Matches launches outlet amid turnaround efforts In a customer email on Sunday, the U.K.-based luxury e-tailer announced the launch of Matches Outlet. Positioned as “the destination to shop off-the-runway pieces from your favorite designers at up to 70% off,” Matches Outlet is set to be a year-round feature of the site. According to the email, “new...
Luxury Fashion: Theory Project and the rise of the anti-fashion ‘wardrobe’ brand Treating collections as a continuum of wardrobe builders is an approach that’s catching on among designers. The economy has minimized discretionary spending, and “dressing for real life feels more urgent."
Luxury Briefing: Why Paris Fashion Week is ‘the moment’ Models walking down a runway. It’s been done, and it continues to be done. But the designers that continue to capture the interest of fashion and beyond have consistently updated the ritual with elements that speak to the times. Paris Fashion Week has been awash with examples, inclusive of NYC-based...
Emerging Parisian designer Jude Ferrari: Buyers never buy from a brand’s first two seasons In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Jude Ferrari, the designer and founder of the 4-year-old Parisian fashion brand J.Simone, which hosted a fashion show on Monday. Ferrari, who went to school at Central Saint Martens and has worked for brands including Zara and...
- Faith Connexion’s Maria Buccellati on debuting a collaborative design approach at Paris Fashion Week
In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Maria Buccellati, co-owner and CEO of Faith Connexion, which hosted a Paris Fashion Week runway show on Wednesday. Prior to the show, the brand wiped its Instagram clean before posting a series of images promoting the brand’s...
Luxury Briefing: The rapid trend cycle and what Gucci got right It’s been widely reported that TikTok is accelerating the trend cycle. But, in step, consumers are pulling back on discretionary spending. As brands continue to propose “it” items and shift proportions, signaling the need for a wardrobe overhaul (at least) every six months, the gap between what flies in fashion...
- Antidote’s Lauren Amos and Karlo Steel on the return of ‘fashion with a capital F’
In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Lauren Amos and Karlo Steel — the buyer and founder of luxury fashion retailer Antidote, respectively — to discuss the relevance of fashion shows, the state of luxury consumer behavior and the shows they're shopping this season.
Luxury Briefing: NYFW collections reflected pragmatism or fantasy, and a sharpened focus on commerciality At New York Fashion Week Spring 2024, designer collections largely fell into one of two buckets: pragmatic or fantastical, decidedly practical or intentionally whimsical. But all designers seemed to agree on a heightened focus on commercial viability as the season’s dominant theme.
- Highsnobiety editor-in-chief Willa Bennett on building content, commerce and experiences around NYFW
In this Fashion Month edition of the Glossy Podcast, we sit down with Willa Bennett, who joined fashion and media company Highsnobiety as its editor-in-chief in 2022. Highsnobiety had a presence at New York Fashion Week with a three-day “Neu York” pop-up shop and various on-site events. Bennett talks about...