When we hear about counterfeit goods, or so-called ‘fakes’, we almost automatically associate it with the discussion about big, market-dominating companies losing a certain share of their profit. Yet, in reality a negligible amount compared to their total revenues. We also think of all of those people on the streets, either unaware, or unwilling to spend that extra buck on a designer handbag. It is almost impossible to walk on a street of a big city and not see a poorly imitated Louis Vuitton Speedy, or more recently, Supreme-logo branded clothing. Of course this leads to negative connotations around the whole issue, which many times make the society negligent to…

“One day I remember having some leftover brown suede leather in my apartment and somehow this idea popped my mind ‘What if I made leather bow ties?’. Literally the next day, I took this piece of leather to the tailor down my street and I told him to make a bow tie from it. After that, I got some suede bow ties produced and the feedback was amazing.” One year later, 21-year old Dutch business student Milad Saleh decides to make it official and starts L’Homme de Cuir. Currently the first and only company in the world selling suit accessories made of real lamb suede, the brand focuses on handmade…

One of the most anticipated fashion events, MET Gala is on 6th of May. For the ones who do not know what MET gala is for, it is the gala for The Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; it is also the biggest event on the fashion fundraising calendar. Founded in 1948, the gala has been chaired by Anna Wintour. The co-chairs are mostly well-known celebrities. This year’s co-chairs are Alessandro Michele, Harry Styles, Serena Williams and Lady Gaga. 2019 MET Gala’s theme is “camp”. Since the theme had been announced, there has been many questions but the main one is certainly “what is camp?”. The new…

Hermès International, or simply Hermès, was founded in 1837 as a harness workshop by Thierry Hermès in Paris, France. In the 1880s, the company shop was moved to 24 Rue du Faubourg, Saint-Honoré in Paris by Thierry’s son Charles-Émile Hermès, which is now still the firm’s global headquarters. A brand that stresses the importance of heritage remains, until today, an independently family run firm, as compared to several other luxury brands that has been bought out in the past years. (Christian Dior in 2017 by LVMH, Versace in 2018 by Michael Kors) The fact that the company is presently run by the fifth and sixth generation — the daughters and…

Bringing the fashion and food industries together is now easier than ever. Thanks to the rise in the number of socially conscious consumers and their new purchasing behaviour, the fashion industry is constantly on the look-out for more eco-friendly and cruelty-free brands. Seen as a lot of people are shifting away from the consumption of red meat and cuttle-raising is on decline, it is finally time that we start implementing this sustainable mindset in fashion by coming up with alternatives for traditional animal leather. Thankfully, today there is a wide selection of vegan options to choose from. One of them is Pellemela, a 100%-apple-leather that is not only organic but…

Britain's impending exit from the EU has many in the region's fashion and luxury industry on high alert for the sector's future. 90% of British fashion designers vehemently opposed the move to leave – read more on our website to find out why.

On 24th of February, BS4F was in Piccolo Teatro to watch the Laura Biagiotti Fall Winter 2019/20 fashion show. The well-known theater was simply decorated with white for the show, with a huge LB placed in the beginning of the runway, the logo of the brand. The fashion show had a youthful and upbeat vibe. Colorful pieces, featuring monograms of the logo opened the runway. Puffer jackets, big collars and hairs put in buns with help of colorful scrunchies created a playful mood. The models strut the runway wearing one of the biggest trends of the season, extra long knit scarves. The show closed with a Biagiotti classic; white and…

On Tuesday, February 19th, Karl Lagerfeld passed away in Paris at the age of 85. The iconic German fashion designer left a huge impact on the industry, most notably through his role as creative director of Chanel and Fendi. Lagerfeld was born in Hamburg in 1933 – although his date of birth was disputed as he often stated to have been born in 1938. His father made a fortune by introducing condensed milk into the German market and as a consequence, Karl and his two sisters grew up in a wealthy home where intellectual activity was encouraged and where he was often exposed to literature, art and philosophy. With the…