The Month That Changed Fashion Forever

Global Stories From a Month That Changed Fashion Forever [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST ADVERTISEMENT [DDNL | Market A New Brand | March 2020]( THE UPFRONT Dear BoF Community, Today's BoF Professional feature is a gripping account of how brands and designers from New York to Stockholm to Paris to Kuala Lumpur reacted in real time as Covid-19 became a global pandemic, and a health crisis triggered an economic meltdown. Sarah Kent spoke with fashion industry insiders forced to make snap decisions to save their businesses, assembling a compelling oral history of the pandemic's early days and how independent brands plan to survive. [You'll want to read every word of this one]( This week, we'll have more wall-to-wall coverage, including a series of live events with the BoF team and respected industry leaders. Coming up Monday: a conversation with Vogue Italia Editor-in-Chief Emanuele Farneti and a chance to ask BoF Editor-in-Chief Imran Amed [absolutely anything](. Brian Baskin, News and Features Editor TODAY'S MUST READ [Intelligence]( [Global Stories From a Month That Changed Fashion Forever]( BY Sarah Kent [Over the last four weeks, the Covid-19 pandemic has shut down fashion’s capitals and triggered a global economic meltdown. BoF documents the early days of the crisis.]( To access this article, become a BoF Professional Member [JOIN]( TOP STORIES [Opinion]( [What Will Become of Fashion When the Epidemic Is Over?]( BY Angelo Flaccavento [Italian creators, from Giorgio Armani to Silvia Venturini Fendi, agree on one thing: the crisis is an opportunity to regain our long-lost soul.]( [This Week in Fashion]( [No Company Will Survive Coronavirus Alone]( BY BoF Team [Smart businesses will emerge from this crisis stronger, but only by collaborating with competitors and upholding their responsibilities, not just to shareholders, but to a wider set of stakeholders, including employees, suppliers and society at large.]( To access this article, become a BoF Professional Member [JOIN]( [Intelligence]( [Amid Coronavirus, Looking After Workers on Fashion’s Front Lines]( BY Tamison O'Connor [When it comes to fashion’s low-income retail and supply chain workforce, the industry faces a dilemma: continue business as usual and risk putting employees’ health in jeopardy; shut down operations and leave employees’ economic livelihood under threat.]( [News & Analysis]( [You’re Invited to #BoFLIVE]( BY Imran Amed [Everyday this week, BoF will be hosting a series of live digital events to bring our global community together.]( [News & Analysis]( [Coronavirus Live Blog: Fashion Week Goes Digital]( BY BoF Team [Brands are scrambling to adapt to escalating containment efforts, as the industry braces for painful economic fallout. Follow our live blog for continuous updates.]( [Sponsored feature]( [Inside the Artisanal Teams at Bulgari]( BY BoF Team [As gatekeepers of the brand’s Roman heritage, BoF meets three artisans from Bulgari’s creative hubs to hear how the brand fosters talents’ career paths and infuses learning into their day-to-day.]( [IN OTHER NEWS]( [LVMH to Supply France With 40 Million Surgical Masks to Tackle Shortage]( [Kering to Provide 3 Million Surgical Masks to France, Gucci Prepping to Make 1.1 Million For Italy]( [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web]( 1 [How Designers Can Help Make Medical Supplies]( [AMERICAN VOGUE]( 2 [Why Don’t We Just Ban Targeted Advertising?]( [WIRED]( 3 [Working Out With the Void]( [THE CUT]( 4 [Recession Pushes Hong Kong Shoppers to Sell Their Luxury Goods]( [NIKKEI ASIAN REVIEW]( 5 [Tyra Banks on Reality TV and Her Latest Venture, ModelLand]( [THE GUARDIAN]( [BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS]( [Head of Product Design, Profiles & Personalization]( [Zalando]( Berlin, Germany [Senior Footwear & Accessories Product Developer]( [Manolo Blahnik]( London, United Kingdom [Vice President, Operations]( [Moose Knuckles]( Montreal, Canada [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