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Kering Plans to Sell $4 Billion Beauty Division to L’Oréal

A deal would be an early move by new Kering CEO Luca de Meo to revive the luxury giant’s fortunes. [...]

LVMH’s results and the subsequent share price rally seem to be more a reflection of hope than concrete evidence of a luxury rebound, writes Imran Amed. [...]

The BoF Podcast | Kenya’s Katungulu Mwendwa on Building a Made-in-Africa Brand

From Nairobi to the BoF 500, designer Katungulu Mwendwa explains why making locally matters, how to design ‘everyday armour’ people will keep for years and what global buyers must change [...]

How to Bring the Joy Back to Fashion Marketing

Moncler’s autumn campaign, featuring actors and long-time friends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, struck an emotional chord with audiences by showcasing true friendship. [...]

The Frayed Edge: Regulators Take a ‘Business First’ Approach to Sustainability

Europe is pushing ahead with moves to water down flagship sustainability rules in a bid to boost competitiveness, while Italian lawmakers are looking at ways to protect ‘Made in Italy’ [...]

Bringing Back the Bombshell

The beauty looks from the 2025 Victoria’s Secret show, by Pat McGrath and Jawara Wauchope, championed lip gloss and big hair in what felt like a return to the mass [...]

Exclusive: Jessica Simpson Wants Back in the Beauty Game

Three years ago, the pop star saved her eponymous fashion and beauty brand from bankruptcy. Now she’s launching a new scent — and announcing her reentry into the multibillion-dollar beauty [...]

The Kicks You Wear: An Inside Look At The Book on Michael Jordan

A chat with author Adam Bradley about “Air Jordan,“ the book he wrote with Assouline and Jordan Brand about Michael Jordan, himself. [...]

Art Market Sees Glimmers of Hope During London’s Frieze Week

An emerging generation of artists and gallerists is injecting a sense of fresh optimism and excitement into the UK market. [...]

UK’s Asos in Talks With German Authorities Over Customs Duty Claims

The British fast-fashion retailer is in talks with German customs authorities over a legal dispute regarding underpaid import duties. [...]

Trump Vows Lower Ozempic Prices, Novo Nordisk Shares Dip

Novo Nordisk shares fell as much as 6.4 percent in early Friday trading after the US President signalled the price of the Danish drugmaker’s weight-loss drugs would be lowered. [...]

Will Fashion Brands Strike Gold This Diwali?

Global brands are betting that glittering campaigns and festive designs will tempt Indian shoppers to look past economic headwinds and splurge during a key spending period in the retail calendar. [...]

Fashion Is Already Preparing for Gen Beta

Obviously, it’ll be a long time before the generation — born starting in 2025 into a world of AI and rapid change — will have an impact on the industry. [...]

Hermès Men’s Artistic Director Véronique Nichanian Steps Down

The designer, who led the brand for 37 years, will present her last collection in January, a spokesperson for Hermès has confirmed. [...]

Harry’s Owner Mammoth Brands Acquires Baby Care Line Coterie

The premium baby care brand will join a portfolio that includes shaving line Flamingo and deodorant maker Lume. [...]

BoF Careers Community Event: Meeting Fashion and Beauty Employee Needs

BoF Careers brought together HR executives from the likes of Louis Vuitton, The Estée Lauder Companies, Christian Dior Couture, Cartier, Pomellato, Polène and Sephora to an intimate presentation and cocktail [...]

Ulta Beauty Names New Chief Financial Officer

Christopher DelOrefice, who joins the US beauty retailer from Becton Dickinson & Company, will assume the role effective December 2025. [...]

Full Coverage: Kylie’s Comeback; Kenvue’s Woes

This week is all about two very different American beauty stories: one looking at its past, the other confronting its future. [...]

Riz Ahmed, Luca Guadagnino, DJ Black Coffee and June Sarpong to speak at BoF VOICES 2025

Riz Ahmed, Luca Guadagnino, DJ Black Coffee and June Sarpong are amongst the latest confirmed speakers for BoF’s annual gathering for big thinkers, now in its tenth year. [...]

Armani Names Deputy Managing Director and Long-time Giorgio Armani Ally as CEO

Giuseppe Marsocci, who has been with Armani for 23 years, takes over as the company searches for a buyer. [...]

Nestlé to Cut 16,000 Jobs

The world’s largest packaged food company, and parent of supplement brands like Vital Proteins, will winnow its workforce over the next two years to cut costs and win back investor [...]

J&J Faces First Baby Powder Lawsuits in the UK

Johnson & Johnson is facing the first lawsuits in the UK over allegations that its talc products cause cancer, as it fights tens of thousands of similar claims in the [...]

Victoria’s Secret’s New Take on Sexy

The second iteration of its retooled fashion show felt more like the ones that came before the 2019 cancellation — but with a modern update. [...]

Exclusive: Former Circ Executive Luke Henning Named Bio-Based Fur Startup BioFluff’s Interim CEO

Henning is stepping in to lead the next-gen materials business as it looks to raise $2.5million to fund commercial expansion. [...]

Rent-a-CEO: Why More Fashion Brands Are Hiring Part-Time Executives

From beauty labels like BLK/OPL to retailers such as Lulus, more companies are tapping seasoned fractional talent who bring expertise and low commitment in a volatile economic climate. [...]

Millennials’ Favourite Sock Brand Is Finally Opening a Store

After years of online growth, Bombas joins its DTC peers in testing physical retail, bringing its ‘buy one, donate one’ mission — and growing footwear lineup — to real-life shelves [...]

AI Styling Tool Alta Partners with Poshmark

The app will feature offerings from Poshmark, including preowned luxury handbags from Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Gucci. [...]

How Budapest Central European Fashion Week Became a Talent Incubator

Budapest Central European Fashion Week is positioning the Hungarian capital as a gateway to Central Europe’s fashion market — giving regional design talent a platform to showcase their unique collections [...]

The Debrief | Can a Shop Truly Be a ‘Third Place’?

A growing number of retailers are adding listening bars, cafés and lounges to keep shoppers lingering — but can a commercial space ever foster real community? The Debrief breaks it [...]

Chalhoub Group Invests in Willy Chavarria

The investment will fuel the New York-based brand’s expansion, including into markets such as Europe and Asia. [...]

Kim Kardashian Plots Skims Beauty Line

The multi-hyphenate entrepreneur announced on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast that she intends to relaunch her beauty line under the Skims brand. [...]

Perfume Maker Givaudan Sales Grow 5.4%, Announces Price Hikes

The Swiss flavour and fragrance firm said sales grew 5.4 percent in the first nine months of 2025, driven by success in fine fragrance, and announced tariff-related price increases. [...]

High Margin: LVMH Returns to Growth (Kind Of), MGC’s Next Act

Is luxury’s biggest conglomerate out of the woods? Plus, the case for Maria Grazia Chiuri’s appointment at Fendi, looking ahead to Paris art week. [...]

Opinion: Louis Vuitton’s Recovery May Not Herald a Bling Boom

The biggest factor that will determine whether the luxury revival is sustainable is China, Andrea Felsted writes. [...]

Shein Warns on Trump Tariff Uncertainty After Profits Slip

The Singaporean parent company of the ultra-fast-fashion retailer said pre-tax profits had fallen by 13 percent to $1.3 billion last year from $1.3 billion in 2023 after an increase in [...]

How Do You Bounce Back After Backlash? Boy Smells Offers an Answer

The queer-founded fragrance label is opening its first-ever store, months after weathering negative chatter around its creative overhaul. Now, it’s ready to win core customers back — and reach new [...]

Billion Dollar Beauty Files Trademark Suit Against Anastasia Beverly Hills

In a US court filing, Makeup label Billion Dollar Beauty accused the brow brand of infringing on its trademarks in CEO Anastasia Soare's upcoming book title, Bloomberg Law reports. [...]

Fossil India Is Said to Weigh IPO That Could Raise $400 Million

The US-based watchmaker is reportedly considering an initial public offering for its Indian arm amidst a booming market for new listings in India. [...]

LVMH Earnings Beat Sparks Luxury Share Rally

The company’s better-than-expected earnings were buoyed by improved demand in China, sparking hope for an end to the sector’s long-running malaise. [...]

Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills 16, Toll May Rise

A deadly fire at a Bangladeshi garment factory and an adjacent chemical warehouse highlights the ongoing issue of poor fire and building safety standards in the country’s vital garment sector. [...]

Inside Kendra Scott’s Next Chapter

The Austin, Texas-based brand is making its biggest push beyond jewellery yet with another #RushTok favourite: cowboy boots. [...]

Raf Simons and Pieter Mulier: Why Fashion Needs Disrupting

The top designers sit down with Tim Blanks to discuss creative risk-taking, the meaning of luxury and how to disrupt fashion, courtesy of Self Service. [...]

Radical PR Opens New York Office

The new location marks the agency's first in North America. [...]

At ESMOD, a Fashion Education Blending Craftsmanship With Emerging Technologies

As the international French fashion design and business school group adopts future-forward teaching practices, BoF sits down with Véronique Beaumont, chief operating officer and general director at ESMOD, to discuss [...]

Grimes’ Co-Creative Director Launches Sci-Fi-Inspired Beauty Brand

Cosmetics line Hyrular Beauty, which debuts on Wednesday, is targeting the fashionable gamer set with a futuristic campaign. [...]

Unilever Offloads Prestige Skincare Line Kate Somerville

The skincare label has been sold to Rare Beauty Brands in a deal set to close this year, Unilever announced on Tuesday. [...]

Vivienne Westwood’s Granddaughter Criticises Company as Riyadh Fashion Week Deal Announced

Cora Corré said the brand’s decisions ‘do not align with the values or wishes’ of the late designer, as it announced it would headline Riyadh fashion week despite Saudi Arabia’s [...]

RTFKT Co-Founder Has Died

Benoît Pagotto, who co-founded the virtual fashion platform RTFKT that Nike acquired in 2021 and shuttered last year, passed away earlier this month, friends and associates confirmed. [...]

LVMH Returns to Growth in Third Quarter, but Fashion Sales Lag

The group’s largest division contracted for a fifth quarter, but all other parts of the group improved. [...]

Walmart Partners With OpenAI to Offer Shopping on ChatGPT

OpenAI also has deals with Etsy Inc. and Shopify Inc. to allow ChatGPT users to buy products from their merchants. [...]

London edition of Dallas Invitational set to open at former US embassy in 2026

The Eero Saarinen-designed building will host around 15 galleries during next year's Frieze week [...]

Christie’s and Sotheby’s auctions offer some solace, but market remains wary

Peter Doig’s ‘Ski Jacket’ soared over its estimate to achieve £106.9m at Christie’s, but overall lower estimates and price corrections revealed a mixed picture [...]

‘We’re in it for the long term’: Frieze chief discusses Abu Dhabi Art fair takeover

The evolution of Abu Dhabi’s art ecosystem has been “many years in the making” [...]

Frieze London diary: art historical speed dating and frozen faeces

Plus: Tracey Emin and Nicholas Cullinan get confessional and Kate Bush gets artists running up that hill [...]

Artist Gao Zhen, detained in China since August 2024, is in deteriorating health, supporters warn

The 69-year-old artist, known for satiric works made in collaboration with his brother, has been charged with “slandering China’s heroes and martyrs” [...]

Double-edged sword: arms and armour play a small—but mighty—role at Frieze Masters

Quirky items, from crossbows to Bronze Age spearheads, can be found at the fair [...]

Shifting the dial: new fair Echo Soho celebrates women-run galleries

The inaugural edition, taking place in Soho Revue's residency space, features 12 gallerists [...]

Young at art: inside Frieze London's Focus section

Our pick of the best stands in the section devoted to galleries up to 12 years old [...]

Sound and vision: artists take to the decks for Peter Doig’s Serpentine show

The painter’s latest exhibition includes a vintage sound system, through which Doig and a roster of his famous friends, including Brian Eno and David Byrne, will play their favourite tracks [...]

‘Wear layers and chic waterproof shoes’: Cherry Cheng on the art she collects, the London food she loves and how she survives Frieze week

The perfumer who began her career in the art world describes two very different dining experiences and why she keeps returning to a portrait in the Musée d’Orsay [...]

Tanoa Sasraku: ‘I don’t see that the work needs to live forever’

The multimedia artist has been experimenting with techniques, including using a sunbed, to create works that change and decay at a pace that mirrors human ageing [...]

‘Like a carefully choreographed performance’: meet the logistics professionals who bring art fairs to life

From re-assembling a baby T. rex skeleton and digging a hole in Regent’s Park to wrangling a kinetic credit-card snaffler, no challenge is too great [...]

Is Art Basel Paris set to consume the original Swiss fair?

There is no doubt Paris is on a high, writes Georgina Adam, but there are several things that continue to make Basel distinctive [...]

The greatest Cypriot show in Florida: Ringling Museum opens its first permanent ancient-art gallery

The project has been almost 100 years in the making, when one of the Ringling brothers bought thousands of works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and took them home [...]

'It's about world-making': Tavares Strachan on his expansive new Lacma exhibition

The artist sheds light onto his interdisciplinary approach to excavating "invisible" histories [...]

‘Hope within the ruins’: Gaza's culture workers on rebuilding after the ceasefire

As the truce between Israel and Hamas takes hold, Gazans begin to focus on reconstructing their homes and heritage [...]

A manure mystery: why did Van Gogh depict heaps of sand in a painting of his beloved Yellow House?

New research explains the curious piles which puzzle viewers in one of the artist's most popular paintings [...]

Altman Siegel, stalwart of San Francisco’s gallery scene for 16 years, will close

The gallery’s current exhibition by the Japanese painter Shinpei Kusanagi will be its last [...]

Frieze in London, Hypha Studios and a Renoir drawing for ‘The Great Bathers’—podcast

Ben Luke discusses the mood at Frieze with The Art Newspaper's art market editor, Kabir Jhala, explores the parallel art world that exists for unrepresented artists and catches up with [...]

Rare wooden Alexander Calder mobile heads to Christie’s

An early example of Calder’s most famous creations, the work carries a record estimate of $15m to $20m [...]

Cultural issues define the Greens and Reform, so what are their arts policies?

Zack Polanski, the new UK Green Party leader, has big plans for the culture sector, while Reform’s Nigel Farage is giving little away [...]

Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris opens epic Gerhard Richter retrospective

The 93-year-old German artist is showing 275 works, from his breakthrough photographic paintings of the 1960s to last year’s ink-cloud drawings [...]

Embracing independence: meet the artists giving galleries a swerve

A growing number of emerging and mid-tier artists are building their own networks, and using new channels to sell directly to collectors [...]

In the frame: photography comes to the fore at Frieze London and beyond

A medium once marginalised in the art world finds new momentum at the fair and in exhibitions across the capital [...]

From fossils to fine art: top sales at Frieze Masters London

The fair makes headway with the sale of a Triceratops skull on opening night [...]

Frieze London diary: hair at the fair, art takes the streets and dreamers hit the sheets

Plus: the surprising benefits of reindeer pelts and where to take selfies with nudes in socks [...]

‘Greater balance and fairness’ in stand pricing brings diverse galleries to Frieze London

The new pricing structure, introduced in last year in 2024, continues to encourage growth and participation [...]

Solidarity and shared optimism take centre stage at 1-54 fair in London

As excitement builds around the opening of the Museum of West African Art, Nigerian galleries are making the most of the moment—while under-represented voices are highlighted across the event [...]

Archaeologists from Costa Rica and Mexico restore ancient stone spheres at Unesco World Heritage site

Fragile limestone carvings from the Diquís culture undergo conservation at the Finca 6 Museum Site in southern Costa Rica [...]

In pictures: demand is high at the Pavilion of Art and Design

Strong sales at the show signal the design sector’s good health [...]

Cultural resistance to Trump begins to form, with artists leading the charge

As president attempts to reshape US society, nationwide campaigns and protest projects are taking root [...]

Comic strips look to the future at the Cartoon Museum in London

From Dan Dare to Judge Dredd, comics illustrate insights into our present and beyond [...]

At London's Barbican, Lucy Raven chronicles the destruction of a California dam

The artist’s video installation explores devastating impacts on the environment and Indigenous communities [...]

‘We are in a very special situation as collectors’: Petr Pudil on opening the Kunsthalle Praha in Prague, and the art he collects

Alongside catching London’s museum shows, the co-founder of the Pudil Family Foundation likes to jog along the Thames and head out for a curry [...]

Michelangelo Pistoletto: ‘AI will not destroy humanity, we are doing it ourselves’

Now in his 90s, the Arte Povera artist shows no signs of slowing down, with a new show that places his work in dialogue with Picasso—and a recent nomination for [...]

Comment | Galleries are looking to merch to keep spirits up—it's a joyful move in challenging times

Playful events such as Lyndsey Ingram’s ‘Bourdon Street Chippy’ are a gateway to higher spending, writes Melanie Gerlis [...]

Tony Fitzpatrick, indefatigable artistic polymath from Chicago, has died, aged 66

A beloved figure in the Windy City art scene, Fitzpatrick was an artist, author, actor, curator and more [...]

Extravagant Munich museum dedicated to Symbolist Franz von Stuck to reopen after €13.5m renovation

The Museum Villa Stuck’s opulent interiors have had new life breathed into them—and the influential artist’s collection has been rehung [...]

Remembering Sylvio Perlstein, the Belgian art collector and jeweller, who died aged 94

Perlstein—whose family fled from Antwerp to Brazil to escape the Nazis—was a great collector of avant-garde art and was friends with some of its leading figures [...]

How British Museum artefacts are coming out of the cabinets and into the classroom

An ongoing initiative aims to inspire youngsters around England [...]

After 550 years, a fabric found in a Norwich bishop’s tomb is recreated

Tiny silk fragments from a ceremonial robe have been pieced together to recreate the sumptuous red and purple fabric [...]

‘It was the cheapest possible art form I could imagine’: Sophia Al-Maria performs stand-up for Frieze London

As the winner of this year’s Frieze London Artist Award, the artist will perform daily this week [...]

Diamonds as old as Earth itself go on show at Frieze Masters

The 3.5 billion-year-old gemstones are part of a display from the diamond company De Beers [...]

‘Quality always rules’: VIP day sales at Frieze London 2025

According to gallerists, collectors are taking longer to make decisions this year—but they are still showing up to buy [...]

U-Haul Gallery—briefly—brings art to the streets during Frieze London

The mobile gallery has been showing art from parking spots for over a year, but its stay at Regent's Park was short lived [...]

Frieze London's Artist-to-Artist section highlights talent emerging amid political tensions

While leaders around the world are placing a great deal of focus on people's differences, here unity and collectivity come to the fore [...]

Everyone’s a winner, baby: prizes abound during Frieze London

We take stock of who has won what, from the Tate Frieze Fund to the Circa 2025 prize [...]

Frieze London diary: a Mick Jagger meeting, a movie night and punk fair style

Plus: an artist generates intrigue with distinctive face tattoos [...]

Thinking bigger: gallery stalwarts Sadie Coles, Maureen Paley and Stuart Shave on why they're expanding to new London spaces

Amid a challenging art market, the gallerists remain positive about London's resilience as an international hub [...]

In pictures: p(art)y people at the Frieze London VIP preview

Celebrities and art world glitterati descended on Regent’s Park today for the fair's VIP preview [...]

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