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Report forecasts uncertainty for the fashion industry in 2024

The fashion industry’s outlook has never been so uncertain, as geopolitical upheaval, climate challenges and nagging inflation keep markets unsteady. The new challenges in a post-covid climate directly impact consumer confidence, as highlighted in The State of Fashion 2024 report, a collaborative effort by McKinsey & Company and Business of...

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Pharrell Williams, Sabato de Sarno among entrants in 2023’s The BoF 500

The Business of Fashion (BoF) has unveiled the influential names added to this year’s The BoF 500, an index of individuals the media firm deems as those shaping the global fashion industry. New selections for the 10th anniversary year of the list were chosen based on their leadership, creativity, innovation and impact, BoF said, with nominations...

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Buying and Merchandising Masterclass: Susanne Tide-Frater | #BoFLIVE

Buying and Merchandising Masterclass by Susanne Tide-Frater The product strategy & brand development expert with former roles at Harrods, Selfridges and Farfetch gives her insights on the lessons learned across a 20-year career and takes questions from those tuning in. Video source: BOF, via YouTube

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Video: Marc Jacobs opens up about mental health in quarantine

"I am luddite, I believe in human contact...having a coffee with someone, writing a letter and connecting with someone else", says fashion designer Marc Jacobs on his struggle with quarantine. Jacobs opens up to Business of Fashion's Tim Blake on his mental health during the time of coronavirus, and how he uses his creativity to counteract the...

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Video: Why one of fashions first influencers shares why she now opposes fashion weeks

Garance Doré, a fashion illustrator and streetwear photographer, was a part of the first wave of fashion bloggers to emerge. Doré played an intrigal role in growing the movement, but after years of extravagant trips,expensive gifts from designers and runway show after runway show, she realised it wasn't for her. Doré shares her story with...

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Video: How freelancers can shift their skill set during coronacrisis

Communications and marketing professional in the fashion industry, Gabriele Hackworthy, shares tips for freelancers on reaching out to their network during a time of crisis to ensure future business. It is crucial for fashion freelancers, now more than ever, to adapt to this new world quickly and consider ways to pivot their skill set, as well...

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State of Fashion 2020 shares 5 themes fashion leaders should keep in mind during crisis

BoF and McKinsey & Company released the collaborator's The State of Fashion 2020, keeping in mind that the fashion industry is in a time of crisis. This year's State of Fashion, titled 'Coronavirus Update' discusses unemployment, opportunities, and what has become the new normal for many fashion professionals. Founder and CEO of Business of...

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Sam McKnight on Why Fashion Is the ‘Eternal Optimist’

Hair stylist Sam McKnight, who has worked with brands such as Chanel, Fendi and Burberry, talks to BoF Editor Tim Blanks about the future of hairstyling and the fashion industry beyond the coronavirus pandemic. “Beauty is crucial to some people,” he saids. “It's not going to be done by a machine or a computer anytime soon… hair and makeup...

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Podcast: Inside Iran’s Underground Fashion Industry, BoF Voices

The activist Hoda Katebi speaks passionately about the 'revolution' of fashion, while the Tehran design duo Shirin and Shiva Vaqar on the VOICES 2019 defy the restrictive conditions for emerging brands in Iran.

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Top 10 challenges facing fashion in 2020

"Anxiety" and "worry". With those two words we could very well define the feelings with which the fashion world, and its top executives, face the year 2020. This situation is counterbalanced by the slight air of optimism with which some sectors, especially in the United States, were entering 2019. This is at least what the latest annual report...

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Video: 'China Oracle' LVMH's Andrew Wu | BoF China Summit 2019

BoF’s Imran Amed sat down with LVMH Greater China group president Andrew Wu at the BoF China Summit to demystify the multi-faceted Chinese consumer. Source: Youtube, The Business of Fashion

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Video: Reinventing Old Media for a New Media World | John Ridding, David Pemsel

The news media business is facing a major crisis, but the chief executives of both the Financial Times and the Guardian, speaking at BoF’s VOICES, said their models proved people value quality journalism in a world of fake news and political polarisation. Source: Youtube, The Business of Fashion