Pattern Beauty Names Tiffani Carter Chief Marketing Officer
Carter joins the company from makeup artist Danessa Myricks’ namesake cosmetics label, where she was CMO.
François-Henry Bennahmias faced down doubters as he leveraged popular culture to transform Audemars Piguet’s business. Ahead of his departure from the now-$2.6 billion brand next week, Bennahmias revisits his triumphs and setbacks, and hints at his start-up ambitions.
François-Henry Bennahmias faced down doubters as he leveraged popular culture to transform Audemars Piguet’s business. Ahead of his departure from the now-$2.6 billion brand next week, Bennahmias revisits his triumphs and setbacks, and hints at his start-up ambitions.
“What we saw in 2021 and 2022 was out of the norm,” said Francois-Henry Bennahmias, chief executive officer of Audemars Piguet.
The French house showcased its new Tweed-inspired high jewellery collection in London this week. CEO Frédéric Grangie sees the ‘booming’ category as a key opportunity to elevate the Chanel brand.
Brands like Dior and Valentino are banking on India’s high growth potential, but it will take more than dazzling shows and sleek stores to turn this complex market into a major revenue source.
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From working on the shop floor at Louis Vuitton to holding executive roles at Tag Heuer, Cartier, Tesla and Farfetch, Jeffery Fowler shares his career advice on advancing through the ranks in luxury retail.
The crypto market’s dramatic decline hasn’t totally curbed its wild spending, though it does look to be shifting its predilection for loud luxury toward a more discrete sense of style.
An uncertain economy and freefalling resale prices have created a sense of unease in the category, but watch dealers and experts say the best is still ahead.
From casualisation to the decline of streetwear, BoF unpacks what’s driving the “unprecedented” boom in the men’s market.
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Some see the crypto downturn as a way to weed out weak projects, chase away the speculators and clear the way for builders who see web3’s long-term value.
Fashion entrepreneurs need a new playbook to launch, scale and differentiate their companies, as regulations and rising costs mean performance marketing can no longer serve the critical role it once did for DTC brands. Finding the right positioning and capturing market share can mean going back to the brand-building basics, as BoF profiles of Gymshark, Hodinkee and Mejuri show.
Fashion entrepreneurs need a new playbook to launch, scale and differentiate their companies, as regulations and rising costs mean performance marketing can no longer serve the critical role it once did for DTC brands. Finding the right positioning and capturing market share can mean going back to the brand-building basics, as BoF profiles of Gymshark, Hodinkee and Mejuri show.
As travel bounces back after two-plus years of limited trips, fashion-branded hotels have gained fresh momentum.
The executive handoff comes as the online destination for watch superfans looks to expand its e-commerce business, which has surpassed $100 million in annual sales.
Carter joins the company from makeup artist Danessa Myricks’ namesake cosmetics label, where she was CMO.
The companies are the latest additions to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List that restricts the import of goods tied to what the US government has characterised as an ongoing genocide of minorities in China’s Xinjiang region.
Craig Green, Ottolinger and Louis Gabriel Nouchi have been tapped to design for the fifth edition of the project by Netherlands-based tannery Ecco Leather, now known as Ecco.Kollektive.
London-based womenswear brand Chopova Lowena has been named the winner of the 2024 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund.
The Toronto-based company reported revenue of C$358 million ($263 million) for the fiscal fourth quarter.
The likelihood of a successful Burberry turnaround is limited in the near term, UBS Group AG analyst Zuzanna Pusz wrote in note.
The collaboration includes collections designed and curated by David Beckham for both formal and casual menswear.
The seven-piece collection has been created with the perfumers Anne Flipo, Fanny Bal and Quentin Bisch.