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What Sephora’s TikTok Shop Launch Means for Beauty

The debut of the retailer’s new TikTok Shop storefront, which offers limited-edition exclusive products released each month, changes the rules of beauty retail. [...]

Topicals Appoints New CEO From Fenty Beauty

Founder Olamide Olowe has stepped down from her chief executive role and will become chairwoman as Sukiana Chancy joins the company. [...]

Wella Company’s IPO Plan: Wipe Out Debt, Win New Customers

After swinging back to profit, the American hair and nail care company has filed to go public, with plans to deleverage its business and take on the competition. [...]

Nestlé to Sell Vitamin Portfolio to Yellow Wood for $1 Billion

The deal includes Nature’s Bounty, Ester-C and Gard, as well as its private-label supplement business. [...]

YouTube Inks Amazon Partnership to Boost Online Shopping Bet

YouTube creators can now tag Amazon products in their videos and livestreams, driving more business directly to the enormous global marketplace while taking a cut from sales. [...]

WHP and G-III Finalise $925 Million Marc Jacobs Deal

‘The basic plan is to layer on growth,’ said WHP chairman Yehuda Shmidman. [...]

Pieter Mulier Shows First Versace Look on Nicole Kidman

The designer soft-launched his tenure at the Prada-owned label months ahead of his planned runway debut, dressing Kidman for the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Practical Magic 2.’ [...]

Fashion Capitalises on a More Exclusive US Open

With ticket prices soaring, attending the US Open is becoming a status symbol. Consumers may be angry about it, but fashion sees an opportunity. [...]

Worldview | Buenos Aires Fashion Week Holds Firm Despite Manufacturing Woes

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features India’s cash-for-gold boom, Brazilian denim giant Vicunha and Cettire’s turbulent year in Australia. [...]

What’s Driving Saudi Arabia’s Beauty Transformation

The country has emerged as the GCC region’s largest cosmetics market as societal change spurs sales and homegrown brands. [...]

Dyson Debuts $499 AI-Powered Toothbrush With a Built-in Camera

The UK company's new device uses artificial intelligence and a built-in camera to give real-time feedback on oral hygiene. [...]

Fashion’s Climate Emissions Increased Almost 14% Over Two Years

Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2023 and 2024, due in part to increased global production of fibre, especially polyester, according to a new report by the Apparel Impact Institute. [...]

France Targets Shein and Temu With Fast-Fashion Fines

The penalties are part of a law passed in June that targets the extreme end of fast fashion and aims to address environmental concerns from overproduction. [...]

Kering Names Sabina Belli Italy Chief and New CEOs for Pomellato and DoDo

Charlotte Fournet will head Pomellato and Krizia Cucurachi will lead DoDo as Luca de Meo continues his management reshuffle, tapping insiders for the key roles [...]

Wella Files for US IPO

The owner of Ghd and OPI, backed by investment firm KKR, plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange. [...]

Did Shein Pass Its IPO Test?

The ultra-fast fashion retailer closed its first day of trading flat as investors weigh slowing growth and mounting challenges to its business model. [...]

BoF LIVE | Inside Fashion & Sports E-Commerce 2026-2027

Join us for our next BoF LIVE on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 15:00 BST / 10:00 EDT as the authors of our latest report ‘Inside Fashion & Sports E-Commerce’ unpack [...]

Report | Inside Fashion & Sports E-Commerce: Focusing on What Matters

This new flagship report reveals that fashion and sports leaders are chasing what’s new in e-commerce while fundamental challenges remain unresolved. Based on surveys of 10,000 consumers and 150 senior [...]

Opinion: China’s Beauty Giant Proya Has Its US Strategy Backwards

China’s biggest beauty company is getting ahead of itself by announcing distribution at Ulta Beauty without first building meaningful name recognition among American shoppers, writes Bloomberg’s Juliana Liu. [...]

Shein Prices Hong Kong IPO Below Top End of Range, Raises $1.74 Billion

Existing investors in the fast-fashion giant who participated in the offer include billionaire Michael Bloomberg's family office Willett Advisors, French billionaire entrepreneur and investor Xavier Niel and Microsoft Corp. [...]

Amazon Sued by FTC Over Claims It Misled Advertisers on Pricing

The FTC and several state attorneys general have been investigating claims that Amazon had not properly disclosed the terms and pricing related to its ads. [...]

Kris Van Assche Relaunches His Fashion Label

The former creative director of Dior Homme and Berluti is bringing back his namesake brand with designs for men and women. [...]

Shein Shares Plunge Up to 17% on Grey Market Ahead of Hong Kong Debut

More than 63 million shares changed hands leading up to the formal debut on Tuesday. [...]

John Galliano Met Retrospective Cancelled

The designer withdrew from the exhibition, planned in his honour, amid mounting backlash over antisemitic remarks. ‘I have decided, with great sadness, that it is best for the exhibition not [...]

Semcap Invests in UK Wellness Platform Healf

The private equity firm’s beauty and wellness division, led by Vasiliki Petrou, has made a minority investment in the fast-growing e-tailer. [...]

Victoria Beckham Swings to Profit

The fashion and beauty brand flagged strong demand for tailoring, occasion wear and elevated daywear as it posted a 15 percent rise in annual sales. [...]

Ib Kamara Exits Off-White

The label founded by Virgil Abloh is parting ways with its creative director two years after LVMH sold the brand to Bluestar Alliance. No successor has been named. [...]

Controversy Won’t Stop Brands From Doubling Down on the WNBA

The league is set to announce a new partnership with Brooklyn-based demi-fine jewellery brand Catbird, its first official jewellery partner, proving that despite recent controversies, the WNBA remains an attractive [...]

How AI’s Nouveau Riche Are Spending on Beauty

Silicon Valley is minting new multi-millionaires — and billionaires — at a rapid rate, as tech firms like SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic target huge IPOs. Fashion, travel and wellness are [...]

Shein Comes to Market… Finally

The retailer begins trading in Hong Kong at a valuation of about $26 billion, a quarter of the nearly $100 billion it commanded at its 2022 peak. What happened to [...]

Baldness Drugs Are Wall Street’s Next Goldmine

Drugmakers working on the next generation of male hair loss treatments are seeing soaring share prices, reminiscent of a similar pattern with GLP-1 innovations. [...]

EssilorLuxottica Clan’s €40 Billion Rift Grows With Heir’s Exit

The fight over the late Leonardo Del Vecchio’s fortune deepened after the exit of one of his heirs from management roles at the eyewear company he founded. [...]

Nike Hires Ex-Foot Locker Executive to Run Converse Operations

Kristin Bauer, who was chief supply chain officer for the sneaker retailer for nearly three years, will join Converse as chief operating officer on Sept. 14, according to an internal [...]

Caution: Marketing Roadblocks Ahead

This week, Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion and implement significant changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims that its platforms endangered children, with big implications for [...]

EssilorLuxottica Starts Buyback to Bolster Stock After Heir Exit

The brand plans to buy back more than €800 million ($932 million) of stock, seeking to bolster investor confidence after a slide in its shares and the exit of an [...]

Exploring Jordan Brand’s Philosophy on the Air Jordan 41

Jordan Brand will soon release the Air Jordan 41 — the latest model in Michael Jordan’s OG signature shoe line. Jason Mayden, Jordan Brand’s vice president of visioneering and chief [...]

MVPR and United Nomads Group Are Hiring on BoF Careers

Check out this week’s new partners and openings on BoF Careers, the global marketplace for fashion and beauty talent. [...]

One Nation Under Blonde

From blonde ‘bombshells’ to ‘blue-haired liberals’, hair has become a soft indicator of political affiliation. But these stereotypes are eroding, even as polarisation deepens. [...]

Inside James Whitner’s Purpose-First Retail Playbook

In this rerun episode, James Whitner joins Imran Amed on The BoF Podcast to unpack the philosophy behind his Black-owned retail business Whitaker Group, which owns brands including Social Status, [...]

Opinion: Shein’s IPO Has Only One Winner

Shein spent years trying to distance itself from China, only to discover that the supply chain underpinning its success was the one thing it couldn’t leave behind. That very ecosystem [...]

Gap’s Turnaround Now Hinges on Old Navy

Gap’s cultural resurgence is translating into double-digit sales growth. But sustaining the parent company’s momentum will depend on reviving its much larger Old Navy business, with a new chief executive [...]

Why Small Brands Are Unhappy About the EU’s Newest Regulation

Owners of small businesses have taken to social media to complain about a new EU packaging rule they say creates costs and complexities they aren't equipped to handle. Here's what [...]

Ulta Beauty Raises 2026 Guidance as Sales Rise 8.9%

The beauty retailer’s fiscal second-quarter growth was driven by fragrance, K-beauty and store expansion, said CEO Kecia Steelman. [...]

Nike Hires Walmart Veteran Ewing as Chief Commercial Officer

Jane Ewing, who was most recently interim chief executive officer for Sam’s Club in China, will join Nike on Sept. 7. [...]

Why Vince and Authentic Brands Group Bought a Stake in Drake’s OVO

The contemporary label is betting it can use its back-end logistics and wholesale relationships to accelerate Drake’s 15-year-old streetwear label while initiating a broader multi-brand platform for Vince. [...]

Gap Replaces Old Navy CEO After Bigger-Than-Expected Sales Drop

Former Target and Walmart veteran Michael Francis, known in the industry as a marketing guru, will succeed current Old Navy CEO Horacio Barbeito on Nov. 2. [...]

Inditex’s Primark Competitor Lefties Lands in the UK

The low-cost clothing brand opened its first UK store in Liverpool on Thursday, with shops in Newcastle and Essex due to follow later this year. [...]

Yayoi Kusama, Renowned for Infinity Rooms and Louis Vuitton Collaborations, Has Died

Kusama, who turned her hallucinations of flashing lights, dots and flowers into paintings, sculptures, installations and more, was one of the most important and top-selling contemporary artists in history. [...]

At a $10.1 Billion Valuation, Whoop Turns to Women

The US wearables company is hoping to add more female customers with the launch of a new, more elevated design. [...]

David Pemsel to Step Down as British Fashion Council Chairman

The UK fashion trade body has yet to name a successor. [...]

A Churchill painting that mysteriously fell into the hands of a Nazi collaborator is on show in London

The work—which was praised by Picasso—has taken an improbable route to an exhibition at the Wallace Collection [...]

Four artists explore AI's effect on culture as part of Serpentine's new art and technology fellowship

Artists Refik Anadol and Cao Fei are among the judges for the London-based Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship [...]

‘You have to take care’: behind the painstaking restoration of a rare early Art Nouveau house in Brussels

Visitors to the architect Victor Horta’s home can see the restoration in progress [...]

A brush with… Sunil Gupta—podcast

Sunil Gupta talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to film-makers, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work [...]

Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego faces financial and leadership crisis

After the museum laid off almost half its staff over the summer, its main campus was shut down and employees are calling for the removal of its director [...]

The art world’s billionaire problem is getting worse, research suggests

A new paper links widening wealth inequality to the market’s growing reliance on ultra-rich collectors [...]

‘Death is already woven into our everyday lives’: Sook Jin Jo on life's big issues—and the inspiration of cats

As her first major show in her homeland opens, the Korean American artist discusses her medium-spanning practice [...]

Many roads to modern art: Frieze Seoul spotlights overlooked artists

The new Spotlight section brings together 12 solo presentations of 20th-century artists [...]

In Korea and Japan, art breaches an often troubled shared history

An exhibition organised jointly in Yokohama and Seoul explores painful, and sometimes neglected, episodes from the countries’ past [...]

Busan and Gwangju biennials take a deep dive into resistance and change

This year’s editions between them showcase 89 artists and collectives, and explore Korea’s history of protest alongside the transformational power of reinvention [...]

Gwangju’s city government apologises to China over Taiwan Pavilion naming

Jeonnam Gwangju City has officially reiterated its support for the “One China Policy” after an exhibition at the Gwangju Biennale was named after the the autonomous island of Taiwan [...]

South Korea’s art market correction signals maturity

Though the value of the country’s market has yet to regain its 2022 peak, it has consolidated its position as a key regional centre for art [...]

September Book Bag: from Don McCullin’s powerful Vietnam images to a behind-the-scenes dive into Paula Rego’s studio

Our round-up of the latest art publications [...]

'Those pieces were simply not meant to be part of my collection': Mari Hong on avoiding regret

“Living with art” is the collector’s mantra, as she fills her home with the works she buys—and the ephemera she gathers from the many fairs and biennials she visits each [...]

Five shows to see during Seoul art week

There are plenty of exhibitions to see beyond the fairs [...]

Korea’s new art market law gets off to a shaky start

Part one of the Art Promotion Act, which came into effect in July, has left dealers struggling to comply amid widespread administrative confusion [...]

When Hockney met Betty: new book uncovers mysterious Beverly Hills Housewife in famous Los Angeles painting

Author James Cahill's account of the burgeoning 1960s LA art scene explores links between collector Betty Freeman and the late Yorkshire artist [...]

A bonanza of Bayeux Tapestry books to accompany the blockbuster British Museum exhibition

There is plenty to read about the medieval masterpiece as it returns to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years [...]

Metropolitan Museum and designer John Galliano cancel planned Costume Institute exhibition amid backlash

A chorus of Jewish community leaders, donors, politicians and others criticised the Met’s decision to honour Galliano in light of a 2011 conviction for an antisemitic hate crime [...]

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham reverses position on returning Parthenon Marbles to Greece

In 2023, when he was mayor of greater Manchester, Burnham had expressed unequivocal support for returning the Parthenon Marbles with ‘no strings’ attached [...]

Online platform connects hundreds of emerging Iranian artists with collectors abroad

The Continuum initiative provides rare access to a global audience and market [...]

Alleged antiquities smuggler’s children convicted of money laundering in Germany

A criminal court in Hamburg has ordered the confiscation of €32m in sales proceeds from Serop Simonian’s children, who plan to appeal their conviction [...]

London Science Museum's sponsorship deal with BP ends after almost 25 years

Museum leadership said the partnership would end on 31 August ‘at the end of its agreed term’ [...]

Curator offers crucial perspective on Hong Kong’s burgeoning 1980s and 1990s art scene in new book

Oscar Ho Hing-kay outlines the growing visibility of boundary-breaking local artists and their responses to the 1997 handover to China [...]

Essay collection explores how the West’s museums of plundered African artworks can be dismantled

Analysis documents how artists and filmmakers have reacted to colonialism and pillage in Africa [...]

An expert’s guide to Anish Kapoor: five must-read books

With a new show at London’s Hayward Gallery, an expert chooses books that delve into the established sculptor’s life and work over five decades [...]

Why I launched a new photobook imprint—veteran bookseller and publisher reveals next career move

Foxed Editions co-founded by Rudi Thoemmes focuses on overlooked parts of photographic history [...]

Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen from Vienna museum in brazen daytime heist

Authorities are searching for two unmasked men who bought tickets to the Museum of Applied Arts, smashed a display case, snatched the valuable necklace and walked out [...]

Guatemala museum that suddenly shuttered after court-ordered raid to reopen

The Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua closed abruptly last December, and its collection of 287 works has been in limbo ever since [...]

From the flower field to the infinity room: a story of Yayoi Kusama’s journey to becoming a superstar artist

Discouraged from pursuing an artistic career as a young woman, Kusama went on to inspire millions with her performances, installations, paintings and more [...]

Neolithic sculpture of a man riding a leopard discovered in Turkey

According to archaeologists, the statue's abstract style and depiction of a human on an animal make this discovery significant [...]

Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen caught up in alleged bribery scandal as civil servants dismissed

The city’s mayor said that two civil servants were found to have accepted “gifts from the municipality’s business contacts in exchange for possible preferential treatment” [...]

Remembering Sliman Mansour, a defining figure of Palestinian art

Through his art, Mansour was a pioneering force of Palestinian cultural resistance [...]

Comment | Felix Gonzalez-Torres's major survey in Madrid shows how his art was both stridently political and gently lyrical

The exhibition at the Museo Reina Sofía demonstrates the wealth of meanings in the artist's work [...]

UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait

The export bar gives UK museums and galleries until 26 December to raise the funds to keep the painting in the country [...]

‘We don't think it should be controversial to talk about these subjects’: Bonniers Konsthall opens exhibition on art as antifascist resistance ahead of Swedish election

The group show ‘The Defeated: The Aesthetics of Resistance 2026’, which opened in Stockholm this week, is inspired by the antifascist, postwar literature of German-Swedish writer Peter Weiss [...]

Pioneering US collector Albert Barnes turned down both of Van Gogh’s 'Starry Nights'

But he did buy seven of the artist’s paintings, which are now shown at his Philadelphia museum—including two risqué ones [...]

Art fair Art-o-rama’s winning formula: low fees, young blood, bold ideas

The 20-year-old contemporary art fair, taking place this weekend in the southern French city of Marseille, has maintained its youthful outlook and appetite for risk [...]

New documentary chronicles the late Brazilian artist Amélia Toledo’s boundary-pushing work

From works made of crystals, shells and stones, to hard-edged abstraction and photography, Toledo bridged many movements and media across her six-decade career, as director Hélio Goldsztejn’s new film shows [...]

Curveball at the Art Gallery of Ontario as Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease showcases painting skills

Cease, who took up painting in 2022, displayed one of his works at the revered Toronto gallery and launched a line of merchandise benefiting the institution [...]

Chief executive of Sydney’s anticipated Parramatta Powerhouse museum steps down two months before grand opening

Lisa Havilah had stood aside pending “investigations into governance and procurement”, according to New South Wales’ arts minister [...]

Founders of alternative art fair Basel Social Club to launch new event in Tokyo

Tokyo Jazz Club, taking place in a former capsule hotel during this year’s Art Week Tokyo, will “privilege experience over spectacle” according to organisers [...]

Chinese artist Gao Zhen sentenced to three years in prison for satirical sculptures of Mao Zedong

The works were exhibited in 2009, almost ten years before the law under which he was charged came into effect [...]

Frieze Abu Dhabi: which galleries are taking part in the inaugural fair?

Taking over the longstanding Abu Dhabi Art, the Frieze brand has lured international dealerships alongside a strong showing of regional names [...]

Monumental Noguchi sculpture donated to the New Orleans Museum of Art

"Mississippi Fountain", originally created for an office tower near the river in collaboration with the architect Gordon Bunshaft, will be installed at the museum’s Beaux Arts entrance this autumn [...]

Artist Piers Secunda creates paintings from ashes of Ukrainian buildings bombed by Russia

Works in the exhibition “Nature Morte”, on display at Fitzrovia Gallery, are accompanied by open-source information about individuals identified by the Ukrainian governmen as complicit in war crimes [...]

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who enthralled people worldwide with her polka dots and mirror rooms, has died aged 97

The artist, who died on 14 August at a hospital in Tokyo, drew record crowds with her innovative installations, paintings and soft sculptures [...]

Bolivia’s most visited museum kicks off five-year restoration project

The Casa Nacional de Moneda in Potosí, famous for its silver objects, coining machinery and colonial paintings, will undergo repair of its roofs and stonework [...]

When Dolly met Andy: a snapshot of the country music legend’s impact on artists

From Warhol to Annie Leibovitz, the late Dolly Parton was an inspiration to artists over her long career [...]

Gwangju Biennale permits Taiwan Pavilion name after row

The artists and curator behind the pavilion had said its name was changed to NTMoFA without their consent, while the biennial says it had been agreed in January [...]

Okiem – Lazin Magazine – October 2025