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
Rihanna Opens a New Front in the Lingerie Wars
This week, everyone will be talking about Rihanna's Savage X Fenty spectacle in New York and a hyper-politicised London Fashion Week. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Rihanna Opens a New Front in the Lingerie Wars
This week, everyone will be talking about Rihanna's Savage X Fenty spectacle in New York and a hyper-politicised London Fashion Week. Read our BoF Professional Cheat Sheet.
Fashion Week
At Fashion Week, Anya Hindmarch Continues to Put Consumers Front and Centre
The brand's unconventional fashion week formula — axing the traditional catwalk in favor of playful consumer experiences — is delivering results. Next up: a giant red maze.
At Fashion Week, Anya Hindmarch Continues to Put Consumers Front and Centre
The brand's unconventional fashion week formula — axing the traditional catwalk in favor of playful consumer experiences — is delivering results. Next up: a giant red maze.
Fashion Week
Superimpose Wants to Make London Fashion Week Great Again
The British Fashion Council has tapped the London-based creative agency as the event’s new creative and strategic partner.
Superimpose Wants to Make London Fashion Week Great Again
The British Fashion Council has tapped the London-based creative agency as the event’s new creative and strategic partner.
Fashion Week
The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Autumn 2019 Season
BoF's editor-at-large sits down with Imran Amed to discuss the commercial potential of bourgeois style, Fendi and Chanel's emotional farewell to Karl Lagerfeld, and the cultural impact of fashion's reflection on social issues.
The BoF Podcast: Tim Blanks on the Autumn 2019 Season
BoF's editor-at-large sits down with Imran Amed to discuss the commercial potential of bourgeois style, Fendi and Chanel's emotional farewell to Karl Lagerfeld, and the cultural impact of fashion's reflection on social issues.
Fashion Week
Richard Quinn’s Hallowed Archetypes
The young designer upped the voltage of his signature megawatt prints and made the banal look utterly brilliant.
Richard Quinn’s Hallowed Archetypes
The young designer upped the voltage of his signature megawatt prints and made the banal look utterly brilliant.
Fashion Week
Christopher Kane Gets Twisted
The designer's fearless interlacing of science and weird sex is now enough of a signature that it no longer lands with quite the transgressive wallop it used to, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still raise an eyebrow.
Christopher Kane Gets Twisted
The designer's fearless interlacing of science and weird sex is now enough of a signature that it no longer lands with quite the transgressive wallop it used to, but that doesn’t mean it can’t still raise an eyebrow.
Sustainability
Bethany Williams Wins Royal Award for Ethically-Focused Fashion
The British designer received the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II award for her ethical approach to fashion as the industry came under criticism in a parliamentary report for its unsustainable and exploitative business model.
Bethany Williams Wins Royal Award for Ethically-Focused Fashion
The British designer received the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II award for her ethical approach to fashion as the industry came under criticism in a parliamentary report for its unsustainable and exploitative business model.
Fashion Week
Erdem’s Eerie Séance
There’s no escaping the past for the designer, whose sense of time and place was fed by the spell of an Italian princess.
Erdem’s Eerie Séance
There’s no escaping the past for the designer, whose sense of time and place was fed by the spell of an Italian princess.
Fashion Week
London’s Female Fashion Stars
Grace Wales Bonner, Roksanda Illicic, Rejina Pyo and Charlotte Knowles brought context, confidence and craft to the London runways.
London’s Female Fashion Stars
Grace Wales Bonner, Roksanda Illicic, Rejina Pyo and Charlotte Knowles brought context, confidence and craft to the London runways.
Fashion Week
Food for Thought at JW Anderson
Anderson is working some fine line between purity and provocation. It's irresistible, even if it demands a lot of its wearer.
Food for Thought at JW Anderson
Anderson is working some fine line between purity and provocation. It's irresistible, even if it demands a lot of its wearer.
Fashion Week
Chalayan's Quarter Century
For his anniversary collection, Hussein Chalayan demonstrated the simple power of a collection of subtle, sensual, somber jackets and dresses.
Chalayan's Quarter Century
For his anniversary collection, Hussein Chalayan demonstrated the simple power of a collection of subtle, sensual, somber jackets and dresses.
Fashion Week
Mary Katrantzou's Big Bang
Show notes talked about aether, the breath of the gods, a celestial puff of air. But it wasn’t heaven that was conveyed.
Mary Katrantzou's Big Bang
Show notes talked about aether, the breath of the gods, a celestial puff of air. But it wasn’t heaven that was conveyed.
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.