The Business of Fashion Podcast
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The Business of Fashion Podcast
The Business of Fashion has gained a global following as an essential daily resource for fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs in over 200 countries. It is frequently described as “indispensable,” “required reading” and “an addiction.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
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Can Fashion Still Meet Its Climate Promises?
As COP30 gets underway in Belém, a port city on the edge of the Brazilian rainforest, the mood is sober. A decade after the Paris Agreement was adopte...
Amber Valletta: ‘Do What You Love. Serve a Higher Purpose.’
Amber Valletta grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, spending time on her grandparents’ farm. Her childhood was defined by open fields, a freshwater creek and a...
Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Accessories?
Colourful charms, Labubu-laden handbags and a ring on every finger – accessories sales are booming. A surge of necklace stacks, playful rings and quir...
Why Robert Wun Ditched the Wholesale Model for Bespoke Creations
Soon after sharing his graduate work from the London College of Fashion online, Hong Kong-born Robert Wun was approached by Joyce Boutique to buy his...
The Human Cost of Trump's Tariffs
In late August, the US doubled duties on Indian goods to 50 percent, in what President Donald Trump described as a punishment for India’s purchases of...
Khalifa Bin Braik on Dubai’s Transformation and the MENA Retail Playbook
Born in Dubai in 1978 when the city was still a modest trading port, Khalifa Bin Braik has witnessed the city’s rapid transformation into a 21st-cent...
Would You Let AI Shop for You?
A new wave of AI shopping agents has emerged as Big Tech and start-ups alike vie for dominance of this new market. OpenAI, Google and Perplexity are e...
Sinéad O’Dwyer: ‘The Glorification of Vulnerability in Fashion Is Really Bizarre’
Irish designer Sinéad O’Dwyer grew up in a household of creative entrepreneurs. Her father was a silversmith and a sculptor, her mother was a music ed...
Does Fashion Still Know What Women Want?
This fashion month, models walked the tightrope between fantasy and function. On the runway, spectacle was dialled up to 100: Alaïa’s armless “straitj...
Kenya’s Katungulu Mwendwa on Building a Made-in-Africa Brand
Born and raised in Nairobi, Katungulu Mwendwa grew up cradled in the warmth and unpredictability of the bustling Kenyan capital and the hands-on craf...
Can a Shop Truly Be a “Third Place”?
Retailers are racing to repackage shops as “third places” — low-pressure spaces to linger between home and work — as post-pandemic footfall softens an...
Tim Blanks and Imran Amed Reflect on the Biggest Fashion Month Ever
We’ve just returned from what was undoubtedly the biggest fashion month ever, a high-stakes season that saw new creative directors debut their visions...
Sports x Fashion: Who’s Really Winning?
From team-branded fashion shows to tunnel-walk capsules and luxury watch deals, sport and fashion are converging at speed. The NFL has rolled smaller...
Kiki McDonough on Changing How Women Buy and Wear Jewellery
Raised in a family of antique jewellery specialists, Kiki McDonough launched her namesake jewellery brand in 1985 with accessible pricing and pieces w...
Can Gen-Z Beauty Brands Grow Up?
Brands like Bubble, Starface and Byoma rode TikTok-native aesthetics to win Gen-Z hearts and Sephora shelf space with plush mascots, playful stickers...
Edward Buchanan on Being Written Out of Fashion History
Growing up in Ohio, Edward Buchanan always knew he would have a creative career.
That interest first led him to art school at CCAD in Cleveland...
Why Gen Z Isn’t Buying Luxury’s Story
Luxury is struggling to connect with Gen Z, a cohort raised on TikTok and YouTube who research before they buy, shop vintage and resale as a first sto...
Glenn Martens: ‘Social Media Has Turned Fashion into the Hunger Games’
Belgian designer Glenn Martens grew up in Bruges, studied in Antwerp and cut his teeth in Paris, where lean years taught him every role from pattern c...
The Great Fashion Reset: Can New Designers Still Build a Business?
Department stores and major e-tailers once incubated new labels with consistent buys and patience; today those channels are shrinking or unstable. Soc...
Edward Enninful on Moving From Editor to Entrepreneur
This week, former editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, unveiled EE72, a media platform and consultancy which blends a print magazine, a...
The Great Fashion Reset: Can Designer Debuts Revive Luxury?
This fashion month arrives after years of post-pandemic boom giving way to a sharp slowdown in luxury demand. Weaker consumer confidence in China, pre...
Special Episode: The Great Fashion Reset
After a post-pandemic high, the fashion industry is facing a hard crisis. Growth has cooled, prices have surged, quality is under scrutiny and aspirat...
What Went Wrong at Ssense
Ssense’s bankruptcy filing makes it the latest in a long line of online luxury retailers to find itself on the brink. In an internal memo, Ssense co-f...
The Best of The BoF Podcast: Clare Waight Keller on Finding Opportunity in Discomfort
Clare Waight Keller’s career in fashion has been defined by her versatility as a designer and desire to step outside her comfort zone. She started out...
The Best of The BoF Podcast: Avery Trufelman on the Meaning Behind the Clothes We Wear
On her award-winning podcast “Articles of Interest,” host and producer Avery Trufelman dives deep into the stories behind the clothes we wear. From th...
The Best of The BoF Podcast: Francesco Risso Says Fashion Should Slow Down to Find Its Magic Again
Born in Sardinia on a sailing boat to self-described “adventurous” parents, Francesco Risso grew up in an environment that fostered independence, spon...
The Best of The BoF Podcast: James Whitner on Culture, Community and Building Brands with Purpose
James Whitner — founder of The Whitaker Group and the visionary behind retailers such as A Ma Maniére and Social Status — reveals how culture, purpose...
How Basketball Sneakers Got Their Groove Back
Performance basketball shoes have long been embedded in fashion culture, from the iconic Air Jordans of the 1990s to the stylised sneakers worn in NBA...
The Jobs Fashion and Beauty Talent Want in 2025
In the five years since the pandemic, fashion and beauty workplaces have undergone seismic change. Amid mounting economic uncertainty, geopolitical in...
Why Duran Lantink Refuses to Follow Fashion’s Rules
From a very young age, Dutch designer Duran Lantink has been fascinated by the transformative power of fashion.
His journey began in his early...
High Luxury, Cheap Labour: Inside Loro Piana's Sweatshop Links
The luxury industry trades on a carefully constructed marketing image, deeply linked to artful claims of exclusivity, craftsmanship, and impeccable st...
Jacques Marie Mage and the Transformative Power of Sunglasses
Jérôme Mage is the founder and creative force behind Jacques Marie Mage, the luxury eyewear brand known for its distinctive silhouettes, limited produ...
Fashion Braces for Impact as Trump Tariffs Returns
After turning to other matters for a few weeks, President Donald Trump has reignited his aggressive tariff strategy, threatening sweeping new duties o...
In Paris, Hellos, Goodbyes and Waiting For Creative Change
The latest fashion season marked a period of significant transition with new creative leadership taking centre stage at some of luxury’s biggest house...
How Fashion Learned to Love The Real Housewives
In nearly two decades since the first “Real Housewives” franchise debuted, reality TV has moved from the fringes of entertainment to become a major cu...
Rachel Scott on the Sensuality of Craft
Rachel Scott, founder of Diotima, has built a reputation for bringing a nuanced portrayal of Caribbean culture to the global fashion stage. Drawing on...
Fashion Tech Boom 2.0
After years of disillusionment with fashion tech, investors are once again excited about its potential, but with a very different mindset to the hype-...
Yasmin Sewell: Intuition Can be a Superpower in Business
As a fashion buyer and creative force at retail institutions like Browns and Liberty, Yasmin Sewell has long been tuned into aesthetics and the power...
The Jewellery Boom, Explained
As major luxury brands struggle to maintain momentum amid an industry-wide slowdown, one category is bucking the trend: jewellery. While demand for ha...
Tracee Ellis Ross: Understanding the Diversity of Humanity is Good Business
When Tracee Ellis Ross launched Pattern Beauty in 2019, she set out to challenge the beauty industry's lack of products for curly, coily and tight-tex...