Danny Parisi

DEC 14, 2018

In the third quarter of 2018, the once-dominant underwear brand Victoria’s Secret saw yet another dip in overall sales as it struggles to regain an audience that is increasingly choosing competitors. In the wake of Victoria’s Secret’s falling out of favor, a number of other brands are capitalizing on the underwear giant’s losses.

DEC 12, 2018

The sneaker resale industry is valued at more than $1 billion, and resellers like Stadium Goods have received funding from major players like LVMH’s Luxury Ventures investment arm. We spoke to some of the biggest resellers in the world -- GOAT, StockX and Stadium Goods -- to explore where the sneaker resale market is now, how it got there and where it’s going.

DEC 12, 2018

The move comes at a time when the worlds of streetwear and luxury are increasingly coming together and Stadium Goods has been at the center of this convergence. The reseller previously received significant funding from LVMH’s investment arm. Both companies stand to gain from the move, each offering access to a section of their audience that the other lacks.

DEC 12, 2018

Controversies in fashion, from harmless gaffes to crude and offensive statements to outright instances of harassment and assault, happen constantly. The fashion industry is notorious for its loose morals in everything from the treatment of models to the sourcing of its materials. But when these controversies arise, brands often react very differently depending on the context.

DEC 11, 2018

With all the money being poured into the resale world by consumers today, how do brands feel about so many of their potential customers buying their clothes from somewhere else? Surprisingly, many brands are not as hostile to the resale market as one might think.

DEC 10, 2018

Yoox, one half of the Yoox Net-a-Porter group, announced today the launch of a new tool called YooxMirror that introduces several new functions to the brand’s iOS app, some of which are in line with other trends in the e-commerce industry and some are completely unique.

DEC 07, 2018

There have been rumblings about Farfetch bolstering its visual search feature for several months now. In October, Digiday reported that Farfetch was building in-house visual search technology. Now, the company has announced a partnership with visual artificial intelligence company Syte to launch an in-app, iOS search feature.

DEC 07, 2018

When digital sports media company Overtime was first founded by Dan Porter, the team would get frequent requests from its young audience wondering where to get T-shirts with the O logo on the front. These shirts were not for sale and had been made just for the company’s employees, but eventually demand became so significant that Porter relented and began selling Overtime-branded apparel.

DEC 04, 2018

Luxury brands are not known for being the most responsive to change and Chanel is the textbook case of a big, slow, stubborn luxury brand. So it was a surprise when Chanel announced on Monday that it would discontinue or severely limit the use of exotic skins and fur in the production of its clothes, a stance that even more progressive and modern brands like Louis Vuitton have not taken.

DEC 04, 2018

The rise of the pre-owned watch market has coincided with the growth of secondary markets throughout the fashion industry, from the bustling fashion resale sites like The RealReal to the behemoth of sneaker resale. But for Tirath Kadmar, founder of pre-owned watch market TrueFacet, watches are actually more similar to cars than to other sectors of fashion or apparel.