Imran Amed honoured with Vanguard Award

“I’m not looking at fashion through a Canadian lens, or even a Western lens, but a global lens,” says Imran Amed (BCom'97). Indeed, he doesn’t even look at it through the eyes of someone who grew up steeped in fashion. Mr. Amed started Business of Fashion as a personal blog while he was working as a management consultant with zero fashion training. Today, his London-based site is the go-to source for news-hungry glitterati. But it’s not just industry news: the BoF also ranks fashion schools and offers a hiring service that top labels use to find new talent.

This month, Amed’s work will garner him the Hudson’s Bay Vanguard Award at the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards.

Read full article: Elle Canada, CTV News, GQ Magazine, April 7, 2017