One fact about the global video game market tends to surprise those unfamiliar with the business. “The video game industry is larger than the music …
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Fashion’s Race for New Materials — Download the Case Study
Hermès is a luxury brand that prides itself on being steeped in heritage and traditional craftsmanship. So when it emerged in 2021 that the maker …
New Fund Aims to Unlock $2 Billion in Blended Finance to Tackle Fashion’s Climate Impact
COPENHAGEN — Fashion’s big commitments to curb the industry’s environmental impact come with a hefty price tag. And while many major brands have promised consumers …
How do Fashion’s Biggest Luxury Players Stack Up on Sustainability?
When it comes to sustainability, luxury fashion is often promoted as operating better than lower-cost players. It stands to reason that higher prices should translate …
How do Fashion’s Biggest Luxury Players Stack Up on Sustainability?
When it comes to sustainability, luxury fashion is often promoted as operating better than lower-cost players. It stands to reason that higher prices should translate …
Fashion’s Love of Tech Has Yet to Move the Needle on Sustainability
The fashion industry is often accused of ignoring new technology, then embracing it when it goes mainstream (and sometimes claiming they were forward-thinking innovators all …
Widespread Inaction on Sustainability Eclipses Progress at Fashion’s Biggest Companies
The current decade marks a critical inflection point for the fashion industry to transform in line with global ambitions to curb climate change and establish …
The best luxury bags, swimsuits and fashions for summer 2022
Don’t call it a collab — it’s Fendace. In the ultimate sartorial switcheroo, Fendi creatives Kim Jones and Silvia Venturini Fendi swapped spots with Donatella …
What Happens to Fashion’s Start-Ups When Funding Dries Up?
Are the days of free-flowing cash for start-ups finally over? After more than a decade of investors pouring money into seemingly any new company, profitable …
Anne Hathaway’s fashions spark ‘renaissance’
Her style stole the show. Dressed to the nines in exquisite Gucci, Armani and Louis Vuitton regalia, leading lady Anne Hathaway is being crowned the …
The Debrief: Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem
To subscribe to The Debrief, please follow this link. Background: Concern about the environmental impact of clothing has swelled in the past few years. So …
Fashion’s Bumpy Road Ahead | BoF
An Earnings Surprise Many fashion brands and retailers will report first-quarter financial results in the coming weeks, with Boohoo, Hugo Boss and Adidas among those …
What Elon Musk’s Twitter Bid Signals for Fashion’s Future on Social Media
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is buying the social media platform Twitter for $44 billion. The deal, expected to close later this year, made waves not …
Why Robots Still Can’t Do One of Fashion’s Most Important Jobs
There’s one part of fashion that the technological leaps of recent decades still haven’t managed to revolutionise: sewing. Even as complex products like cars and …
Where Are Fashion’s Black CEOs?
In fashion’s C-suites, the more things change, the more they stay the same. At the start of the year, former Burberry chief Marco Gobbetti took …
BoF LIVE: Fashion’s New Digital Frontier
This #BoFLIVE event was based on the ‘The Opportunity in Digital Fashion and Avatars Report — BoF Insights.’ Click here to read our full analysis. …
Harris Reed and Alok Vaid-Menon on Fashion’s Gender Fluid Future
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. During VOICES 2019, performance artist and designer Alok Vaid-Menon urged the fashion industry to ‘de-gender’ …
Fashion’s New Approach to Setting Prices
Surging inflation has put fashion businesses in a tough position. They can generally either raise prices and risk losing shoppers, or absorb the higher costs …
Booming Luxury Sales to Test Fashion’s Climate Commitments
KEY INSIGHTS Big companies’ climate commitments are facing scrutiny for being less ambitious than they appear. A BoF analysis of 30 of the world’s biggest …
The best luxury shoes, bags and fashions for spring 2022
Rise and Shine Heels, $1,200 at Bottega VenetaPhoto by Troy Studio; Prop Stylist: Miami Katoh With a return to festive dressing on the rise, it’s …