2026

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How the Body Scan Became a Luxury Product

New longevity companies like Neko Health or Prenuvo endeavour to turn preventative health into an upscale, almost spalike experience. But no one can afford for them to be wrong. [...]

Christian Dior Couture Is Hiring on BoF Careers

Discover job openings at the LVMH luxury fashion house on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion and beauty talent. [...]

Exclusive: Textile Recycler Circulose Is Restarting Its Recycling Plant

The sustainable materials company, which closed its Swedish factory in 2024, is opening it again after a year of restructuring. [...]

Wool Workout Clothes? The Demand Is Growing

The consumer base for activewear made of natural materials like cotton and wool is growing, as more people on the political right join progressives in worrying about the health effects [...]

Why the Most Coveted Products Are Surprisingly Affordable

Not so long ago, the ‘it’ bags, shoes, jackets and belts usually bore the logo of a big luxury brand. But relentless price hikes have opened the door for premium [...]

This Week: Ramadan and Lunar New Year Converge

The two holidays haven’t synced up this closely in a century. That should keep the fashion industry busy, as both have become major global shopping events. [...]

Elle Launches African Edition with Naomi Campbell Cover

Publisher Lagardère has partnered with Innsaei Sarl to introduce a fashion magazine for French-speaking markets on the continent including Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon and Senegal. [...]

Calvin Klein’s Collection Comeback Continues

Three seasons in, Veronica Leoni’s take on Calvin Klein remains rooted in tailored minimalism, though this time, she revisited the brand’s provocative past, too. [...]

New York Fashion Week’s Identity Crisis

New York’s runways were once the industry’s ultimate marketing platform. Many brands are realising there are other ways to reach customers — with a better ROI. [...]

Ib Kamara: ‘Europe Is Not the Centre of Everything. Where You Come From Matters.’ | The BoF Podcast

Ib Kamara reflects on migration, image-making, Virgil Abloh’s legacy and why young creatives from the Global South should trust their own taste. [...]

Kering and Coty in Discussion to Sell Gucci Beauty Licence to L’Oréal

L’Oréal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus said on Friday the French beauty giant would welcome gaining access to the Gucci licence earlier than 2028, as Gucci-owner Kering and current licence holder Coty [...]

Hermès CEO Says Epstein Targeted Him During LVMH Battle

Axel Dumas, an heir to one of Europe’s biggest fortunes, said Jeffrey Epstein met with him once despite the Frenchman’s efforts to avoid him. [...]

How To Launch Skincare That Sticks

Consumers of face masks are seeking more convenient formats and clinical grade efficiency — prompting a maturation of sorts for the stalwart skincare subcategory. [...]

What European Luxury Can Learn From American Fashion

American brands have recaptured the zeitgeist — and market share — as Europe’s luxury slump persists. As the sector’s biggest names plot a comeback, there may be lessons to take [...]

Glossier Lays Off More Than 50 Employees

The US cosmetics label went through a reorganisation on Wednesday that saw around one-third of employees let go. [...]

Drunk Elephant Isn’t Shiseido’s Only Problem

Japan’s largest beauty company posted its first loss in decades after writing down Drunk Elephant. With a turnaround in progress, it needs to revisit its overall brand mix to prove [...]

Saks Global to Close Nine Stores

The move follows the company’s announcement last week to shutter its off-price business, Saks Off Fifth. [...]

EU to Ban Destruction of Unsold Clothes and Shoes

The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste. [...]

Shein, Nike and Fashion’s Widening Sustainability Gap

Copenhagen Fashion Week’s 20th edition offered promise in pushing fashion’s sustainability agenda from within, defying the wider industry's pullback from the cause. But with fashion’s decarbonisation trajectory offtrack, Shein’s questionable [...]

Does Beauty Really Care About the Super Bowl?

While fashion brands have flocked to the big game for activations and sponsorships, cosmetics, skincare and hair care lines have largely sat on the sidelines. [...]

TikTok’s New US Algorithm

The app’s new US owners are ‘retraining’ its recommendation algorithm, raising concerns about new biases, while social media companies are facing a landmark trial claiming they’re addictive by design. [...]

Fashion’s Sustainability Pressure Test

A new PETA investigation is reigniting animal welfare scrutiny in ‘responsible’ mohair supply chains just as Vinted deepens its US push in New York and evolving research raises new questions [...]

Who Will Win the K-Beauty Wars?

This week, the beauty retail wars head for Korea and I dive into the reason for so many recent foundation reformulations. [...]

The Tech Trends That Will Change Fashion in 2026

A growing AI backlash, the advance of autonomous agents and new laws banning children and some teenagers from social media are just a sample of what this year has in [...]

The Frayed Edge: Fashion’s Climate Reckoning Is Just Getting Started

From dangerous heat on factory floors to flooding across sourcing hubs, climate risks are catching up with fashion’s supply chains. While new recycling initiatives attempt to scale to address the [...]

Nike Is In Its ‘Middle Innings,’ But Is The Home Stretch Close?

Elliott Hill continued to preach patience as Nike reported another quarter of modest growth and set its agenda for 2026. [...]

Can Tina Craig’s U Beauty Crack Luxury Beauty?; An Anastasia Beverly Hills Update

This week, I’m thinking about creators-turned-founders, a high-glam makeup brand’s money problems and Sue Nabi’s potential departure. [...]

Finding the Sneakers That Mattered in 2025 + Sneaker of the Year Picks

We dove into the Sneaker of the Year conversation for the first time here at The Business of Fashion, but not in the way you’d think. [...]

The Collab of the Year With Bimma Williams

Collaborations ruled the sportswear world in 2025. Some were good, some were bad. We talk about them all with Collab Lab’s Bimma Williams following the release of his new report [...]

Lauder Launch Advice; Sephora’s Wild Rose; L’Oréal’s Aesthetics Bet

This week, The Business of Beauty team is thinking about what Estée Lauder is cooking up, how a ‘Real Housewife’ breaks into beauty and why gift guides are losing their [...]

Will a Year of Designer Revamps Pay Off?

The luxury fashion market appears poised to turn a corner, but questions linger as Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Balenciaga and others prepare to bring their new creative visions to market. [...]

The 2026 World Cup Is Already Here for Fashion

Brand activations and collections for the 2026 World Cup are already beginning to pop out across the sportswear industry. [...]

The Frayed Edge: Are Fashion’s Sustainability Efforts Misplaced?

A disappointing COP30 deal was reached in Brazil, while floods across South and Southeast Asia showed exactly why quicker action is required. Meanwhile the EU watered down sustainability legislation yet [...]

Nike Is Restructuring — Again

Elliott Hill is continuing to build out his vision for Nike with yet another round of C-Suite changes, but can that vision be a bit more solidified for 2026? [...]

A Sephora Supplement Scoop; K-Beauty’s Dream Machine

This week I’m thinking about K-beauty's rapid innovation cycle, Sephora getting out of the vitamin business and the art of good merchandise. [...]

Chanel Takes the Subway, LVMH’s Management Shakeup

What’s going on at luxury’s two biggest brands, Chanel and Louis Vuitton? Plus, Sant Ambroeus opens in Paris. [...]

Tech Mode: AI’s Impact on Holiday Shopping

Traffic to US retailers from AI sources soared on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, while EssilorLuxottica’s wearables chief exited and Google introduced a hot new AI model. [...]

The Death of Sneakers Is Overstated

The sneaker aftermarket and sneaker culture might not be where they were during their peak years in the early 2020s, but that doesn’t mean that it’s over. [...]

Inside Zegna’s Next Chapter

In a wide-ranging interview, Gildo Zegna opens up about succession, the future of ‘Made in Italy,’ his plans for Tom Ford and Thom Browne and how the Zegna brand can [...]

What’s Going On With Travis Scott and Nike?

Travis Scott was spotted in an Adidas Y-3 jacket over the weekend at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, sparking rumours that he might be leaving the Swoosh behind. [...]

Beauty’s Race To Conquer Men’s Sports

Beauty brands continue to show up in big ways in sports. Sephora’s new partnership with the Warriors is the latest example. [...]

Glossier’s Clean Slate; MCo Dupes Sephora and More

I give you a little bit of everything this week — Glossier’s fewer, better merchandising strategy, MCo’s global domination tour, P&G and Church & Dwight’s portfolio review plans and Ju [...]

What Happens for Luxury If AI Goes Bust?

Investors are worried about the scale and concentration of US’ AI investment ahead of Nvidia’s earnings Wednesday night. A correction would have big consequences for high-end brands. Plus: Kering’s leaked [...]

Nike’s Star Search

Cade Cunningham is a name that most people don’t know yet. Nike better hope that changes soon. [...]

The Frayed Edge: Survival Is Fashion’s Next Big Climate Challenge

With efforts to avert climate crisis just limping along, the industry needs to brace for a harsh new reality. [...]

Stephen Curry Breaks Up With Under Armour

Footwear has become increasingly weird over the past few years. The latest trend report from the secondary market platform StockX shows us that it won’t change heading into 2026. [...]

How a Big Risk Paid Off for Patrick Starrr’s One/Size

This week, I take a look at the need for innovation in beauty, Drunk Elephant’s proposed comeback and Carisa Janes’ new makeup line. [...]

Can Richemont Keep Up Its Winning Streak?

The Cartier owner has been luxury’s most dynamic conglomerate in recent years. But tariffs, high gold prices and a softening US market pose challenges. Plus, Burberry’s moment of truth and [...]

Why Après-Ski Is Here To Stay

As we enter the winter season, it’s clear that skiwear is still heavy on fashion brands’ minds. [...]

The Frayed Edge: The Cost of Being Shein

The ultra-fast-fashion giant’s first permanent store opening in Paris has been a source of high drama. [...]

Dealers express concern over Singapore fair merger

For the first time, curated Southeast Asian boutique fair S.E.A. Focus was folded into Art SG [...]

Endemic leaking problems at Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater finally come to an end

A $7m conservation project has focused on mitigating the engineering issues of the architect's masterpiece as well as preparing the building for a changing climate [...]

Tate announces major David Hockney, Edvard Munch and Sonia Boyce exhibitions for 2027

The programme, announced as Tate’s director Maria Balshaw departs, will also feature shows for the Algerian modernist painter Baya and the British artist Thomas Gainsborough, alongside a group exhibition exploring [...]

Can Tefaf Maastricht keep up with the experience economy?

The venerable fair continues to offer a trove of historic treasures, but that might not be enough to draw in today's wealthy buyers [...]

The rise and fall of ‘buy-one, give-one’ art sales

A once-popular mechanism that allowed collectors to secure an in-demand work if they gifted a second to an institution, market shifts have made "bogos" less viable [...]

So you think you can sell art? Reality TV show hunts for next Larry, Jay or Peggy

New BBC series will guide amateur dealers through the art market [...]

Damien Hirst offers his hot take on art dealers

Speaking on a podcast, the artist likened art galleries to estate agents [...]

Pedro Friedeberg, key figure in Mexican art renowned for hand-shaped chair, has died at age 90

Beyond his famous chair design, Friedeberg created a singular world of ornament, architecture, and irony [...]

Comment | Cow in MSCHF project survives, but should the project have happened at all?

The artist collective allowed buyers to decide the fate of a cow’s life (thankfully they chose a sanctuary over the slaughterhouse), but the intended awareness-raising gave way to polarising digital [...]

Art communities and heritage in Iran, moderate recovery in the art market, Sydney Biennale—podcast

Ben Luke talks to Sarvy Geranpayeh about the continuing violence in the Middle East, discusses the new Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report with its author Clare McAndrew, [...]

Dealer Yves Bouvier to stand trial in Paris over missing Picassos

The trial comes after the conclusion of a decade-long investigation into the alleged disappearance of works belonging to Picasso's stepdaughter [...]

The story behind Iran’s only Van Gogh: ‘At Eternity’s Gate'

Once owned by a US vice president, the print was acquired by the Shah’s wife and is now at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art [...]

Not just dollars, euros and pounds: Tefaf speaker sets out art’s deep value for wellbeing

The Tefaf Summit during the fair in Maastricht explores the impact of art beyond economics, and how culture’s role in public policy can be rethought [...]

Frida Fever rises again: Netflix planning Kahlo and Diego Rivera drama

The streaming giant’s forthcoming series is based on a recent biographical novel [...]

Victor Vasarely’s crumbling Aix legacy to be restored

The family of the Op Art pioneer hopes to secure a new chapter for his foundation in Aix-en-Provence after years of neglect and funding woes [...]

Dingo-related work at Sydney Biennale takes on new resonance following backpacker death

Cannupa Hanska Luger was unaware of the news of a young tourist dying on an island off Australia’s eastern coast while he was making “Volume III White Bay Power Station” [...]

Comment | Beryl Cook UK retrospective shows there is much more to the artist than amazing bums

The artist was as much an explorer of gender, class and body image as of saucy pleasure [...]

Tefaf Maastricht: the wish list

From a painting by a leading Australian Indigenous artist to a bejewelled book of Shakespeare poems, a Modernist beach buggy and a fine Greek marble, here are some of the [...]

Glassblower and porcelain heir Paul Arnhold on the art he loves to collect

The New Yorker's personal collection spans centuries, from ancient Etruscan stone works to paintings by Salman Toor [...]

Dresden museum wins Tefaf award for Rubens restoration

The Tefaf Museum Restoration Fund has been awarded to the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister for its restoration of Rubens‘s ‘The Boar Hunt’ [...]

'What does the second F in Tefaf truly stand for?'

The Maastricht show, which has been described as “a bit like the Davos of the art world”, has a unique position in the fair world—as well as being a place [...]

Comment | Why museum leadership needs to decentralise

It is time to rethink leadership that is framed as a top-down, heroic and deeply individualised pursuit [...]

Two Renoir exhibitions at Musée d’Orsay explore the joy of human connection

A double bill at the Paris museum demonstrates how the artist went beyond “pretty little paintings” [...]

‘It has nothing to do with Michelangelo’: expert wades in on painting newly attributed to Renaissance master

Discovery centres on stylised initials says Belgian art historian but David Ekserdjian stresses that artist’s entire canon is accounted for [...]

Global art sales grew 4% in 2025 but remain below pre-pandemic levels, Art Basel and UBS report finds

Political volatility and mounting operational costs weigh heavily on the trade, which ticked up to an estimated $59.6bn in 2025 after two years of decline [...]

National Gallery of Canada receives donation of 24 works from collector Bob Rennie

The Vancouver-based real estate tycoon has gifted works by two Canadian artists and two US artists to Canada’s national art museum [...]

Nifty Gateway has shut down, but NFTs are not dead—they are evolving

Crypto-based art is more than just cartoon apes and Beeple works [...]

Final sentencing in Norval Morrisseau forgery scandal derailed by new allegations

Convicted fraudster’s sentencing pushed back amid widening dispute between family, foundation and authenticators [...]

Snuffboxes stolen in Paris daylight robbery to go on display at V&A

The snuffboxes, made in 18th-century Berlin, come from the Gilbert Collection, and will go on display in a new gallery space at the V&A in South Kensington [...]

Mummies and other human remains held in UK museums raise serious ethical questions, warn scholars

Guardian investigation highlighting 263,000 remains is a wake-up call for government, says Oxford professor [...]

New rules on importing cultural artefacts create headaches at Tefaf Maastricht

Even the customs authorities responsible for enforcing the regulations seem unsure when and how they apply [...]

Tefaf Maastricht: exhibitions to see beyond the fair

From an exhibition curated by a painting to a boat load of phalluses [...]

Thoroughly Modern Maastricht: why Tefaf is embracing the 20th century

Despite ongoing management turmoil, there is a buzz around this year’s fair, as it welcomes more works from the past 100 years to its traditional roster [...]

Caravaggio portrait of influential patron—and future Pope Urban VIII—purchased by Italy for €30m

The price is among the highest the Italian state has paid for a single work of art, according to the culture ministry [...]

EU threatens to pull funding from Venice Biennale over return of Russian pavilion

The move comes after Russia's participation sparked outcry from European governments and arts professionals [...]

New York’s Independent fair reveals 76 exhibitors for first edition at Pier 36

The fair is foregrounding its reputation as a place to discover new galleries and artists, with nearly half of exhibitors showing at Independent for the first time [...]

Is most art now just too expensive for most people?

As billionaires chase blue-chip trophies, a widening wealth gap leaves most would-be collectors priced out. Perhaps it is time artists focused on selling affordable prints again [...]

New public art biennial to take over Dallas’s urban greenbelt park

The open-air exhibition KTX Biennial, curated by SculptureCenter’s Jovanna Venegas, will bring works by international contemporary artists to the city’s busy 3.5-mile pedestrian and cycling corridor [...]

Texas university's sudden cancellation of exhibition with works critical of Ice sparks censorship row

The removal of Victor Quiñonez’s immigration-themed exhibition at the University of North Texas without explanation has intensified concerns about artistic freedom at public universities in the state [...]

São Paulo pop-up exhibition spotlights spherical home by architect Eduardo Longo

The fifth edition of “Aberto”, an annual exhibition melding Modernist architecture and contemporary art, offers the public a rare opportunity to visit Longo’s Casa Bola [...]

Missile strike hits boundary of archaeological site in Tyre, Lebanon as minister calls for Unesco intervention

An Israeli airstrike caused “material damage” to the entrance of the Unesco World Heritage site according to the Lebanese ministry of culture [...]

Obituary | Umberto Allemandi, visionary publisher who founded 'Il Giornale dell’Arte', has died aged 88

The editor built an international network of publications—including 'The Art Newspaper'—that transformed cultural journalism [...]

The rise of the destination art fair

As collectors tire of mega-fairs and splurge on experiential travel, a new wave of boutique events seeks to draw buyers and sellers to places like Aspen, Joshua Tree, St Moritz [...]

Influential collection of Indigenous art hires former Whitney curator, will open exhibition space in New York

The Gochman Family Collection has hired Laura Phipps as its director and will open a venue in Katonah, New York, this autumn [...]

Self-generated income for UK museums ‘can only go so far’ in filling gaps left by funding cuts, report says

Such income streams are “riskier” according to a new report by the National Audit Office [...]

Artists agonise over when a work is finished—but should we viewers care?

The thorny issue is relevant to current exhibitions of work by Howard Hodgkin, Henri Matisse and Paul Cezanne [...]

Pretty in pink: how Toulouse is establishing itself as a top arts destination

Set to overtake Lyons as France’s third-largest city, Toulouse is also gaining cultural momentum, with a boom in visitors to its venues, and renovations of two major museums [...]

Unesco sites in Iranian city of Isfahan damaged by US-Israel strikes