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How Ulla Johnson Played Fashion’s Long Game
In New York, a city synonymous with the colour black, Ulla Johnson’s bold and bright designs stand out. During last year’s quiet luxury moment, her …
Solving Fashion’s $163 Billion Buying and Sizing Inaccuracy Problem
Boston Consulting Group research finds that the average fashion business operates on lead times of 37 to 45 weeks. This equates to estimating the styles, …
Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts
Last year, ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein generated more planet-warming emissions than any of fashion’s largest public companies for the first time. The company’s carbon footprint of …
Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts
Last year, ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein generated more planet-warming emissions than any of fashion’s largest public companies for the first time. The company’s carbon footprint of …
H&M’s Big Bet on Fashion’s Elusive Middle
It’s become a truism in fashion that the middle-market brand — somewhere between Shein at the low end and Hermes at the top — is …
Beware Fashion’s Sustainability Retreat | BoF
The split screen is unsettling. On the one hand, the dangerous effects of climate change are more visible than ever, with months of record-breaking temperatures …
Fashion’s Sustainability Reality Check | BoF
It started as a slow fade. Brands that once exuberantly trumpeted new “sustainable” collections or initiatives turned down the volume on the topic, or hit …
This Week: Checking in on Fashion’s Unexpected Dealmakers
VF Corp. shocked the streetwear world when it announced last month that it would sell Supreme to eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica for $1.5 billion. It was …
Fashion’s Sports Obsession Is No Accident
What’s the dollar value of being a premium sponsor of the Olympics? LVMH deemed the answer to be €150 million ($163 million), according to Reuters, …
Inside Fashion’s Biggest Olympics Ever
In 2024, the Olympics are in fashion. Brands across the industry, from the highest echelons of luxury (LVMH is the event’s premium partner) to mass-market …
Fashion’s AI Dilemma Is Getting Worse
Baggu and Collina Strada are the most recent targets of ire among young consumers who say generative AI is unethical, and they won’t be the …
At Oeko-Tex, Unpacking Fashion’s Future of Sustainability
No longer a nice-to-have, sustainability standards will soon be enforced business requirements as global political bodies move to implement regulations to combat the environmental impact …
Fashion’s Confounding Climate Math, Explained
Imagine you are the chief supply chain officer at a multi-billion-dollar fashion brand. Your company has set ambitious targets to reduce its planet-warming emissions. That’s …
Fashion’s Most (and Least) In-Demand Skills
Rima Makhoul, a recent graduate from New York University, has an eclectic résumé. An aspiring luxury brand strategist, she wants employers to know that, yes, …
Why Fashion’s Curation Problem Is so Hard to Solve
Anabel Maldonado knows what she likes. A certain e-commerce site she shops at regularly, however, does not. “I feel like I should just never see …
Op-Ed | Fashion’s Fur Debate Has Never Been a Clean Fight
Last week, designer Marc Jacobs made plain a position he said he’s held since 2018: his brand doesn’t work with, use or sell fur, and …
Indie Brands Are Making This Fashion’s Biggest Olympics Ever
For the past three years, French designer Stéphane Ashpool has been working on a design project for an unusual client. The Paris-born creative, known for …
Fashion’s Stalled Self-Checkout Revolution | BoF
NEW YORK — On a recent Thursday afternoon at Zara’s SoHo store, dozens of tourists and urban professionals shuffled along a checkout line that snaked …
Fashion’s Golden Opportunity With Older Shoppers
In June 2021, a 55-year-old shopper, headed to Europe for her first post-pandemic trip, walked out the doors of J.McLaughlin’s Naples, Florida store with a …