The all-new Hermès: Taking its cues from…Michael Kors?
Hermès’ mass market moves create an opening for MLCs to step forward and lead. (572 words)
Tyler Brule on Monocle: “We’re changing about 70% of the magazine.”
As the brand celebrates its tenth anniversary, big changes are coming to editorial and design. (653 words)
Luca Solca: “Yoox Net-a-Porter on the downswing, FarFetch on the up.”
Why Yoox Net-a-Porter is losing market share (and why Farfetch is better positioned for the future). (596 words)
The Nue Co: Aesop, Byredo – and Flintstone chewables – thrown in a blender.
Meet The Nue Co., the first supplements brand taking a true modern luxury approach. (450 words)
Jean Touitou celebrates 30 years of A.P.C. with a customary shrug.
Surly, cranky, and irreverent, BoF finds Touitou at his best during A.P.C’s 30th anniversary celebration. (345 words)
London’s Heist launches in France today.
On the back of a strong first year in the UK, premium tights specialist Heist leaps into the French market. (389 words)
What the press is saying about Beauty Pie (the Everlane of cosmetics) so far.
Beauty Pie is a subscription-based cosmetics upstart selling its own custom-developed makeup products to subscribers at factory prices. (501 words)
Tracking the Brilliant (and Unscalable) John Sterner Pre-launch Process.
Over the last year, Alexander Stutterheim of Stutterheim Raincoats fame has given us a behind-the-scenes look at his new top-end knitwear brand John Sterner. But in a market stuffed with cashmere competition, can he win?
Tracking the Rapha and LVMH deal – Here’s what we’ve gathered.
LVMH is in hot pursuit of London-based cycling brand Rapha. We’ve got details on the potential sale price — and what LVMH plans to do with them once acquired.
The British are coming: Drake’s of London dips a toe into the US (and signals a new set of ambitions).
In the six years since purchasing Drake’s in 2010 (alongside The Armoury’s Mark Cho), CEO Michael Hill has doubled the brand’s business. Here’s how he’s done it.