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When Saucony tapped veteran sneaker executive Bimma Williams last year to reimagine the brand’s 3D Grid Hurricane sneaker, the designer did not hesitate to take creative rein to completely personalise the shoe.
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After years of stagnation, the market for signature shoes from basketball stars is heating up again, boosted by a new generation of athletes and fresh challenges to Nike’s dominance from a resurgent Adidas and a host of Chinese brands like Anta and Li-Ning.
Fashion may always be chasing the next big thing, but in the sneaker market, decades-old styles dominate, which experts attribute to forces like nostalgia, the rise of hip-hop, risk-averse business strategies and a cultural obsession with recycling intellectual property.
Oversupply of once-hyped sneakers like Jordans has caused resale prices to plummet, pushing smaller platforms out of the market and sending the bigger players scrambling to adapt.
As the global luxury e-commerce engine stalls, BoF correspondent Austin Kim discusses his look at independent boutiques finding that the right strategic move is to stay offline.
As the pipeline to scaling a fashion business grows more precarious, some designers are ditching the pursuit of global prestige in favour of a slower approach to growth they say is more sustainable — and more fulfilling.
Brands are finally able to apply for refunds, but now they also have to decide how to deal with the customers who paid higher prices on their products, some of which are filing lawsuits against retailers demanding compensation of their own.
Textile, clothing and footwear stores reported a 1.2 percent month-on-month sales increase, while department stores recorded a 1.1 percent sales rise.
A Texas court ruled that the hair-care label’s bankruptcy filing be converted to Chapter 7.
As the French couture giant cruised into Biarritz this week, surging interest in its revamp under designer Matthieu Blazy scored it the top spot on the Lyst Index. But could Blazymania go too far?
Luxury fragrance house Amouage, together with The Business of Fashion, convened leading creatives for an evening of open dialogue on the evolution of the luxury industry — from visual symbol to deeper emotional connection.
After stepping back from his namesake brand, Dries Van Noten has opened a foundation in a Venetian palazzo dedicated to craft, beauty, and the things made by hand and soul. BoF's Tim Blanks speaks with the designer about why, in ugly times, making something beautiful is the only real form of protest.
