Maureen Kelly famously launched Tarte from her one-bedroom apartment in 1999. Twenty-six years later, she's debuting a second brand, Finnsul, with her two sons, Finn and Sully McDonough. The founders have bootstrapped the brand from Kelly's renovated garage. Finn is 18 and will be heading to college soon; Sully is 19 and a freshman at the University of Miami.
In this week’s Luxury Briefing, I speak to luxury experts about Zara’s continued push upmarket as it embarks on a two-year partnership with John Galliano to reinterpret the Zara archive. Also, Revolve’s Raissa Gerona on the…