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Hattie Carnegie
Carnegie was considered one of the most influential contributors to American fashion for over five decades. Her French-inspired designs became the toast of the high fashion world during the thirties and... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
of employees that can prove most difficult." It Takes An Innovative Village Creativity is doubtless a significant force in the Indian fashion business, the focus of research by HBS professor Mukti Khaire. While the View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019
entry is written by Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer and chair of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. Von Furstenberg recalls her first meeting with Hyman, in which the legendary designer... View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
in an online purchase. And since basic products are worn for "everyday" events, their purchase usually evokes little emotion. Consumers perceive more fashionable items to be more risky to purchase online: The decision is more... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Fashion’s Transparent Translator
In 2007, Imran Amed (MBA 2002) started blogging about an industry that fascinated him: fashion. A former McKinsey consultant, the Canadian noticed the suits and creatives of the business didn’t always understand each other. Amed thought he might be able to help out,... View Details
- 18 May 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
No Line Left Behind: Assortative Matching Inside the Firm
- 02 Apr 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
a nonconforming person to have a heightened status and more competence, particularly when they believed the person was aware of the established norm but deliberately chose to make a fashion statement by wearing a standout style. This... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Photo courtesy @chiaraferragni Case study subject Chiara Ferragni—the fashion designer/blogger best known as The Blonde Salad—took a break from New York Fashion Week to visit HBS professor Anat Keinan’s new... View Details
Barry Schwartz
Schwartz is the business half of Calvin Klein Inc.’s leadership, and without his industry savvy, Klein’s popular fashion designs could not have become so successful. Schwartz’s attentive management style allowed the company to purchase... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
(MBA ’05) first line of women’s clothing, AMMARA, won’t hit department stores until this fall, she’s already landed in Women’s Wear Daily for bringing fashionable apparel to mature customers at a lower price point. “I felt there was a... View Details
Sidney Kimmel
Kimmel ran the apparel division of W. R. Grace & Company when it diversified into the fashion world in the early seventies. As Grace sought to streamline its operations, Kimmel bought the fashion... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
- Profile
Samantha Ernst
in investment banking with J.P. Morgan, Samantha found her calling in retail. “I grew up with Women’s Wear Daily in my house,” she says. “My mother graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology. I always suspected retail would be in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fever Pitch
great generation of small business owners. Most Innovative Selected by alumni and students BollyX Fitness (Northeastern US Region) Minal Mehta (MBA 2011) The world’s leading and fastest-growing Bollywood fitness company. Greatest Impact Selected by alumni and students... View Details
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
your values Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values Fashion designer Stella McCartney shows that luxury and sustainability need not be mutually exclusive in a case study by Anat... View Details
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Jodi Yang
brothers. An oft request was a song about Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and melted wings fashioned lovingly by his father, Daedalus. What our fans didn't know was the song really poked fun at my stubborn pursuit of music when... View Details
Millard S. Drexler
Drexler helped to transform The Gap from a “me-too” retailer of Levi’s and private label jeans into a fashion icon. He simplified the brand’s product line and invested heavily in provocative advertising which made The Gap a recognizable... View Details
Keywords: Fabric & Apparel
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Fabulous is too Fabulous? The Masculinity Dilemmas of Daring Dressers at Work Ben Barry, School of Fashion, Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson University Ben Barry, Associate Professor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the School of View Details
Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca
loan was granted and a year later, Iacocca announced Chrysler’s first profit in many years. During his turnaround of Chrysler, he brought the convertible back into fashion and introduced the minivan. View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
MICHAEL KAPLAN (left, with brother and partner Nicholas) reflects on lessons learned and looks ahead to future growth. Michael Kaplan (MBA ’02) had a great idea for a start-up: a fashionable apparel company catering to plus-size women.... View Details