How Valentino Embraced Diversity

The BoF 500 Gala, Forever 21 Bankruptcy [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT [Polartec (DD) - Sept 30_Oct5 2019]( THE UPFRONT Dear BoF Community, At the start of her modelling career, Adut Akech was plagued by doubts. "Who’s going to want to work with this little girl from South Sudan," she would ask herself. Turns out, just about everyone, from the world's biggest luxury brands and magazines to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her work with Valentino's Pierpaolo Piccioli is particularly satisfying. She describes the luxury house as her latest safe haven; Piccioli simply calls her "The One." In the first of three cover profiles from BoF's latest print edition exploring the subject of inclusivity, [Tim Blanks examines how the artistic collaboration between the refugee-turned-model and the designer breaks new ground in reconciling extravagance and diversity.]( Brian Baskin, Features and News Editor TODAY'S MUST READ [People]( [Valentino’s ‘Opulence of Diversity’]( BY Tim Blanks [Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli has reimagined the storied Roman fashion house as an extraordinary hybrid of extravagance and inclusivity, casting black models like Sudanese refugee Adut Akech to bring a modern edge to his couture and send a message to the world.]( TOP STORIES [#BoF500]( [Introducing the #BoF500 Class of 2019]( BY BoF Team [In advance of tonight's annual BoF 500 gala at Paris Fashion Week, The Business of Fashion is proud to reveal the latest members of the #BoF500, a community of people shaping the global fashion industry that grows stronger over time.]( [#BoF500]( [At the #BoF500 Gala in Paris, Inclusivity Takes Centrestage]( BY Laure Guilbault [Naomi Campbell, Adut Akech, Pierpaolo Piccioli, Karen Elson and other industry leaders from around the world celebrated the #BoF500 and inclusivity during Paris Fashion Week.]( [News & Analysis]( [Forever 21 Bankruptcy Signals a Shift in Consumer Tastes]( BY The New York Times [The fast-fashion retailer’s chapter 11 filing puts a spotlight on the widening chasm between America’s lower-quality malls, which are losing customers and anchor tenants, and the top centres still driving foot traffic.]( [Ready-to-Wear Spring 2020]( [Stories Embedded in the Fabric at McQueen]( BY Tim Blanks [There have been seasons when Sarah Burton’s allegiance to her past crippled her own relevance. Time has a way of readjusting such perceptions.]( To access this article, become a BoF Professional Member [JOIN]( [NEWS BITES]( [Alibaba’s Luxury Venture With Richemont Goes Online in China]( [PARIS FASHION WEEK]( [Raw Meets Polished at Givenchy]( [Clare Waight Keller wanted to play with contrasts, and the payoff would have been the opposites attracting, reconciling. But that didn’t happen here.]( [Giambattista Valli Spring/ Summer 2020 | ]( [In the Garden of Giambattista Valli]( [This season, the designer marched forward with youthful élan.]( [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web]( 1 [The Most Watched Editor at Fashion Week]( [THE NEW YORK TIMES]( 2 [Has The Model Charter Actually Changed Fashion?]( [ELLE]( 3 [The Only Thing Rappers and Queen Elizabeth II Have in Common]( [THE WALL STREET JOURNAL]( 4 [How the Power Suit Lost Its Power]( [VOX]( 5 [Disruption: Why the Big Luxury Brands Should Be Scared]( [JING DAILY]( [BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS]( [Export Manager]( [Samsøe Samsøe]( Copenhagen, Denmark [Sales Director]( [Fleur du Mal]( New York, United States [Social Media Executive]( [Pringle of Scotland]( London, United Kingdom [View All Jobs](  [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( Follow Us [The Business of Fashion]( [Sponsorship & Advertising]( [About]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Add to Address Book]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Edit Newsletter Subscriptions]( The Business of Fashion Moray House - 6th Floor · 23-31 Great Titchfield St London W1W 7PA · United Kingdom