Nordstrom launches first podcast, The Nordy Pod Nordstrom is the latest of several retailers and brands in the industry to launch podcasts in the last three months. They include Victoria’s Secret, MAC Cosmetics and Lyst. Nordstrom hopes to set The Nordy Pod apart by letting Pete Nordstrom’s personal interests and connections guide the content and creation, rather...
Week in Review: NYFW cancellations, Nigo’s first Kenzo show and Fashion Nova’s FTC fine This week, a number of brands canceled or postponed their traditional NYFW shows. Nigo, the streetwear designer recently named artistic director of Kenzo, showed his first collection with the brand in Paris. And Fashion Nova was fined by the FTC for blocking bad reviews from appearing on its site, making...
Fit technology is getting a boost from the new iPhone and Savage x Fenty Savage x Fenty is arming its store associates with body-scanning technology to aid in finding the best fit for customers. Fitting rooms will also have this technology available, so the scan can be done in private, if desired.
Kate Spade pulls out of NYFW CEO Liz Fraser said the brand will not be showing in February, in favor of doing a presentation later in the spring outside of NYFW. Fraser said that the decision was not new, but had been planned for some time.
Competition between resale-as-a-service providers heats up as brand demand grows As more brands bustle into the resale space, the resale-as-a-service (RaaS) world is growing more competitive. Archive, a RaaS platform that powers the resale businesses of brands including Dagne Dover, M.M.LaFleur and Oscar de la Renta, got a boost this week when it announced an $8 million funding round led by...
Baby boomers are coming to resale, answering Gen Z’s demand for vintage According to data provided by several resale companies, there has been a generational exchange happening on their platforms, particularly in the last year. Older users are selling the clothes they’ve collected over the years, and younger users are buying them up. According to January data from The RealReal, more than...
3 pieces of upcoming fashion legislation to know While the industry has made sustainability a marketing buzzword in recent years, actual concrete regulations -- especially those with penalties – are rare in the industry. There are few rules about what you can label as “organic” or “sustainable,” for example, beyond bare minimum false advertising laws.
Week in Review: André Leon Talley, Aimé Leon Dore’s LVMH investment and Bally’s new creative director This week, the pair discuss the legacy of the late André Leon Talley, an outsized personality in the fashion world for decades, as well as LVMH's new minority stake in Aimé Leon Dore and Bally's hire of Rhude's Rhuigi Villaseñor as its new creative director.
Russia’s military action threatens Ukraine’s burgeoning fashion manufacturing industry Textile exports from Ukraine grew in value from $30 billion in 2016, at a low point following a political crisis in 2015, to a $50 billion high in 2020. That growth led manufacturers and brands to move production to the country, favoring Ukraine’s geographic position between Europe and Asia, and...