LONDON, United Kingdom — By the last two weeks of fashion month, the world had changed, with the coronavirus Covid-19 spreading quickly across the globe. This week on the BoF Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Imran Amed and Editor-at-Large and renowned fashion critic Tim Blanks give their verdict on a fashion month unlike any other. In uncertain times, […]
Luxury Braces for $43 Billion in Losses as Coronavirus Panic Goes Global
LONDON, United Kingdom — As global coronavirus cases continue to grow, luxury brands are readying themselves for the worst. Two weeks after the end of mainland China’s state-mandated extended Lunar New Year “holiday,” new cases of COVID-19 have skyrocketed in countries like Iran, South Korea and Italy, where at least six people have died and […]
All Eyes on Prada in Milan
THE CHEAT SHEET Prada Could Make Headlines On and Off the Runway Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons in 2018 | Source: Getty Images Milan Fashion Week runs Feb. 19-24; highlights include Moncler and Gucci on Feb. 19, Prada and Fendi on Feb. 20, Ferragamo and Bottega Veneta on Feb. 22 Prada has denied rumours it […]
A New Urgency at Marni
MILAN, Italy — Francesco Risso showed his new Marni collection on the same day as the Global Climate Strike. His show was his own protest, a riot of beauty informed by Risso’s experience in the Amazon six months ago. Energy, urgency, rawness and primal flora made the Marni models into Dryads of the rainforest. It started […]
Mulling the Great Then and Now at Versace
MILAN, Italy — In fashion history, Friday night will forever be remembered for the five minutes it took Jennifer Lopez to break the Internet at the end of Donatella Versace’s spring show in Milan. She went ballistic in a re-edition of the Versace jungle print dress that she first wore to the Grammy Awards in February […]