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![On this week s podcast episode, BoF s Imran Amed speaks to #Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Indian yogi and founder of the Isha Foundation, who is pushing for the use of sustainable and natural textiles in the fashion industry with his #FashionforPeace project. The way we dress is destroying the world, he says. You must develop the market for natural fibres. This is not just about fashion. This is going to make millions of people s lives. Listen to the full conversation over at businessoffashion.com [Link in bio] #listen #podcast #sustainability](/local/instagram/photos/50867096_783365732063722_451565798619280857_n.jpg)
![There was something for everyone at Central Saint Martins' runway show. . . Missed any of the looks? Catch up now on businessoffashion.com/fashion-week [Link in bio] : @indigital.tv #BoFW #lfw](/local/instagram/photos/51652029_2073820569374351_7672122262685515393_n.jpg)
![Styling is not the glamorous job that people think it is from the outside," says Adonis Kentros, stylist consultant for #ChristopherKane. Prior to joining the brand in May 2018, Kentros started out by working as an assistant, travelling across the globe for photo shoots with the likes of #NaomiCampbell, Karl Lagerfeld and Nick Knight. Later he joined the editorial team at Garage Magazine, going on to become associate fashion editor.
So, what does it take to succeed in #styling? According to Kentros, you must be ready to make sacrifices. From the very beginning, you need to be hardcore and thick-skinned. Ahead of Christopher Kane s Autumn/Winter 2019 show in London next week, discover more tips from Adonis on businessoffashion.com [Link in bio] #fashion #lfw](/local/instagram/photos/51518835_2291892594188940_2918609764986172718_n.jpg)
![Staying relevant doesn t come easy. When Anna Wintour sat front row for Emma Hill s Mulberry Autumn Winter 2013 show, a slouchy vintage-style satchel named after British It girl #AlexaChung was the fashion favourite at one of the most buzzing shows at London Fashion Week. Six years later, the brand isn t staging a catwalk show, sales are sanguine at best and the label, once with a market value of 1 billion is hovering around 187 million ($232 million). Mulberry has been making leather handbags from its rural English base in the Somerset countryside for close to 50 years, where half the products are still handcrafted today. The brand was high quality at an affordable price, positioned mostly between 500 and 800. But in 2013, former chief executive Bruno Guillon attempted to establish the brand as a luxury player, pushing handbags over 1,000. The perception of the brand as an affordable one was hard to shift and luxury shoppers stuck to established brands, while its core and mostly British shopper base felt alienated by the price hikes and it suffered several profit warnings.
What can #Mulberry do to become a fashion favourite again? Read the full story at businessoffashion.com and weigh in with your comments below. [Link in bio] #fashion #lfw : @gettyimages](/local/instagram/photos/50705083_236474850629979_15219363736486119_n.jpg)
![Despite sales of over 10 billion last year, LVMH cash cow Louis Vuitton could have grown more. Indeed, the French ateliers of the country s luxury giants have been running at full capacity as demand for brands like #LouisVuitton, #Chanel and #Hermès shows no signs of fading, despite wider fears of a slowdown in Chinese luxury consumption. As a result, the luxury conglomerate announced the opening of four more workshops for Louis Vuitton in 2019. But, many of the small suppliers who work with the big houses are struggling to find skilled workers in order to keep pace with growth and compensate retirees at a time when many baby boomers are exiting the job market in France. Over the next five years, more than 10,000 technical positions will have to be filled each year in a myriad of roles in textiles, clothing, leather and jewellery. Now, a new 3-year pact inked by French economy with representative bodies of the luxury and fashion industry could help. Read the full story at businessoffashion.com [Link in bio] : @indigital.tv](/local/instagram/photos/51401575_384882505655971_6130045160353403622_n.jpg)
![High tea but make it fashion. . . To celebrate the "Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, The Berkeley hotel has transformed legendary #Dior designs into afternoon tea
Want to dig in? Learn more about the #exhibition, by tuning in to the BoF #podcast where creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri walks Tim Blanks through the retrospective. [Link in bio] #fashion #listen](/local/instagram/photos/50758923_172924813673265_3351725698306318433_n.jpg)
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