Fashion briefing: The Outnet aims to own the off-price luxury menswear market After more than a decade in only womenswear, since The Outnet was founded in 2009, the brand is launching its first major foray into menswear on May 31. After soft-launching and testing menswear in a few markets like EMEA and APAC earlier this year, The Outnet’s managing director Emma Mortimer...
Skims launches warehouse robots in the race for faster delivery As Amazon’s Prime and standard two-day shipping has become the norm, fashion brands are looking for ways to improve the speed and efficiency of their online orders and fulfillment.
Brands are ‘planning for the worst’ as economic downturn looms With rising inflation, ongoing supply chain issues and a forecast of reduced sales, fashion brands are making contingency plans for a potentially rough season of sales.
Weekend Briefing: Where does the CFDA go from here? This past week saw some changes in the leadership of the CFDA, raising the question of where the organization goes from here. Also in this weekend's briefing: acquisitions in the intimates space, exotic leather on its way out, cryptocurrency payments on their way in, dispatches from the Glossy E-Commerce Forum...
Week in Review: Tom Ford steps down as CFDA chair, Gucci’s ‘Cosmogonie’ show, Nike x Jacquemus On this week's episode, Tom Ford stepped down from his role as chairman of the CFDA after three years, leaving the organization at a crossroads; Gucci's "Cosmogonie" show in Puglia was an example of extravagant, idiosyncratic fashion not dictated by data and algorithms; and Nike's collaboration with Jacquemus was yet...
After Burberry drops exotic leathers, will more brands look for leather alternatives? While luxury fashion brands have embraced both fur and leather for decades, the last five years saw demand for fur sharply fall off. Brands like Armani, Alexander McQueen, Oscar de la Renta and even conglomerates like Kering all dropped the use of fur. Still, restricting the use of leather is...
From the Glossy Forum: After a DTC pivot, Thakoon is selectively inching back into wholesale Speaking at the Glossy E-Commerce Forum in New York on Monday, Panichgul said that the problem when initially working with retailers was twofold. First, they often demanded a huge number of styles, so he found himself developing 200 different pieces per season to meet their demands. Second, and somewhat contradictorily,...
Overheard at the Glossy E-Commerce Forum: ‘Nothing sells product like a viral moment’ At the Glossy E-Commerce Forum, held in Manhattan on Monday, brands across fashion and beauty discussed some of the biggest challenges in e-commerce and their potential solutions. From working with influencers to navigating the expectations customers have for a modern e-commerce business, here is a collection of soundbites showing what...
Inside the rise of inclusive mannequins As models on the runway are changing to better reflect a diverse audience, the same is happening with mannequins.