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Dunhill to be guest designer at next Pitti Uomo
Dunhill will be the guest designer at the next edition of Pitti Uomo, which will take place in Florence from January 12 to 15. The British luxury menswear house, led by creative director Simon Holloway since 2023, will host a presentation in Florence on the evening of Thursday, January 14. “Florence has long held a special place in the English...
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Video: BoF 500 Gala honors key figures shaping fashion's future
The Business of Fashion has released exclusive video coverage from its annual BoF 500 gala, celebrating the newly inducted class of global industry leaders during Paris Fashion Week. The high-profile gathering brought together prominent designers, executives, models, and creative visionaries from major fashion hubs across Europe, the Americas,...
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Taipei Fashion Week moves to former air force headquarters
Taipei Fashion Week will showcase its spring/summer 2027 collections from October 15 to 18 for the first time at the Kong Zong Cultural Base, the restored former headquarters of the Taiwanese Air Force in central Taipei. The fashion week is leaving the Songshan Creative Park after eight years, the organisers announced. The buildings on the...
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Fashion pulse: Canada - August 2026
Consumer prices (August) Canadian consumer price inflation was 3.0 percent year-on-year in August 2026, matching July, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan). Clothing and footwear prices rose 1.2 percent YoY, down from 2.4 percent in July, and remained below headline inflation. Clothing prices fell 1.1 percent YoY after rising 0.9 percent in...
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Karl Lagerfeld strengthens its real estate division with first complex in Mexico
The Karl Lagerfeld brand is partnering with Mexican developer Grupo Bosque Real to develop its first residential complex in Latin America. Located in Huixquilucan, Mexico, this 73-residence project translates the designer's aesthetic into an architectural context. This project joins other residential complexes developed by the brand worldwide....
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Video: Marc Jacobs on executive focus, creative blame, and industry restructuring
In an interview with The Business of Fashion, veteran designer Marc Jacobs reflects on the current volatility across the global fashion ecosystem and challenges the industry's reliance on executive leadership shifts to solve broader market problems. Addressing the ongoing cycle of creative director rotations at major luxury houses, Jacobs argues...
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Podcast: Uniqlo's expansion strategy for growth in the USA and beyond
In this episode, host Danny Parisi sits down with Nico Cessot, Head of Marketing North America at Uniqlo, to break down the Japanese retailer’s aggressive brick-and-mortar and digital scaling strategy across the U.S. Cessot outlines how Uniqlo balances its low-SKU, high-volume "LifeWear" basic model with localized marketing campaigns and...
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Metro Boutique brings Urban Outfitters' brand Iets Frans to Switzerland
Swiss fashion retailer Metro Boutique has added the streetwear brand Iets Frans to its product range, becoming its exclusive brick and mortar stockist in Switzerland. The label has been available online and in the retailer's stores since Saturday, Metro Boutique announced on Monday. To mark the launch, the company presented the collection with...
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Video: How Arc'teryx turned technical mountaineering gear into a 2 billion dollar luxury empire
Video: How Arc'teryx became a $2B+ luxury brand without intending to A report by The Wall Street Journal examines the commercial evolution of Arc’teryx, tracing how the specialized Canadian technical outerwear brand transformed into a global luxury status symbol valued at over $2 billion. Founded in 1989 as Rock Solid, the company established...
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DoorDash adds Macy's, Anthropologie and VF brands, launches store-based returns
DoorDash has added Macy's, Anthropologie and three VF Corporation (VF Corp) brands, The North Face, Vans and Timberland, to its retail marketplace, alongside a new returns service that sends items back to the store they came from. The move extends DoorDash's push into apparel, beauty and home, positioning existing store networks as a fulfilment...
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