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Why ‘Made in America’ Is Still a Fashion Fantasy

Trump’s “America First” trade agenda is designed to encourage domestic manufacturing. But ambitions to move more apparel production to the US have been stymied for years by limited capacity and [...]

Exclusive: Diane von Furstenberg Inks Distribution Deal With Zalando

Diane von Furstenberg Inks Distribution Deal With Zalando. The iconic American dress brand is trading traditional wholesale for exclusive regional distribution deals as part of its revamp strategy. [...]

Swiss Watch Exports Could Dwindle to 12 Million Units As High-End Shift Accelerates

“Big Four” watchmaking brands Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille all grew last year, Morgan Stanley’s annual report said. But less sought-after names including Tudor, LVMH’s Hublot, Swatch’s [...]

How Crown Affair Became the Queen of It-Girl Hair Care

Dianna Cohen and Elaine Choi have built an insider favourite haircare label with signature products like the hair towel and brush-applied dry shampoo. Armed with a new funding round, they [...]

Building Competitive Advantage in Customer Care Through AI

BoF and Zendesk gathered executives from Ralph Lauren, Walmart, Michael Kors and Tapestry for an intimate breakfast under the Chatham House Rule to discuss the challenges and opportunities in leveraging [...]

Edward Enninful Launches Media and Entertainment Company

EE72, co-founded by the former British Vogue editor and his sister Akua Enninful, will develop content, experiences and products in partnership with top talent and companies. [...]

Kayali Bought by Co-Founder and Private Equity Firm General Atlantic

Dubai-based Huda Beauty will sell the buzzy fragrance line to its co-founder, Mona Kattan, and General Atlantic, buying back a stake held by TSG Consumer Partners since 2017. [...]

BoF Masterclass | The Complete Guide to Communicating Value to Shoppers

Join us for our next BoF Professional Masterclass on Thursday, February 27 at 16:00 GMT / 11:00 EST as report author Joan Kennedy and BoF’s technology correspondent Marc Bain, along [...]

A New Era of Men’s Skincare in India

Traditional macho marketing is being replaced by inclusive campaigns, science-backed formulations and influencer-led storytelling as Indian men embrace beauty and skincare. [...]

Shein Is Said to Face Investor Pressure to Slash Valuation to $30 Billion

Shein shareholders are suggesting that an adjustment is needed to help get its potential initial public offering in the UK over the line, the people said, asking not to be [...]

TikTok Grabs Market Share From Shein Despite Looming Risks

Observed sales grew 153 percent for TikTok Shop during the month, compared with 26 percent for Shein and 28 percent for Temu, BSM’s Joe Hung said in a research note. [...]

What Happened to France’s Anti-Fast Fashion Bill?

The French Senate has yet to take up the ‘sin tax’-style penalty on fast fashion products, a year after the country’s lower house unanimously approved the bill. [...]

How Emerging Brands Can Solve the Wholesale Puzzle

Partnering with department stores and boutiques used to be the first and sometimes only option for new labels to break though. Today, that path often winds through Shopify and Instagram [...]

Stars Sport Black at Goth-Tinged Baftas in London

The moody theme, which has been making a comeback, dominated style at the award ceremony. [...]

This Week: BAFTAs, F1 and London Fashion Week

Sports and film will keep the hype machine going in the gap between New York and London shows. [...]

The BoF Podcast | Es Devlin and Ekow Eshun on Belonging, Otherness and Identity

World-renowned stage designer Es Devlin and writer Ekow Eshun explore how confronting personal biases and grappling with ‘otherness’ can fundamentally alter our understanding of self and community. [...]

Hermès Responds to ‘Walmart Birkin’, Dupe Culture

CEO Axel Dumas called fakes “detestable” while acknowledging the grey area surrounding many copycat products. [...]

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: The Next Seoul Cycle

Walmart invests in K-Beauty’s new haircare frontier. [...]

Fashion Marketers Ditch Clichés on Valentine’s Day

Many brands thought outside the proverbial chocolate box this year, leaning into campaigns and activations that helped build their brands and communities, rather than simply jumping on a moment in [...]

Exclusive: Inside the Launch of Arks, Ranbir Kapoor’s Lifestyle Brand

Today in Mumbai, the Bollywood superstar is launching a premium lifestyle label with a range of sneakers, everyday clothing and accessories. [...]

Consumer Trends and Cultural Opportunities in Dubai

The final section of the paper, Inside the Fashion Opportunity in Dubai, unpacks how fashion brands can optimise their product ranges for improved impact in Dubai — with unique insights [...]

Why Can’t Fashion Eliminate Labour Exploitation From Its Supply Chains?

Brands like Patagonia, Nike and Lululemon have been working for years to address the exploitation of migrant workers at key fabric suppliers in Taiwan. Despite some progress, the issue has [...]

The Hottest Trend in Makeup Is Skincare

A wave of new launches from brands like Versed, Glow Recipe and Rhode Skin show how skin-first brands are approaching color cosmetics without leaving their value propositions behind. [...]

Case Study | The Complete Guide to Communicating Value to Shoppers

Among the greatest challenges fashion businesses face today is convincing increasingly discerning and discount-driven shoppers that their products are worth the buy — at full price. This case study explores [...]

Los Angeles artists face long road to recovery after deadly wildfires

Some lost everything, others are in limbo waiting to go home and most have found support in the art community [...]

Suspended prison sentences sought in Versailles lead poisoning trial

Restorers were contaminated by lead dust when they scrubbed down the sculptures and decoration of the royal opera in the Château de Versailles [...]

TJ Boulting gallery in London, known for its roster of women photographers, has closed after 13 years

Citing a tough market and a desire to begin a new chapter, co-founder Hannah Watson has ended the Fitzrovia gallery [...]

Generative artists unite to back research into degenerative disease

For the Cure3 exhibition at Bonhams, to raise money for research into Parkinson’s disease, contributing artists Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn talk about the cause [...]

Private museum addressing gender inequality in Norway’s art scene opens

Sixty percent of the acquisitions at PoMo in Trondheim will be by women artists [...]

Madrid's Reina Sofia museum acquires hundreds of works to diversify its collection

Spain’s national museum of contemporary art has purchased 470 works, most by women, and many by artists from ethnic minorities [...]

Cleveland Museum of Art will return looted Greco-Roman bronze to Turkey

Scientific analysis confirmed that the ancient, headless sculpture had been looted from a shrine in Bubon [...]

12 must-see exhibitions in and around Los Angeles during Frieze

From ancient Peruvian pottery and mid-century Modern ceramics, to reimagined Old Masters, an invented queer cowboy movie and more [...]

Lacquered box at Rudyard Kipling’s former home revealed to be rare example of South American decorative art

A small casket, said to be a Barniz de Paso work, a largely forgotten form of varnishing, was found at the writer's house in East Sussex [...]

Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84

Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language [...]

Art Institute of Chicago gifted more than 2,200 French Old Masters

The donation, by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz, will give visitors unprecedented access to the US's largest collection of French Old Masters [...]

Indigenous communities assist with reinterpretation of Arizona petroglyphs

At the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, a new project seeks to update the antiquated archaeological records of thousands of ancient motifs [...]

Los Angeles wildfires tested the city’s art handling and storage infrastructure

Facilities responded quickly to increased demand during evacuations [...]

Cemetery for enslaved people rediscovered at Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee plantation

Long-obscured and forgotten, the burial plots of more than two dozen people enslaved by the seventh president of the US are located and honoured [...]

British Museum attacked by eldritch horrors... in new video game

The challenges of managing the British Museum reach new highs in ‘Tides of Annihilation’ [...]

As Sudan’s civil war rages on, its heritage is under siege

At least six museums and multiple historic sites have suffered looting or damage as a result of the conflict [...]

String of resignations after Khaled Sabsabi withdrawn from representing Australia at the Venice Biennale

The head of Creative Australia’s visual arts department and the board member and artist Lindy Lee among those who have reportedly left their posts [...]

Van Gogh’s hospital painting comes to London, returning for the first time in a hundred years

The picture shows the ward where the artist slept after mutilating his ear—I witnessed the room’s tragic demolition [...]

London exhibition to unite Hockney’s early works on love

In The Mood For Love features experimental paintings that the British artist made made during and immediately after his time at London’s Royal College of Art (RCA) [...]

Reeling from wholesale slashing of US aid, Ukraine’s cultural and heritage sector considers its future

Cultural organisations have all been hit by the Trump administration’s moves—many are now looking to other countries and international institutions to fill the funding gap [...]

Roman basilica discovered beneath London office block

The 2,000-year-old ruins were found close to Bank tube station and London Bridge [...]

Why the champagne house Ruinart believes artists are ‘the best conveyors of what we believe in'

The oldest champagne brand of all has doubled down on contemporary art commissions that address climate change and built an energy-efficient visitors’ pavilion, designed by Sou Fujimoto [...]

Mentions of ‘transgender’ and ‘queer’ removed from US government website dedicated to Stonewall National Monument

Other pages on the National Park Service site related to diversity, equity and inclusion also appear affected [...]

Anselm Kiefer, Hoor al Qasimi on the Sharjah Biennial, a Picasso Blue Period mystery—podcast

Exploring the trailblazing German artist’s early work, Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi on creating a world-class event in her home city and a hidden image at the Courtauld [...]

As the wealthiest lurch to the right, will the commercial art world follow?

Condo London festival suggests repercussions of Donald Trump's presidential triumph are not clear-cut [...]

Mexico City’s oldest art gallery celebrates 90 years

Galería de Arte Mexicano became a nonagenarian with an anniversary show and a mariachi party on its Zona Maco stand [...]

Former employees of New York arts organisation claim they were fired for supporting artists’ pro-Palestine statement

Two former employees of Eyebeam, an art and technology non-profit in Brooklyn, believe they were fired for supporting a call to endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural [...]

Textile Museum of Canada closing until autumn amid ‘unexpected shortfall in our finances’

The museum’s board chair also cited the need for “urgent repairs” to its building in downtown Toronto [...]

Khaled Sabsabi will no longer represent Australia at the Venice Biennale in 2026

Move follows an article in The Australian newspaper, which called attention to controversial works by the artist including depictions of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah [...]

South by Southwest London aims to deliver ‘sensible optimism’ at a time of global uncertainty

The Shoreditch-based festival's chief executive looks forward to presenting the cross-disciplinary work of “good, clever people with open minds”, including the actor Idris Elba and the artist and film-maker Jenn [...]

Remembering the pioneering Australian Indigenous artist whose meticulous bark paintings captured a hidden power

The painter, referred to as Balang Nakurulk (Mr Mawurndjul) AM until his family give permission for him to be identified otherwise, was also a keen supporter of women artists [...]

Art Basel reveals a new section for fresh-to-market works

Premiere will be dedicated to art created within the past five years [...]

Brooklyn Museum to lay off more than 40 staffers amid rising deficit

The institution is also implementing a hiring freeze and senior leadership will take salary cuts [...]

Los Angeles pop-up exhibition showcases—and benefits—wildfire victims

Curated by Aram Moshayedi, “One Hundred Percent” includes works by Kelly Akashi, Kathryn Andrews, Paul McCarthy, Diana Thater and others impacted by the fires [...]

Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s The Gates revived, in exhibition and augmented reality, 20 years later

An AR experience in Central Park and a show at The Shed bring the sprawling Land art installation in Central Park back to life [...]

Artists and scientists join forces for Finland climate crisis project

Climate Clock will see a permanent public art trail installed in the city of Oulu [...]

Sculpture Projects Münster appoints Vincent Schier as curator

The former artistic director of Kunstverein Göttingen will work with three members of the Zagreb-based curating collective What, How & for Whom [...]

Jeffrey Gibson’s Venice Biennale show heads to the Broad in Los Angeles

The queer, Indigenous artist hopes the work will reach more Native Americans [...]

Sharjah Biennial 16: sprawling emirate-wide exhibition regains its edge

This year's edition of the distinguished event features more than 650 works by nearly 200 artists that build upon its legacy of creating connections between non-Western communities [...]

Conservation work on Tintoretto’s ‘Crucifixion’ reveals traces of elaborate draughting grids

The discovery adds to evidence that preparatory drawings were common practice for Venetian artists as well as for their Florentine peers [...]

Major campaign to revamp UK arts education launches at Tate Modern

The Arts and Minds campaign, which is supported by artists including Bob and Roberta Smith and Helen Cammock, seeks to put creativity front and centre within British school curriculums [...]

Jordan Casteel, artist who ‘stands out in her generation of painters’, joins Thaddaeus Ropac gallery

Casteel is also jointly represented by the New York gallery Casey Kaplan [...]

Qatar to construct permanent pavilion in Venice Biennale’s Giardini—the first country to do so for 30 years

The site will be used for an installation by the Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari during this year’s architecture exhibition before opening officially [...]

New heritage body will use AI tools to help protect key sites from war and environmental crises