/Winter 2020. Any charm offensive is going to need real fangs to cope.
A Surrender to Enjoyment at Miu Miu
The '30s were a resonant chord that Miuccia Prada struck as the curtain began its fall for Autumn/Winter 2020. Any charm offensive is going to need real fangs to cope.
Fashion Week
At Lutz Huelle, Forever Clothes
Huelle's ongoing dialogue between plain and fancy is simple — and irresistible.
At Lutz Huelle, Forever Clothes
Huelle's ongoing dialogue between plain and fancy is simple — and irresistible.
Fashion Week
Louis Vuitton’s Time Machine
Nicolas Ghesquière delivered a clash of styles from far-flung eras, but too much control on the catwalk dampened what was a brilliant intuition.
Louis Vuitton’s Time Machine
Nicolas Ghesquière delivered a clash of styles from far-flung eras, but too much control on the catwalk dampened what was a brilliant intuition.
Fashion Week
Top 10 Shows of the Season
After a fashion month where designers embraced contradictions, BoF's editors pick the top ten shows of the season.
Top 10 Shows of the Season
After a fashion month where designers embraced contradictions, BoF's editors pick the top ten shows of the season.
Fashion Week
In the Service of Movement at Stella McCartney
She offered up a collection that filtered illustrator Erté in ways subtle and not so.
In the Service of Movement at Stella McCartney
She offered up a collection that filtered illustrator Erté in ways subtle and not so.
Fashion Week
Quantum Physics, Sacai Style
The collection had a level of obsessive detail that is, in fact, quite unique in fashion because there is something a little unfathomable about it.
Quantum Physics, Sacai Style
The collection had a level of obsessive detail that is, in fact, quite unique in fashion because there is something a little unfathomable about it.
Fashion Week
Chanel's Abstract Landscape
The most striking thing about this show was how it polarised its audience. The word on a younger generation’s lips was ‘fresh.’
Chanel's Abstract Landscape
The most striking thing about this show was how it polarised its audience. The word on a younger generation’s lips was ‘fresh.’
Fashion Week
In Paris, Finding Power in a New Femininity
Designers embraced the polar opposites of traditional womanliness and tailored, menswear-inflected power dressing.
In Paris, Finding Power in a New Femininity
Designers embraced the polar opposites of traditional womanliness and tailored, menswear-inflected power dressing.
Fashion Week
Rebellion and Transformation at McQueen
Sarah Burton's ability to winkle such glorious oddities out of the swamp of the past means her McQueen collections are never less than dream fodder.
Rebellion and Transformation at McQueen
Sarah Burton's ability to winkle such glorious oddities out of the swamp of the past means her McQueen collections are never less than dream fodder.
Fashion Week
At Balenciaga, Branding the Apocalypse
The label’s signatures were paraded under a low-hung ceiling showing boiling heavens, rushing floods, a temporarily reassuring vision of Planet Earth and then… total eclipse.
At Balenciaga, Branding the Apocalypse
The label’s signatures were paraded under a low-hung ceiling showing boiling heavens, rushing floods, a temporarily reassuring vision of Planet Earth and then… total eclipse.
Fashion Week
Should Fashion Shows Have a Theme?
Theme-less outings that emphasised technique over narrative scored on the fifth day of Paris Fashion Week, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
Should Fashion Shows Have a Theme?
Theme-less outings that emphasised technique over narrative scored on the fifth day of Paris Fashion Week, reports Angelo Flaccavento.
The News in Brief
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.
Zimmermann Names Roberto Eggs CEO
The Moncler Group executive will succeed longtime CEO Chris Olliver, who is staying on as executive chairman.