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Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
The final day of BoF VOICES 2022 tackled a wide range of topics, from the politics of food to the power of forgiveness. Speakers included pop-star-turned-designer Victoria Beckham, Nike‘s Jordan chairman Larry Miller and activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
”The idea is that if we can use this platform, this stage, to bring to light issues that we feel are important to discuss,” said BoF founder and CEO Imran Amed about the power of VOICES. To reflect on the stand-out moments from the day, Amed was joined by author, speaker and poet Alok Menon and Carlos Nazario, global fashion director at i-D and Vogue contributing editor.
Here are the five sessions of VOICES:
BoF VOICES 2022: Finding Optimism in an Unsteady World
BoF VOICES 2022: Fashion’s Fresh Challenges and New Directions
BoF VOICES 2022: Creativity and Its Power to Change
BoF VOICES 2022: Technology For a Better World
BoF VOICES 2022: Live Your Best Life
Register for the livestream to watch day three of BoF VOICES 2022, where we’ll hear from global pioneers shifting the industry’s status quo and a daring group of entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists using technology to power a better future.
BoF VOICES 2022 is made possible in part through our partners McKinsey & Company, Shopify, Flannels, Brandlive, Lenzing, ShopRunner, Snap, Canada Goose, Invisible Collection, Soho House, and Getty Images.
After three days of inspiring talks, guests closed out BoF’s gathering for big thinkers with a black tie gala followed by an intimate performance from Rita Ora — guest starring Billy Porter.
Photographer Misan Harriman, artists Rita Ora and Billy Porter and designer Diane von Furstenberg shared their experiences translating pain into art and impact.
Designers Jonathan Anderson and Diane von Furstenberg, actor-filmmaker Dan Levy, Uniqlo’s John C Jay and others spoke about the state of creation in an age of artificial intelligence and corporate mediocrity.
Generative AI is already changing fields such as design and marketing, and while it presents a number of very real threats, it also holds potential benefits for all of humanity.