London-based fashion brand COS is evolving its design process, looking to elevate the brand image and product offering. Following the appointment of Daniel Herrmann as managing director last year, COS is fostering a culture of inclusion and cross-functional collaboration guided by attentive leadership, instrumental in bringing each collection to life. The brand is also doubling…
Last week, BoF Careers welcomed fashion and beauty leaders to the Shangri-La hotel in Paris for a presentation exploring the evolving employment landscape in fashion and beauty — and how today’s employers can better meet the needs of their workforce. The presentation explored key themes and learnings from the recent BoF Careers knowledge report, What…
Billionaires and tech CEOs have shared two distinct views on humanity’s future when it comes to AI: Some think it’ll wipe out all jobs and spell the end of civilization as we know it, while others hope it could lead to a utopian world—and Jeff Bezos is firmly in the latter category “I don’t see…
The École Supérieure des Arts et Métiers de la Mode (ESMOD) is a leading international fashion school headquartered in Paris’ ninth arrondissement. Founded in 1841 — the world’s oldest fashion design school — it now operates 12 campuses across eleven countries, including six in France: Paris, Pantin, Roubaix, Lyon, Bordeaux and Rennes. Blending heritage, craftsmanship…
It’s no secret that Gen Z often gets flak for being “lazy.” From TikTok trends like quiet quitting, bare minimum Mondays, and “lazy girl jobs,” to the Gen Z CEO who defended working from her bed, the generation has developed a reputation for applying minimal effort. And the Egyptian astronaut Sara Sabry has noticed some of…
From drawing silhouettes, hats and shoes at the age of three, to showing his first collection at 13, Georgian-born fashion designer David Koma set about his fashion career at a remarkably early age. And after his mother gave him a book on the best colleges in the world, he decided to study fashion at Central…
However, as more chatbots and automated assistants take over the duties of human roles, there’s a growing cohort of executives who see shorter workweeks on the horizon—and Zoom CEO Eric Yuan can even see staffers only clocking in a few days a week. “I feel like if A.I. can make all of our lives better,…
Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) is a higher education design school teaching creative disciplines across design, fashion, visual arts and communications. Since opening its doors in Milan in 1966, the institution now welcomes around 10,000 students on average per year on 11 campuses across Italy, Spain and Brazil. The IED alumni network includes Pierpaolo Piccioli,…
The Kansas City Chiefs are partnering with the German Federal Police to sponsor a youth flag football camp in Munich next month.The camp will take place Sept. 18 at Sportpark Freiham, which also hosts the Chiefs’ girls flag football league in Germany.“We are extremely excited to partner with the Federal Police around this youth Flag…
Falmouth University, situated on the south coast of Cornwall, England, is a higher education institution specialising in the creative industries. It places a strong emphasis on sustainable practices across all areas, particularly their fashion, textiles and business programmes. Its fashion-related degrees span design, marketing, photography, styling and art direction. Recent graduates include Beth Somerville, the…