Moda Operandi

Mytheresa CEO Michael Kliger and Moda Operandi co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo joined BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed at BoF VOICES 2024 to share their insights on the future of luxury e-commerce.

Industry insiders including designers Simon Porte Jacquemus and Glenn Martens, H&M CEO Daniel Ervér, e-commerce executives Lauren Santo Domingo and Michael Kliger and more spoke about key challenges and opportunities for their businesses and fashion at large. Meanwhile, McKinsey provided an outlook for 2025.

The owners of Chanel and L’Oréal have invested in American luxury label The Row, alongside Natalie Massenet and Nick Brown’s Imaginary Ventures and Lauren Santo Domingo’s St. Dominique Capital. What will the deal mean for The Row’s unique business?

Practitioners like Iván Pol, known for his 'Beauty Sandwich' technique, Joanna Czech and Harriet Westmoreland are so oversubscribed, to get an appointment, you might need a private concierge.

Experts say Mytheresa, Ssense and Moda Operandi have kept afloat in a challenged space by honing in on a particular consumer, curating their assortments and executing on retail basics. Still, the road ahead is tough, and the bigger they get, the harder it will be to sustain these strategies.

It’s been a tough year for luxury e-commerce — but a crop of smaller marketplaces are beating the odds with a focus on emerging accessible luxury brands and a firmer grip on operating costs.

This week, Amazon-owned Shopbop became the third high-end fashion e-tailer this year to get into beauty. The goal may be more about drawing people to the site than becoming a powerhouse in the category.

The recent popularity of colourful shoes from independent labels like Mach & Mach and Amina Muaddi, as well as Paris Texas, Arielle Baron, The Attico, Ancuta Sarca and Pīferi speaks to the post-pandemic hunger for novelty footwear.

The biggest post-pandemic look is already in stores and it comes with a lot of exposed skin.

The popularity of $450 Balenciaga beaded bracelets and $24 Urban Outfitters emoji chokers is a sign that consumers are craving fun statement pieces for their post-pandemic wardrobes.