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Glossy 50 2023: The people who shaped fashion and beauty this year

  • 01 The Accelerators
  • 02 The Changemakers
  • 03 The Dealmakers
  • 04 The Heavy Hitters
  • 05 The Icons
  • 06 The Innovators
  • 07 The Leaders
  • 08 The New Class
  • 09 The Newsmakers
  • 10 The Trendsetters
By Glossy Team
Dec 5, 2023

This changemaker is part of the 2023 Glossy 50: The Accelerators. These drivers of a growth-fueling change made a big impact in-house. See all 2023 Glossy 50 honorees.

For fashion and beauty, 2023 has been a wild ride. Companies in both categories are finishing the year forever changed, having spent 12 months contending with unprecedented headwinds, overhauling central strategies, rallying teams around new ideas and placing big bets. Rather than wait for the next shoe to drop, those that are emerging victorious took action that proved beneficial, either by changing customer perception, innovating a product segment, setting a new industry standard or striking a common nerve — which, for some, meant going viral. And their success can be credited to the bold leaders who stepped up. 

In our seventh annual list, we celebrate those individual changemakers. They include executives who took their companies into new, competitive categories, industry newcomers who disrupted age-old processes, dealmakers who led groundbreaking partnerships and creatives whose work managed to cut through the noise. Meet the 2023 Glossy 50.

01
The Accelerators

These drivers of a growth-fueling change made a big impact in-house.  

Meet the Accelerators
02
The Changemakers

These passionate advocates forwarded fashion or beauty for good.

Meet the Changemakers
03
The Dealmakers

The transactions of these business leaders transformed fashion and beauty.

Meet the Dealmakers
04
The Heavy Hitters

These fierce competitors made moves to go up against leaders of thriving markets.

Meet the Heavy Hitters
05
The Icons

These multi-hyphenates proved their star power translates to fashion and beauty.

Meet the Icons
06
The Innovators

These thought leaders advanced their respective industries with groundbreaking products or ideas.

Meet the Innovators 
07
The Leaders

These founders and CEOs are taking their influential brands into the next phase of growth.

Meet the Leaders
08
The New Class

It was a breakout year for these founders, designers and TikTokers.

Meet the New Class
09
The Newsmakers

The work of these creators was at the center of industry buzz.

Meet the Newsmakers
10
The Trendsetters

The work of these executives and creatives influenced competitors, or the masses.

Meet the Trendsetters
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