Eleonora Kovalenko

Fashion
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How To Drive Luxury Conversion Through AI-Powered Virtual Try-On

DressX’s latest intelligence report suggests shoppers who engage with AI virtual try-on are 50 percent more likely to purchase overall, while conversion rates among luxury consumers jump up to 10 [...]

Can Isaac Mizrahi Make Target Cool Again?

The big box retailer’s reunion with the designer who defined the ‘Tar-zhay’ era will need to deliver more than nostalgia to reignite demand for its apparel offering. [...]

The Business of Euro Summer

Mytheresa, Gucci and Jacquemus have converged on Monaco for summer takeovers while Burberry sets up shop in Athens. As big luxury’s beach club era stretches into a ninth summer, how [...]

Adrian Appiolaza Exits Moschino

The creative director’s departure after two years was a mutual decision, Moschino said on Friday. [...]

I Am My Dad’s Son

Ismail Hussein Sidi Ahmed (aka Miles), 1947 – 2026 [...]

Why Traceability Is Becoming a Business Requirement for Fashion Brands

With the US, EU and Canada introducing measures on forced labour in supply chains, traceability is no longer just a sustainability initiative but a necessity for market access. [...]

AI Transparency Rule Shouldn’t Apply to Ads, EU Retail Group Says

Eurocommerce, whose members include H&M and Inditex, argued AI-generated ads should be exempt from a rule requiring disclosure of AI use. [...]

Why Converse’s Future Is Now an Even Bigger Question

NBA superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the headliner for Nike’s struggling Converse brand. Now, Nike is moving him under its own label, raising questions about its plans for its flagging subsidiary. [...]

Soul, Doubt, Paradox: The Mysteries of Paolo Roversi

‘Your style is not a technique, your style is your soul,’ Roversi tells Tim Blanks. [...]

In Stockholm, Exploring New Frontiers in E-Commerce

Executives from H&M, Arket and Fjällräven, among others, joined BoF Insights and Amazon Fashion and Sports in Stockholm for a presentation exploring the next phase of fashion e-commerce — and [...]

Vox Media Acquired by Penske Media Corporation

The WWD and BeautyInc publisher has also created a new subsidiary, named PMX, to combine its publishing portfolio, comprising 25 titles. [...]

Report: Reformation Eyes IPO This Summer

The womenswear label may file for an initial public offering as soon as next week, on track to go public in July, The Wall Street Journal reported. [...]

At Pitti Uomo, Rebels Real and Faux

Simone Rocha stole the show this season with a men’s presentation full of quiet rebellion, reports Angelo Flaccavento. [...]

UAE Sets Minimum Social Media Age at 15, Mandates Age Checks

Social media companies will have up to 12 months to comply with the ⁠new regulations. [...]

Opinion: Lululemon’s China Drum Blunder Comes at the Worst Time

Though the activewear maker faced intense criticism, it may be able to overcome its misstep in a nation that accounted for 16 percent of sales last year, writes Juliana Liu. [...]

Naomi Campbell Called Unfit to Run a Charity in Her Appeal Against Ban

The supermodel’s foundation, Fashion for Relief, which had raised millions of dollars for anti-poverty projects, was wound up in March 2024 after managers sent in by the commission found it [...]

What I’m Most Excited About at The Business of Beauty Global Forum 2026

Join the livestream on June 24 and 25 as we examine beauty’s current place in culture, and look forward to its new future. [...]

Strategic Advisory For Fashion, Luxury and Beauty Brands

BoF Insights is The Business of Fashion’s data and advisory practice, helping fashion, luxury and beauty brands identify growth opportunities, navigate industry change and build long-term competitive advantage. [...]

Talking Luxury With L’Oréal’s Cyril Chapuy

Priya Rao parses the issues facing beauty’s highest price point with the president of L’Oréal Luxe. [...]

Swiss Watch Exports Feel Impact of Middle East Conflict

Exports barely increased in May after two months of declines, suggesting the industry is feeling the effects of fallout from the conflict in the Middle East. [...]

L’Oréal to Acquire Majority Stake in India’s Innovist

The French cosmetics group will acquire a majority stake in India’s Innovist as it looks to step up its share ‌of one of the world’s fastest-growing markets. [...]

Onitsuka Tiger Will Pivot to Fashion and Lifestyle After Asics Spin Off

The footwear brand is looking to transform into a high-end lifestyle label distinct from Asics and its speciality in sports. [...]

How to Build Lasting Communities on TikTok

BoF and TikTok convened brand leaders, editors, and creators at Nine Orchard in New York to examine how fashion and media players can move beyond trend-chasing to build lasting communities [...]

Beauty Brands Want to Own Their Space. It’ll Cost Them.

As department stores wane in popularity and specialty and e-commerce becomes more saturated, beauty brands are looking to open their own stores to regain ground and control the customer experience. [...]

The Shein Challenger That’s Winning Over Gen Z

E-tailer Cider is generating mid-nine figures in annual sales without attracting the same sort of public ire as competitors. Next up? Translating online success to brick and mortar. [...]

Coperni Granted Court Approval to Continue Operating

The decision from a Paris court will place the brand under receivership protection, Coperni president Arnaud Vaillant said. [...]

Fairly Made, Synthesia and Bluefish Win LVMH Innovation Awards

Specialists in supply chain transparency, AI-powered video creation and marketing tools grabbed LVMH’s tech prizes, split into three categories this year. [...]

The Debrief | How Books Became Fashion’s Latest Status Symbol

BoF’s Haley Crawford and Shayeza Walid unpack why fashion is embracing literature when reading is in decline. [...]

Bianca Saunders Wins the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund

London-based fashion talent Bianca Saunders has been named the winner of the competitive 2026 fund. [...]

Pakistan to Abolish ‘Period Tax’ on Sanitary Products

Pakistan’s finance minister said he intends to abolish an 18 percent sales tax on period products, in a victory for young campaigners who had taken the government to court over [...]

Deepica Mutyala’s Live Tinted Appoints New CEO

Sherry Jhawar is stepping into the leadership position, while founder Mutyala will remain a board member with the skincare and makeup label. [...]

Lululemon Apologises After Japanese Drum Controversy at China Event

The brand sparked an uproar on Chinese social media after a yoga event on the Great Wall billed as a traditional performance appeared to feature a Japanese drum. [...]

Legal or Not, the Peptide Boom Is Here

Telemedicine is gearing up for a windfall if the FDA legalises peptides popular with wellness influencers, but long-run brand equity will depend on evidence and efficacy. [...]

Can Indie PR Scale Without Selling Out?

Boutique communications agencies are increasingly winning major fashion accounts from industry incumbents. However, a sweeping wave of industry consolidation is forcing independent founders to choose between corporate backing and the [...]

Inside BoF and LTK’s Intimate London Dinner on the New Fundamentals of Creator Commerce

As AI transforms how consumers search, discover and purchase from brands, marketing and creative leaders gathered in London with The Business of Fashion and LTK to discuss the future of [...]

Report: Former De Beers CEO Penny Is Said to Lead Race for Diamond Giant

Gareth Penny is the frontrunner to buy the world’s biggest diamond miner after the Iran war hampered other bidders. [...]

Report: BHV Ends Partnership With Shein

The November launch of Shein’s first physical shop in the French department storewas met with protests and sharp criticism from politicians and retailers. [...]

Report: Dolce & Gabbana Weighs Sale of Milan Properties to Raise Cash

The Italian company is considering selling some properties, including in Milan’s city centre, and then leasing them back to free up cash. [...]

Snap Launches $2,195 Specs, Declaring Glasses the Next Computer

The thick-rimmed eyeglasses, which go on sale this autumn, were unveiled at the AWE mixed-reality conference in Long Beach, California, on Tuesday. [...]

Worldview |Vietnam Faces a Critical Textile Test

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features Guatemala’s apparel exports and India’s organised jewellery sector growth. [...]

Mazarine Buys Luxury PR Firm Bacchus

The acquisition bulks up the French creative group with expertise from Bacchus in engaging ultra-high-net-worth individuals. [...]

Knicks Fashion Fever Is Only Just Beginning

The New York Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years has sparked a true zeitgeist moment that fashion is infiltrating at all levels. [...]

Hermès Opens Bond Street Mega-Boutique

The ultra-luxurious ‘maison’ is a big bet on London’s enduring appeal for luxury shoppers, as the sector struggles to bounce back from a prolonged downturn. [...]

Explainer: What Social Media Bans Mean for Marketers

As the UK joins countries like Australia and Malaysia in their efforts to curtail under-16 social media access, brands may need to rethink their marketing strategies. [...]

The Struggle to Save Africa’s Shea Butter Industry

African nations are phasing bans of shea nut exports in a bid to bolster domestic industry. In the short-term, local collectors are feeling the pinch. [...]

Inside Tilt Beauty’s Mission to Break Accessibility Barriers

From founder storytelling to inclusive design, Tilt Beauty’s first year in business demonstrates how its core pillars of accessibility, playfulness and community can drive success in the beauty industry. Here, [...]

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Follows Hugo Boss Bid With Offer for Accent Group

In his second takeover bid in a week, retail billionaire Ashley has offered to purchase the remainder of Frasers’ stake in an Australian footwear business for $223 million. [...]

US Supreme Court Rejects Macy’s Challenge Over Compensating Fired Strikers

Macy’s had attempted to roll back the National Labor Relations Board’s ability to order a company to compensate fired employees. [...]

Target Names Isaac Mizrahi Creative Director at Large

The appointment marks a homecoming for Mizrahi, who first collaborated with the retailer in 2003. [...]

Human Made Is Acquiring Undercover

The company founded by Japanese streetwear pioneer Nigo is set to purchase the brand of his longtime friend and fellow innovator, Jun Takahashi. [...]

New documentary goes behind the scenes of Rashaad Newsome’s biggest project

In 2022, the artist created a massive celebration of Black and queer culture at New York’s historic Park Avenue Armory [...]

Santé! Converted French winery gains recognition as national museum

La Coopérative-Musée Cérès Franco is reopening to show its eclectic collection after a major renovation [...]

Zooming in on the Dutch street photographer Ed van der Elsken

The artist chronicled Amsterdam life in the 1970s [...]

Exclusive: an unknown archive of treasures from Van Gogh’s doctor, Paul Gachet

Documents, photographs, drawings, paintings—and even a sketch of the artist on his deathbed [...]

Obama Presidential Center opens, offering an art-filled, hopeful view of US history

The sprawling new campus on Chicago's south side includes a rousing museum and commissions by Mark Bradford, Maya Lin, Richard Hunt, Martin Puryear and many more [...]

'Regret is part of the story, but so is discovery': Valeria Rodnianski tells us what she collects and why

Born in Kyiv, the Germany-based collector's works are grounded in German and Eastern European art [...]

In Pictures: Basel Social Club

This year the city's upstart fair is capitalising on its location, a former office complex, as it turns the world of work on its head [...]

Art Basel Diary: Kanye's Greek goddess, a wheelie good read and the ultimate plunge pool

Plus The Art Newspaper dives with the ducklings and art critics just got fluffier [...]

Artists forge new paths at Basel Social Club

The platform's fifth edition takes place in a former UBS training centre [...]

Artist, DJ and musician to hold rave at Art Basel

Event includes recording of Eleanor Roosevelt reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [...]

Big names pay off for Basel Exclusive

Early sales under the new initiative included artists such as Picasso and Guston [...]

Black mirror: a conceptual artist’s new mobile app helps you be a better texter

Created as part of Jennifer Rubell’s current show at Meredith Rosen Gallery in New York, Attune Official is for anyone who obsesses over text messages [...]

Inside Refik Anadol's Dataland, the world’s first AI art museum

An immersive “laboratory of imagination” from Anadol's studio boots up in Downtown Los Angeles [...]

New textile museum in Mexico City celebrates Indigenous artistry

The new Museo de Arte Textil de los Pueblos Indígenas y Afromexicanos frames textiles as living heritage and explores ethical collaboration [...]

Chloe Wise: ‘I’m trying to put all of these things into a mishmash soup’

Better known as a painter, the artist’s new video and installation show explores extrasensory perception using tropes from science fiction, religion, consumer culture and art history [...]

How Old Masters had an enduring influence on a Modern pioneer

For its major survey of Helen Frankenthaler, Kunstmuseum Basel has focused on the late American artist’s time in Europe and the influence of Old Masters on her work [...]

Pierre Huyghe pushes the boundaries at the Beyeler

The French artist has created a "site-specific experience" for his first Swiss show [...]

'The soil of Kazakhstan is deep in my heart': Dina Kemal Marchant on what she collects and why

The Kazakh collector—a patron and cultural adviser with a focus on Central Asian contemporary art—is a fan of Basel’s Museum Tinguely and single-artist stand presentations [...]

Training scheme for budding curators from lower socio-economic backgrounds receives £3m donation

Russian-born philanthropists Anastasia and Igor Bukhman have pledged the grant to the New Curators programme, launched by three former Tate curators [...]

Redesign of Dutch Van Abbemuseum aims to make museum-going more accessible

The contemporary art museum in Eindhoven introduces stim tools such as fidget toys and a sensory map to invite deeper audience interactions [...]

Uffizi places Botticelli's most famous paintings—'Primavera' and 'The Birth of Venus'—opposite each other in broader museum overhaul

The newly refurbished Botticelli Rooms were unveiled this week at the Florentine museum [...]

In Pictures: selections from Liste art fair 2026

The Basel stalwart takes pride in bringing the new to the Swiss city [...]

Art Basel Diary: The universe’s first interdimensional artist, Hockney homages and natty gnashers

Plus princess throws some fade and airport show takes off [...]

Paula Cooper Gallery wins first Art Basel Gallery Legacy Award

The prizewinner nominated Chapter NY to receive funding towards participation at next year's fair [...]

Art Basel veteran Galerie Nordenhake celebrates 50th birthday

Claes Nordenhake has been taking his dealership to Art Basel since 1978 [...]

UBS gives away Art Basel fair tickets for under-30s

Free artist-designed notebooks and tote bags are also up for grabs [...]

Across Art Basel, the art world celebrates David Hockney

Multiple galleries at the fair have brought works by the late British artist whose market was “booming when we lost him” [...]

Art Basel Qatar to move to Herzog & de Meuron-designed venue

The emir's Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani revealed details of the purpose-built location, on which construction is expected to begin in 2028 [...]

‘Everything indicates’ murder of Russian dissident artist in Poland was a political killing

The Polish prime minister said the murder of Robert ⁠Kuzovkov would “constitute an act of state terrorism” if Russia was found to be behind it [...]

Mexican authorities urge Sotheby’s to stop sale of two pre-Columbian artefacts

The objects, a stone mask and an intricate ceramic figure, are scheduled to be auctioned Thursday morning in New York [...]

Dealer David Nahmad given 30 days to return Nazi-looted Modigliani painting

The $30m work has been the subject of almost a dozen years of legal battles [...]

Memphis Art Museum reveals opening date and inaugural exhibitions for new building

Entry to the institution’s new Herzog & de Meuron-designed mass timber home along the Mississippi River will be free to local residents in perpetuity [...]

Cao Fei: ‘The scenarios in many of my works have come true later’

In her first solo exhibition in Switzerland, at Kunstmuseum Basel Gegenwart, the artist’s films and installations chart the evolution of our relationship with technological capitalism [...]

Group show explores where technology meets spirituality and folklore

The exhibition at Basel’s HEK showcases artist whose work responds to “unstable and apocalyptic” times, drawing on religion, myth and ritual [...]

'Christopher Wool’s ‘Bad Dog’ was a wonderful way to start a collection': Gitti Hug on what she collects and why

The lawyer and president of the friends of the Kunsthaus Zürich discusses her enduring love of Philip Guston’s work and her regret at missing out on a Rothko [...]

Right-wing politician’s complaint against Masp exhibition dismissed in Brazil

A member of Jair Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party attempted to censor the artist La Chola Poblete’s show, alleging religious offense [...]

How Liste has moved beyond its reputation as Basel’s ’young fair’

As the market catches up with the ultra-contemporary art championed by Liste Art Fair Basel for decades, the fair includes artists who have found success later in life [...]

Uganda’s Umoja Art Gallery team forced to cancel attendance at Africa Basel fair after visas denied

The situation faced by the gallery—which has still sent works to the fair despite its representatives not being present—adds pertinence to a nearby project about barriers in the art world [...]

In Pictures: highlights from Art Basel’s Unlimited section, focused on monumental projects

Curated this year by MoMA PS1's Ruba Katrib, Art Basel's large-scale sector has a monumental air [...]

Art Basel Diary: mouse in the house, Kanye at Unlimited, and Cattelan's banana gets supersized

Plus: P•P•O•W's stand stays hydrated and Katharine Grosse's fabulous football [...]

Maze Design Basel fair returns for second edition with more exhibitors—and art

This year's fair, in the Offene Kirche Elisabethen, also features works on its walls [...]

First Swiss edition of Zero 10, Art Basel’s digital art initiative, explores medium’s ‘historical arc’

Co-curated by the artist Trevor Paglen and the digital art director Eli Scheinman, the new strand, which debuted at last year’s Miami Beach fair, aims to address the scepticism towards [...]

Win a Warhol for $12: dollar bill by Pop artist included in raffle at Basel Social Club

Zurich gallery suns.works is offering a chance to win the signed work, which features a drawing of a Campbell soup can, in aid of charity [...]

Buyers snap up blue-chip works at Art Basel’s opening day

A $35m Picasso led first-day sales, while galleries reported strong seven-figure results across both historic and contemporary material [...]

New York’s oldest museum votes for democracy with new wing

The New York Historical’s $175m project will house gallery spaces, library stacks, a conservation studio and the forthcoming American LGBTQ+ Museum [...]

Prize for emerging artists at Art Basel quietly cancelled

Dealers in the fair's Statements section say they were informed at the last minute that the Baloise Art Prize has been discontinued [...]

New documentary captures two art critics at a turning point

“House of Criticism”, which recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, offers an intimate view of the lives and work of Roberta Smith and Jerry Saltz [...]

'I bought a portfolio of prints with the money I earned from my paper route': Joop van Caldenborgh on the art he collects and why

The Dutch collector, whose Museum Voorlinden is celebrating its tenth anniversary, tells us about missing out on a Louise Bourgeois spider and swimming in the Rhine [...]

Exhibition examines new vocabulary that gave same-sex desire a place in art

Kunstmuseum Basel show traces the early history of queer art and artists, from the time the word “homosexual” was coined [...]

Labour of love? Exploring women’s relationship with machines and work

Museum that honours the famous kinetic artist Jean Tinguely turns its attention to the often undervalued role of women in the workplace, through a show of films, paintings and other [...]

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