Shein’s Pop-Up Store Ruffles South African Retail Sector
The retailers’ debut pop-up store in South Africa has triggered controversy and tax changes aimed at protecting local retailers by increasing levies on low-value imports. [...]
Solving Fashion’s $163 Billion Buying and Sizing Inaccuracy Problem
As competition for customers’ discretionary spend intensifies, smart assortment planning — from size predictions to demand forecasting — can help brands and retailers stay ahead. BoF sits down with Style Arcade CEO and co-founder Michaela Wessels to learn more. [...]
Asos Cedes Topshop to Denmark’s Bestseller for $178 Million
Asos is forming a joint venture with the family’s Heartland A/S, which will pay £135 million ($178 million) for a 75 percent stake in the two brands the UK company acquired in 2021 from Philip Green’s insolvent retail business as part of a £295 million deal. [...]
Hvaldimir the ‘Russian spy whale’ turns up dead in suspicious circumstances
The tides of history stop for no man – or whale. Perhaps no one understood this tragic fact better than Hvaldimir, a beluga whale caught up in a tale of international espionage that might just have led to his untimely death. On Saturday (August 31) Hvaldimir washed up in the [...]
Chopova Lowena’s Climax collab is for Certified Lover Girls only
Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena-Irons are book fiends. Back in 2018, the designer duo behind cult label Chopova Lowena teamed up with Charlotte Wales for Kukeri, a publication documenting the Bulgarian folk festival Surva, where men dress as monsters and dance along the streets to ward off evil spirits. After [...]
Levi’s embraces Western Cowboy style for its fall collection
For the first two decades of our lives, September is associated with back-to-school essentials, the quiet end of summer and the feeling of starting anew. But what happens when you get older and you still want to feel the energy of a new beginning in the autumn? For Levi’s Fall [...]
This is your chance to attend HM’s exclusive Supper Club in Stockholm
Since its launch seven decades ago, Hamp;M has been a brand that has consistently shaped the cultural landscape both on the high street and with its high fashion collaborations. Now with its AW24 collection, the label is ushering in a new era – one that celebrates the past but looks [...]
Teens are now hiring make-up artists for the first day of school
In the early hours of the morning on the first day of her senior year last year, 18-year-old Dilyn Marie Taylor awoke to an appointment with a make-up artist. The booking was a surprise gift from her mum, after she had mentioned wanting a professional to do her back-to-school make-up. [...]
These photos take us inside one girl’s Y2K-coded world
Photographer Rebecca Zephyr Thomas was at the afters of Mayfair Gallery’s private view-cum-booklaunch in 2022 when she first set eyes upon her future muse, Iris Owen. “I wasn’t technically invited, I went as a friend’s plus one which is usually the recipe for the best nights out,” recalls the New Zealand-born,hellip; [...]
Haider Ackermann is the new creative director of Tom Ford
French designer Haider Ackermann has just been named as the new creative director of Tom Ford. The US institution – which was led by founder Tom Ford until April 2023 – has been without a creative director since July, after Ford’s successor Peter Hawkings left the brand after less than [...]