Drive from The Business of Fashion

In a new season of our entrepreneurship podcast series, we hear from six of fashion’s most dynamic sustainable entrepreneurs — including Allbirds’ Tim Brown, Eileen Fisher, Everlane’s Michael Preysman, Ganni’s CEO and the ex-design director of Supreme — to hear what it really takes to make a successful business sustainable.

Introducing ‘The Debrief,’ a New Podcast hosted by Lauren Sherman 04/13/2022

Introducing ‘The Debrief,’ a New Podcast hosted by Lauren Sherman In this weekly series, BoF’s chief correspondent will go behind the scenes of the $2.5 trillion global fashion industry. Fashion has the ability to move markets, shake up cultural norms and even transform society. But who — and what — are the forces driving major change? We’re answering that question on The Debrief, a new weekly podcast series from The Business of Fashion, where we go beyond the industry’s glossy veneer to understand how the fashion business is evolving, from the inside out. Hosted by BoF’s chief correspondent Lauren Sherman, The Debrief will be your guide into the megalablels, indie upstarts and unforgettable personalities shaping the $2.5 trillion global fashion industry. Each week, Lauren will take you through BoF Professional story — in conversation with our correspondents and industry experts — to unpack the analysis and insights you need to know to navigate an industry undergoing rapid change.From the rise of direct-to-consumer disruptors, to the rapid consolidation of the luxury industry, to cultural shifts turning beauty upside down. BoF covers it all. Search for 'The Debrief' and make sure to follow wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode. Join BoF Professional today with an exclusive 25% discount on an annual membership, follow the link . Email Lauren with your feedback, ideas and tips at [email protected] /episode/index/show/drive-bof/id/22780970

Everlane’s Michael Preysman on 'Balancing Time, Customer and Product' 12/20/2019

Everlane’s Michael Preysman on 'Balancing Time, Customer and Product'

Michael Preysman shares his experience of building Everlane from the ground up and putting sustainability and something he calls 'radical transparency' at the centre of his business model and operations.

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Eileen Fisher Reflects On 35 Years of Implementing Sustainable Thinking 12/13/2019

Eileen Fisher Reflects On 35 Years of Implementing Sustainable Thinking

As a sustainability pioneer long before ‘sustainability’ became an industry buzzword, Eileen Fisher and her eponymous brand have been pushing the boundaries for decades. Here’s what she’s learned.

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Noah Founder Brendon Babenzien on ‘Taking Greed Out of the Equation’ 11/22/2019

Noah Founder Brendon Babenzien on ‘Taking Greed Out of the Equation’

Brendon Babenzien’s streetwear brand Noah focuses on values and collaboration instead of profit margins and competition.

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Ganni’s Nicolaj Reffstrup on Measuring Ecological Impact Effectively 11/08/2019

Ganni’s Nicolaj Reffstrup on Measuring Ecological Impact Effectively

Having turned the Danish womenswear brand from a virtual unknown to a global trendsetter, Ganni's founder discusses how his tech background fuelled his approach.

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Reformation's Yael Aflalo On Finding a Sustainable Focus 10/25/2019

Reformation's Yael Aflalo On Finding a Sustainable Focus

BoF meets Reformation Founder and CEO Yael Aflalo, who created her brand in 2009 around the idea of upcycling, after years of frustration battling with inefficiencies of the fashion wholesale system.

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Tim Brown on Allbirds' Sustainable Footwear Revolution 10/11/2019

Tim Brown on Allbirds' Sustainable Footwear Revolution

In episode 1 of the new season of Drive, delivered by DHL, the Allbirds co-founder and co-CEO discusses how his high-risk strategy has created a sustainable brand that is disrupting the established footwear market.

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Welcome to Season 2 of Drive 09/27/2019

Welcome to Season 2 of Drive

In a new season of our entrepreneurship podcast series, we hear from six of fashion’s most dynamic sustainable entrepreneurs — Allbirds’ Tim Brown, Eileen Fisher, Everlane’s Michael Preysman, Reformation's Yael Aflalo, Ganni’s founder and Noah's founder — to hear what it takes to make successful businesses sustainable.

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Rent the Runway’s Jennifer Hyman on Realising Radical Ideas 11/09/2018

Rent the Runway’s Jennifer Hyman on Realising Radical Ideas

In episode seven of BoF’s podcast series Drive, delivered by DHL, Rent the Runway co-founder Jennifer Hyman tells BoF how she executed her radical idea and attracted 10 million members to her platform.

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Tom Chapman on Growing MatchesFashion 10/26/2018

Tom Chapman on Growing MatchesFashion

In episode six of BoF’s podcast series Drive, delivered by DHL, co-founder Tom Chapman reveals how he and his wife grew a single store into a global e-commerce business valued at over $1 billion.

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Warby Parker Founders on Forging Their Own Path 10/12/2018

Warby Parker Founders on Forging Their Own Path

In this episode, BoF's chief correspondent in New York, Lauren Sherman, speaks to Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, the co-founders of the disruptive eyewear company Warby Parker, which closed a $75 million Series E funding round in March 2018, valuing the company at $1.75 billion. Market sources report the business now generates north of $250 million in sales annually.

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The Making of AMI with Alexandre Mattiussi 09/28/2018

The Making of AMI with Alexandre Mattiussi

In episode four of Drive, delivered by DHL, Alexandre Mattiussi explains why his lauded French contemporary label, which now has 300 stockists and four flagship stores across the globe, was founded on the failures of his past as much as his successes.

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Bobby Kim on Building Commerce with Community 09/14/2018

Bobby Kim on Building Commerce with Community

In episode three of BoF’s new podcast series Drive, delivered by DHL, the man who spearheaded the community-commerce model in 2003 with his early streetwear sensation, The Hundreds, discusses why not focusing on money was key to his success and why the essence of branding is saying “no”.

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Diane von Furstenberg on Building a Business in a Man’s World 08/31/2018

Diane von Furstenberg on Building a Business in a Man’s World

In Episode 2 of BoF’s new podcast series Drive, delivered by DHL, the entrepreneur shares the highs and the lows of her forty-five-year career, and how she used factory scraps to create the first iconic wrap dress while pregnant, delivered by DHL.

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José Neves on Building Farfetch 08/13/2018

José Neves on Building Farfetch

Welcome to Episode 1 of Drive, BoF’s new podcast series featuring fashion’s most dynamic entrepreneurs discussing the special kind of resilience it takes to build a global fashion business, delivered by DHL.

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Welcome to Drive 07/30/2018

Welcome to Drive

Welcome to Drive: BoF’s New Podcast Series on Global Entrepreneurship.

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