Frank and Oak’s Elisabeth de Gramont: ‘It’s important to actually quantify our sustainability’ Elisabeth de Gramont has been chief brand officer at the Canadian sustainable apparel brand Frank and Oak for more than two years. In that time, under her leadership, the brand's become more transparent and more communicative about its sustainable efforts than ever.
Faherty launches resale to solve the problem of overproduction Kerry Docherty, co-founder and chief impact officer of Faherty, said resale fits perfectly with the brand's ethos of creating clothes that are meant to last. The primary goal for the new channel is to keep Faherty’s products out of landfills.
Weekend Briefing: The fruits of cost-cutting Last week, we started to see some of the results of the cost-cutting frenzy that many fashion brands have engaged in over the last year.
Week in Review: Talking high-end jewelry news with Sotheby’s Frank Everett On the Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi breaks down some of the biggest fashion news of the week. This week, he's joined by special guest co-host Frank Everett, vice chairman of jewels in the Americas for Sotheby's.
Luxury Briefing: Inside 119-year-old Parisian brand Maison Ernest’s US expansion Maison Ernest has big plans under president Ludovic Dedieu-Wallerand, who joined the brand as president three years ago. The company’s next target is the U.S. market. It’s currently planning a major U.S. expansion over the next few years, including wholesale partnerships with U.S. retailers, new products designed to appeal to...
Aureum Collective founder Cass DiMicco: ‘You don’t need a million followers to launch a brand’ When Cass DiMicco founded her jewelry brand Aureum Collective in 2019, she became the face of the brand. An influencer in her own right with nearly 500,000 followers on Instagram, DiMicco models all the product and features heavily in the brand’s advertising, in addition to founding and designing for the...
J.Crew’s new app gives shoppers a 48-hour headstart on launches The J.Crew app, launched on Monday, was inspired by the shopping behavior of the retailer's customers, said CMO Derek Yarbrough. More than two-thirds of J.Crew’s online store traffic in the last fiscal year came from mobile devices.
Weekend Briefing: The problem with long-term carbon reduction goals Large companies with large carbon footprints often tout long-term goals to reduce their emissions by a percentage over several years, but those goals often obscure the cause of those emissions. Read on for a deeper dive, as well as a look at the future of social commerce and the winners...
Fashion Briefing: Inside the rapidly evolving world of resale authentication As the resale category grows, these platforms are investing more than ever in their authentication, anti-counterfeiting and behind-the-scenes technology to bring in new customers, compete with other platforms and reassure brands that their image is safe.