CFDA Releases New York Fashion Week Schedule
The week will include Rachel Scott’s first runway for Proenza Schouler; while Raul Lopez’s Luar has opted not to show.
Entrepreneurship
Why Jonathan Cohen Is Splitting His Business
The 15-year-old New York-based womenswear brand is introducing White Label — an accessible offer of button downs, pants and dresses ranging from $350 to $650, aimed at serving priced-out shoppers and future-proofing the business in a challenged retail environment.
Why Jonathan Cohen Is Splitting His Business
The 15-year-old New York-based womenswear brand is introducing White Label — an accessible offer of button downs, pants and dresses ranging from $350 to $650, aimed at serving priced-out shoppers and future-proofing the business in a challenged retail environment.
Marketing
Can Brands Turn Their Most Devoted Fans Into Paying Customers?
Plenty of people root for their favourite label like it’s their local football team — but that passion doesn’t always translate into sales.
Can Brands Turn Their Most Devoted Fans Into Paying Customers?
Plenty of people root for their favourite label like it’s their local football team — but that passion doesn’t always translate into sales.
Retail
Fashion’s Hottest New Sales Strategy Is One of Its Oldest
As wholesale continues to be challenged and marketing costs soar, trunk shows are fuelling sales — that is, for brands that know how to get in front of the right people.
Fashion’s Hottest New Sales Strategy Is One of Its Oldest
As wholesale continues to be challenged and marketing costs soar, trunk shows are fuelling sales — that is, for brands that know how to get in front of the right people.
Retail
Levi’s Answer to an Increasingly Complex World: Simplify
To weather tariffs and macroeconomic uncertainty, CEO Michelle Gass reveals how the denim brand is streamlining its business and emphasising profitability in the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.
Levi’s Answer to an Increasingly Complex World: Simplify
To weather tariffs and macroeconomic uncertainty, CEO Michelle Gass reveals how the denim brand is streamlining its business and emphasising profitability in the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026.
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Luxury
How Beat-Up Bags Became a Luxury Status Symbol
Bumps and scratches on a Birkin bag or Cartier watch are no longer repellent for a rising group of fashion consumers — they actually make the item more desirable.
How Beat-Up Bags Became a Luxury Status Symbol
Bumps and scratches on a Birkin bag or Cartier watch are no longer repellent for a rising group of fashion consumers — they actually make the item more desirable.
Retail
Why the Fashion Industry (Mostly) Hates a Weak Dollar
The greenback’s slide this year is reducing the purchasing power of American consumers, depressing tourism and complicating supply chains already rocked by tariffs. Brands say the overall impact can top 5 percent of sales.
Why the Fashion Industry (Mostly) Hates a Weak Dollar
The greenback’s slide this year is reducing the purchasing power of American consumers, depressing tourism and complicating supply chains already rocked by tariffs. Brands say the overall impact can top 5 percent of sales.
Retail
How Small Brands Are Handling the End of De Minimis
For a number of independent brands, the end of US’ de minimis exemption is the latest complication that required sharpening operations and making tough choices about where to invest.
How Small Brands Are Handling the End of De Minimis
For a number of independent brands, the end of US’ de minimis exemption is the latest complication that required sharpening operations and making tough choices about where to invest.
Beauty
Wellness Wants In on the Members Club Boom
A new wave of wellness clubs are cropping up across the world, offering ice baths, optimisation, saunas and socialisation. How big can the trend get?
Wellness Wants In on the Members Club Boom
A new wave of wellness clubs are cropping up across the world, offering ice baths, optimisation, saunas and socialisation. How big can the trend get?
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Luxury
Why Do People Queue for Hours at The Row’s Sample Sale?
It’s the question everyone is asking — from uptown to downtown, offline and online — as the brand’s annual clearance event kicks off in New York.
Why Do People Queue for Hours at The Row’s Sample Sale?
It’s the question everyone is asking — from uptown to downtown, offline and online — as the brand’s annual clearance event kicks off in New York.
Marketing
Fashion Is Already Preparing for Gen Beta
Obviously, it’ll be a long time before the generation — born starting in 2025 into a world of AI and rapid change — will have an impact on the industry. But they’ve already sparked conversation.
Fashion Is Already Preparing for Gen Beta
Obviously, it’ll be a long time before the generation — born starting in 2025 into a world of AI and rapid change — will have an impact on the industry. But they’ve already sparked conversation.
Luxury
Hermès Men’s Artistic Director Véronique Nichanian Steps Down
The designer, who led the brand for 37 years, will present her last collection in January, a spokesperson for Hermès has confirmed.
Hermès Men’s Artistic Director Véronique Nichanian Steps Down
The designer, who led the brand for 37 years, will present her last collection in January, a spokesperson for Hermès has confirmed.
Entrepreneurship
Women’s Ski Brand Halfdays Raises $10 Million Series A
With fresh capital from Kellwood Company, Dicks Sporting Goods Ventures and model Taylor Hill, co-founders Ariana Ferwerda and Kiley McKinnon are looking to expand into activewear and more wholesale doors.
Women’s Ski Brand Halfdays Raises $10 Million Series A
With fresh capital from Kellwood Company, Dicks Sporting Goods Ventures and model Taylor Hill, co-founders Ariana Ferwerda and Kiley McKinnon are looking to expand into activewear and more wholesale doors.
The News in Brief
Ashlynn Park Wins CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund
Julian Louie, designer of Aubero, and Stephanie Suberville of Heirlome were the runners-up.
Frame Appoints New CEO
Silvia Merati, who joins the brand from Golden Goose, will look to drive international growth and retail development.
Chalhoub Group Invests in Willy Chavarria
The investment will fuel the New York-based brand’s expansion, including into markets such as Europe and Asia.
CFDA Announces 2025 Fashion Awards Nominees
Last year’s winner Rachel Scott is up for Womenswear Designer of the Year again, and The Row’s Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, who have won in the womenswear and accessories categories, are nominated for the menswear award.
CFDA Releases Spring/Summer 2026 New York Fashion Week Schedule
September’s edition of NYFW will see Alexander Wang return, as well as appearances from Europe-based Cos, Off-White and Toteme.
Michael Burke Tapped to Lead LVMH Americas
The LVMH veteran has been named chairman and chief executive of LVMH Americas as the company navigates a 'complex and evolving geopolitical period.'
Exclusive: Smythson of Bond Street Acquired by Oakley Capital
The British luxury lifestyle brand, known for its leather handbags, notebooks, homeware and other accessories, will look to accelerate its growth and expand internationally.