Jessica Schiffer

Jessica Schiffer

Jessica Schiffer

  • Walmart extends its e-commerce play with Bonobos acquisition

    After months of rumors, Walmart acquired the menswear retailer Bonobos today for $310 million -- more than it spent on its previous acquisitions of Moosejaw, Shoebuy and Modcloth combined. Andy Dunn, the founder and CEO of Bonobos, will now report to Marc Lore, Walmart’s president and CEO of e-commerce, and...

  • Blogger fashion lines are moving beyond their creators to thrive

    The market for fashion blogger–launched clothing collections has grown increasingly crowded in the last few years, and their ubiquity hasn’t curbed their success. However, the once-whimsical, largely directionless offerings are on the heels of a makeover: Some bloggers, including Aimee Song and Vanessa Hong, are rebranding or relaunching their collections...

  • Day in the Life: Fame and Partners founder Nyree Corby

    As the first mass made-to-order contemporary women’s line, Fame and Partners’ goal is to reduce the amount of waste in the industry by producing products directly in line with demand. We asked founder Nyree Corby to detail a recent workday, which involved everything from daytime fasting to late-night conference calls...

  • Can a Muslim modeling agency gain traction in today’s landscape?

    Nailah Lymus, a former designer, first launched her Muslim modeling agency, Underwraps, in 2012, but — despite features in The New Yorker and Elle Brazil, and on NBC — it’s struggled to gain the traction one might expect from a business of five years old. To wit, it represents only 10...

  • How New York’s The Cut is betting big on video

    The Cut is making its most significant video push yet, with a new, limited-run beauty series called "Face Race," which debuted last week. Hosted by the site’s senior beauty editor, Ashley Weatherford, the show pits two top makeup artists against each other in a competition to recreate iconic beauty looks...

  • Once-hot sportswear brands are tapping into their archives to regain relevance

    Depending on who you ask, the ’90s have been “back” in some shape or form since about the time they ended. But in the last two years, a host of casual sportswear brands that witnessed peak popularity during the era -- including Champion, Reebok, FILA and Kappa -- have experienced...

  • Future proofing: Inside LVMH’s under-the-radar beauty brand incubator

    Since 2014, when LVMH acquired the beauty incubator Kendo, the company has helped grow promising indie brands, including Kat Von D and Bite Beauty. Yet, not many people are aware that Kendo even exists — and it seems that LVMH wants it this way.

  • 24 Sèvres hints at its larger strategy on social media

    LVMH’s impending multi-brand e-commerce platform, 24 Sèvres, posted a grid of images on its Instagram account yesterday meant to uncover “24 secrets of the launch.” The move -- which involved the creation of multiple Instagram accounts and countless image grids -- shines a light on what to expect from the...

  • The Kanye Effect: Why hip-hop fashion is on the rise

    The last few years have seen a boom in rapper-branded clothing lines, redefining the concept of merchandise and increasing the backing artists' clout in the fashion industry. Although hip-hop and fashion have long been intertwined -- with artists endlessly name-dropping fashion labels in their songs and those same labels often...