Glossy Team

Glossy Team

Glossy Team

  • Birchbox co-founder Katia Beauchamp: ‘We’re more than boxes’

    Let’s get it straight: Birchbox is not a sampling company. That may surprise you: The New York-based beauty firm is perhaps best known for its beautiful boxes of makeup samples that get delivered to customers every month. But Katia Beauchamp, co-founder of Birchbox, is adamant that it’s about much more...

  • Glossy 101: What the cheerleading-uniform case means for fashion

    The Supreme Court began oral arguments yesterday on Varsity Brands vs. Star Athletica, a case that may have significant implications for the fashion industry. The nation’s highest court will rule on copyright law on specific designs that are historically emblematic of the ensemble, namely chevron, stripe and zig-zag patterns. The...

  • Chanel makes hijabs in effort to attract Muslim market

    Mannequins appeared in the Chanel storefront on Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles last week wearing colorful head covers in the style of a hijab, reflective of a growing trend to attract the growing number of wealthy Saudi Arabian shoppers in the area. The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board’s 2014...

  • ‘Too many cooks’: agency confessions on working with fashion brands

    Agencies are often brought on by fashion brands to help with rebranding, repositioning within the market, as well as digital and media strategies. But like any multi-layered business, these partnerships come with challenges and confessions. We speak to four creative directors about what it's really like.

  • Kering app aims to teach fashion students sustainable practices

    Kering -- the parent company to luxury brands including Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen -- is teaming up with the New School’s Parsons School of Design to launch a mobile app designed to measure the environmental impact of fashion designs.

  • On the street: How 6 millennials really shop

    There's a dizzying number of research reports on how millennials shop and the generation certainly doesn't have one way of doing things. Glossy took to the street to ask six millennials about their shopping habits to get a better idea.

  • The rise of the ‘Stitch Fix for kids’ children’s clothing model

    Companies like Sprouting Threads and Rockets of Awesome offer subscription services with simple models for parents who don’t need the same level of consultative services for their children as they do for identifying appropriate office wear.

  • Vogue eyes ‘digital natives’ as it enters Middle East market

    Vogue has officially entered into the Middle East, which has one of the youngest populations per capita in the world. Luxury brands from Dior, Fendi and Chanel have already partnered with the publication, which aims to tap into the younger audience with high discretionary incomes.

  • A day in the life of talent agent Amy MacThomas

    Amy MacThomas has had a front row seat to the changing roles of fashion bloggers and Instagrammers. As a talent agent at Next, which saw the writing on the wall and was one of the first agencies to open up an influencer division, MacThomas is one of the few talent...