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The former designer for Dior will lead the Roman house, where she previously worked in the 1990s.
The group’s largest division contracted for a fifth quarter, but all other parts of the group improved.
The top designers sit down with Tim Blanks to discuss creative risk-taking, the meaning of luxury and how to disrupt fashion, courtesy of Self Service.
Named “Dancer of the Century” in 1998, Martha Graham would have been 122 years old today.
For the past two years, one of the most talked-about topics at Vogue Runway and in the industry at large—has been fashion’s big vibe shift.
Our spring 2026 trend report reflects the fact that fashion’s big reset turned out to be a big remix. How could it be otherwise?
In this panoramic-style staging, we see how a woman of Charles Frederick Worth’s era would do the equivalent of several ’fit changes from morning to nightPhoto: Gautier Deblonde
With 15 designer debuts, the spring 2026 season was always going to feel particularly novel.
Valentino, Miu Miu, Hermès, Junya Watanabe and Maison Margiela ran the gamut of emotional extremes.
On Wednesday, Balenciaga will launch its first contemporary fine fragrance collection.
Designer Phillip Lim is stepping down as creative director of 3.1 Phillip Lim, the New York-based contemporary brand he co-founded in 2005 alongside chief executive Wen Zhou, who will take sole control of the brand.
Michelle Rhee will be the head of design for 3.1 Phillip Lim, the brand confirmed on Tuesday.
Rabanne is moving its fragrance selection upmarket.
PARIS — In the space of a week, Armani has died, Anna Wintour has named a head of editorial content at US Vogue and François-Henri Pinault — Kering’s CEO since 2005 — has stepped aside, transitioning to a chairman role.
Asked to assess how his fashion legacy would be judged, Giorgio Armani gave the following – and incredibly revealing – response: “I’ve always tried to make clothes that are without references. That has sometimes been my problem with the fashion press.
Intimacy and illusion add different levels of tantalisation as fashion tries its best to engage the senses, writes Tim Blanks.
From Mugler to The Row, corsetry and its abstractions were front and centre on the fourth day of Paris Fashion Week, writes Angelo Flaccavento.
Rising talents and industry heavyweights came together to celebrate the newest members of the BoF 500, the definitive index of people shaping the global fashion industry.
Anthony Vaccarello guarantees that what you see is not the whole truth, writes Tim Blanks.
The sportswear giant has toned down communications around its sustainability efforts, replacing its glossy annual impact report with hard-to-find data sheets. Meanwhile, Rolex is cosying up to Trump and the EU’s push to clean up fashion waste is getting real.
With the rise of AI, Silicon Valley is going all in on a new generation of startups that promise to radically change how products are made and sold. This time, they’re backing founders with tech chops and are more patient in helping them grow.
J.Crew is the latest brand caught up in AI drama, while fashion businesses may want to rethink how they’re integrating generative-AI tools, according to a new MIT study.
Simone Bellotti beautifully captures the essence of fashion’s ultimate purist, writes Tim Blanks.
Kering said on Wednesday that it will not fully buy Italian fashion brand Valentino until at least 2028, its first major move under new CEO Luca de Meo, pushing back the execution of an expensive deal that has been weighing on the heavily indebted group.
From the Isabella Blow-centric The Queen of Fashion to the Kate Moss-focused Moss & Freud, we’re currently being inundated with fashion films, so here’s yet another gloriously starry and lavishly staged one to add to your watch list: Couture, a Paris Fashion Week-set spectacle led by Oscar winner Angelina Jolie.
After a showy presentation in the Hamptons last September that included a one-night-only recreation of his Manhattan restaurant, The Polo Bar, Ralph Lauren went for a decidedly less splashy show this season.
Armani leaves a legacy of radical lightness, an all-encompassing vision for Italian elegance. Remaining independent will require his successors to restore that iconoclastic, globally minded approach at every level of the company.
PARIS - The upcoming Olympic Games are inescapable in Paris. Couture show-goers this week are most likely to experience them via the time they spend in cabs, edging at a snail’s pace through snarled traffic.
Chanel couture is in its 110th year. Giorgio Armani turns 91 on Friday. Weighty numbers which might seem like a bulwark against the sense of pell-mell change that is sweeping fashion at the moment, except, of course, Chanel welcomes a new designer in September (only the fourth in eleven decades). And, for the first time in the 20 years he has been showing his couture presentation in Paris, Armani didn’t make it to his new one, on the advice of his doctors in Milan.
NEW YORK - It was perhaps a powerful gripping nostalgia that got every serious editor out on a sultry summer evening to see Marc Jacobs present his latest collection, a bi-annual off-calendar event that always seems to take place outside space and time.
PARIS - Daniel Roseberry insists that he has swerved the Schiaparelli archives, until now. “I just wasn’t interested,” he confessed on Monday morning, after his latest couture show for the house.
Are you a prospective student and curious to know what sets Phnom Penh Fashion Institute apart, and makes PPFI such a unique place to study?
A look book and a movie were all it took to propel Gucci back into the fashion conversation. But Demna already has his sights set on a February show inflected with ‘a new minimalism,’ the designer told Tim Blanks in an in-depth interview.
KFN, a new company that includes former executives from IMG and Spring Place, said Thursday it will operate a network of New York Fashion Week venues available to designers free of charge starting this September.
PARIS - Two rather grandiose spectacles bookended the men’s fashion week that ended Saturday.
The first head of editorial content for American Vogue was always going to have their work cut out for them.
The designer, aged 91, was the richest in the world, and sole owner of the Armani Group that was for many years the country’s most successful fashion company.
Eighty years ago, in a groundbreaking exhibition, the curators at MoMA asked, 'Are Clothes Modern?' Reviewing the recent collections on Vogue Runway prompted another question: 'Is Couture Modern?'
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Let this portfolio of models off duty be your inspiration. Whether it’s OG supers like Carla Bruni and Helena Christensen, or next-gen stars such like Lulu Tenney and Alex Consani
In Paris these past few days, the fall 2025 shows at couture week took over the City of Light. As luxury fashion houses showcased the finest craftsmanship they can offer, VIP celebrities took in the glorious designs from the front row. And given that couture week is no average fashion week (it is ultra exclusive), stars were sure to bring their sartorial A-game to the presentations—delivering bold, avant-garde looks that were all about the art of the fashion transformation.
The designer who spent less than 2 years at the heml of Bally, will replace Luke and Lucie Merier at Jil Sander
The story of what sold in 2024 is dominated by a few things: quiet luxury (no surprise there); a greater sense of realism about what you might actually need and whether it can stick around in your wardrobe long enough to make the investment worthwhile; and, that when it comes to accessories It status is no longer it. If you’re going to spend plenty of money on a bag, then practical, durable, and madly luxurious is actually where it’s at. (Likewise, if you can wear a look with a loafer, the shoe of 2024, you’re good to go.)
PARIS - Eighteen months ago, John Galliano showed his last Artisanal collection for Maison Margiela.
In celebration of what would’ve been Vivienne Westwood’s 84th birthday on April 8, we’re looking back at the red carpet legacy of a designer who rewrote the rules of fashion. Known for her punk-infused aesthetics and masterful corsetry, Westwood’s designs have long been a favourite on the red carpet.
The Milanese talent incubator supports underrepresented BIPOC fashion entrepreneurs across Europe, Asia and Africa. BoF sits down with five designers from the programme to explore how they pay homage to their heritage through design.
Denim shapes — from the Millennial skinny resurgence to Gen-Z’s ultra-baggy obsession — are historically polarising. Now, a number of trends coexist and rise and fall quicker, meaning navigating what’s in and what’s out has gotten trickier.
Chanel, Dior, Gucci and more are betting big on creative reboots to reignite consumer demand amid the biggest luxury slump since 2008. But sticking the landing on an aesthetic refresh is easier said than done, and a new generation of creative directors faces the same systemic challenges that stymied predecessors.
