In partnership with ThredUp, the American retailer now offers customers a way to buy and sell pre-worn J.Crew products online, the company announced Tuesday. Dubbed …
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Vivienne Westwood’s Foundation Launches | BoF
The Vivienne Foundation, a non-profit company first established by the late fashion designer in 2019, is launching this week following Westwood’s death in late December. …
Bode Launches Womenswear | BoF
The craft-centric American brand designed by Emily Adams Bode Aujla will present its first women’s collection at its Paris menswear show on Jan. 21, reported …
The BoF Podcast | Blindspots and Biases: The Role of the Media in a Fractured World
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Background: We are in an age of non-stop information. Thanks to the 24/7 news cycle, which lives on social …
BoF Insights | How Men’s Footwear Is Smartening Up in 2023
If menswear designers send more boots and loafers — and fewer sneakers — down the runway in Milan and Paris this season, it’ll be a …
Rethinking Luxury’s Distribution Strategy | BoF
The performance of the luxury segment over recent times has been outstanding, with one season after another characterised by soaring demand and impressive bottom-line outcomes. …
The BoF Podcast | Greenwashing: It’s Time to Call in the Refs
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Background: When it comes to sustainability, the fashion industry has long relied on self-regulation rather than external enforcement. But …
The BoF Podcast | Ukraine: How Creativity is Breaking Through the Darkness
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Since the war broke out in Ukraine, creativity has proved to be a source of resilience for Ukrainians. This …
The Best of BoF: Marketing’s Highs and Lows
This year, marketers saw the return of the familiar alongside the push to diversify their channel mixes. As pandemic restrictions eased, experiential marketing returned in …
The Best of BoF: Beauty’s Year of Change
Dear BoF Community, This was a year of transition for the beauty industry. Millennial pink definitively lost its lustre and in its place bold, Y2K …
The Best of BoF: Technology’s Tumultuous Year
In tech, 2022 was the year the NFT bubble burst. Prices plummeted as investors anxious about the shaky economic climate ditched their riskiest assets, with …
The Best of BoF: Retail Is Back on Track
Throughout the pandemic, retailers have been jolted by shutdowns, supply chain delays and radical lifestyle changes among consumers. Following a slump, fashion brands and retailers …
The Best of BoF: Fashion’s Sustainability Reckoning
Fashion has been talking about sustainability for years, but with the urgency of the climate crisis increasingly visible and workers continuing to bear the brunt …
The BoF Podcast | Victoria Beckham on Taking Power Back From Her Critics
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Victoria Beckham says she has built her career on hard work and resilience. First as a singer in the …
The BoF Podcast | The Fight for Ukraine: Where It Stands and Why It Matters
Subscribe to the BoF Podcast here. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine transformed grain fields into battlefields, levelled whole cities and triggered a global food and energy …
Can Fashion Be ‘Nature-Positive’? | BoF
Over the last two weeks, several major fashion companies seized on COP15, the UN biodiversity conference taking place in Montreal, to highlight their commitments to …
The BoF Podcast Episode 44: Is Fashion Missing the Ageing Consumer Opportunity?
Fashion should design with, not just for, older consumers, argued Sarah Thomas onstage at #BoFVOICES. Read the full article and watch the video here. To …
The BoF Podcast Episode 45: What Can Fashion Learn From a Sharing Economy?
Speaking at #BoFVOICES, Joe Gebbia explained his duct tape philosophy on innovation and how the sharing economy can power philanthropy for the 21st century. Read …
The BoF Podcast Episode 46: The Science of Feel
According to Dr Tom Waller, who runs Lululemon’s research and development arm, Whitespace, touch is one of the least understood of the five senses. And …
The BoF Podcast Episode 52: The Myths and Realities of Nutrition: ‘Diets Don’t Work’
On stage at #BoFVOICES, entrepreneur and consultant Dr Khosro Ezaz-Nikpay offered a radically simple solution to society’s nutritional woes: fibre. Read the full article and …