Fashion Goes to Hollywood, Tommy Hilfiger at London Fashion Week, Bleecker Street's Empty Stores

Pat McGrath on the Future of Beauty, Choosing Chinese Brand Ambassadors, Brandon Maxwell [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST TODAY'S MUST READ [Fashion Goes to Hollywood]( BY Lauren Sherman [The ringmasters of American entertainment are betting big on the future of fashion.]( [Read more]( TOP STORIES [A Word of Caution: Choose Your China Ambassadors Wisely]( BY Kati Chitrakorn [In this month’s China Edit, how an unsuitable brand ambassador can have serious repercussions, and why China’s mobile payments can no longer be ignored.]( [Read more]( [News Bites | Tommy Hilfiger Heads to London, The Coveteur Names A-List Advisors]( BY BoF Team [In today's News Bites, Tommy Hilfiger has revealed that his Autumn 2017 show will take place in London and The Coveteur embarks on a new chapter with high-profile support.]( [Read more]( NEWS BRIEFS [Yoox Net-a-Porter Targeted by Short Sellers]( [Almost 17 percent of the Milan-listed online retailer’s shares are out on loan, indicating they’ve been borrowed by short sellers betting against the stock.]( [Op-Ed | China's Missing Factory Inspectors Have Nothing to Do With Ivanka Trump]( [This week, a US activist group reported that one of its investigators had been arrested and two others had disappeared during an undercover probe of the Chinese factory that makes shoes for Ivanka Trump's brand.]( [Power Moves | Max Azria Joins LA Tech Start-Up, Amazon Fashion Names President]( [This week, Max Azria makes the move from fashion entrepreneur to tech executive, while Christine Beauchamp will succeed Cathy Beaudoin as president of Amazon Fashion.]( [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web]( 1 [What Happens After Two Fashion Brands Merge?]( ["Prompted by falling brick-and-mortar foot traffic, woes of wholesale retail and the looming threat of Amazon, fashion and beauty brands are joining forces."]( 2 [Why Do People Buy Pricey Fakes?]( ["Counterfeit goods comprise a $1 trillion industry with roughly 3 million consumers a year spending real money on artificial designer products."]( 3 [Bleecker Street’s Swerve from Luxe Shops to Vacant Stores]( ["During its incarnation as a fashion theme park, Bleecker Street hosted no fewer than six Marc Jacobs boutiques on a four-block stretch."]( New York Times]( 4 [Pat McGrath on the Future of Beauty]( ["McGrath’s sprints involve over 60 shows a season, every editorial shot by Steven Meisel, a team that swells to 75 at the height of fashion month, and her eponymous makeup line."]( Vogue]( 5 [How Brandon Maxwell Overcame His Insecurities and Conquered Fashion]( ["That first collection was born from what Maxwell calls a “dark moment” in his life that inspired him to take a now-or-never creative risk."]( FROM THE ARCHIVE [What the COP21 Climate Agreement Means for Fashion]( BY Kate Abnett [Last weekend, 195 countries reached a landmark agreement on climate change. How will it impact the fashion industry, and how are businesses responding?]( [Read more]( [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( [BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS]( [Senior Account Manager]( [Village]( London, United Kingdom [Product Developer - menswear]( [Spoke]( Richmond London, United Kingdom [Retail Development Manager]( [Fameed Khalique]( London, United Kingdom [Design Director, Creative Services, Estee Lauder]( [Estée Lauder Companies]( New York, United States [Head of Buying]( [Acne Studios]( Stockholm, Sweden [Product Developer - Anna Field (Womenswear)]( [Zalando]( Berlin, Germany [View All Jobs]( 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