- Olympic fashion: The good, the bad and the blah
Designers have had a fraught relationship with high-profile athletic apparel as of late, particularly when asked to take their talents to the global scale in dressing the world's foremost athletes for events like Olympic Games.
- Designers turn to music videos to showcase new lines
As designers seek creative ways to showcase designs, many are turning to music videos as a means of expression. In advance of his fall 2016 line, John Varvatos teamed up with Grammy nominated artist Hozier on an original music video highlighting select styles from the upcoming collection. The effort comes...
- NikeID meets Pokemon characters for ‘PokeID’
NikeID, meet PokeID. Gene Lu, a UX designer at agency R/GA Portland, has launched a project that crowdsources Pokemon shoe designs using NikeID.
- Rent the Runway tries to go beyond prom dress rentals
The fashion industry wasn't sure what to make of Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss when they came on the scene as co-founders of then fledgling luxury rental company, Rent the Runway back in 2009. Hyman talks about how they convinced brands of her company's value, and built a lucrative business...
- Launch Collective’s Shira Carmi: Vogue is no longer a guarantor of success
Launch Collective founder Shira Sue Carmi joined this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast to discuss why the entire industry is changing as you know it, and why designers need to shake themselves out of the Parsons-Barney’s-Vogue trifecta.
- Revitalized Allure website puts focus on e-commerce
Since joining the team last November, Allure editor in chief Michelle Lee's mission was to transform how the publication operates online and on mobile. In essence, this meant expanding existing e-commerce offerings and identifying ways to increase ease of use for readers and shoppers on the new site, which went...
- Inside Pinterest’s effort to woo fashion brands
As part of an effort to engage consumers and brands, Pinterest hosted a popup event to promote the platform's recently launched Pinterest Shop, a separate section of the site that features brands that offer shoppable products via "buyable pins."
- Designers stump for Hillary Clinton
At the Democratic National Convention this week, plenty of A-listers, from Lena Dunham to Elizabeth Banks, turned up to stump for Hillary Clinton, the first-ever woman presidential nominee in the United States. And where the celebrities go, the high-fashion designers aren’t far behind.
- Why Adidas’ Stan Smiths are everywhere
The Adidas Stan Smith seems suddenly ubiquitous, but its rise hasn't been as sudden as it seems. Adidas had already sold more than 40 million pairs of the shoes, when it decided to breathe new life into an old classic -- by first completely wiping it off the market in...