Eleanor Barnes: Gen-Z name defining beauty Barnes, 24, is a self-proclaimed “makeup enthusiast,” whose influencer career took off when she was 18. “I got Instagram so I could talk to people in college, and I started doing these really artsy looks on my face,” she said. “I didn’t even know what an influencer was. But a...
Sean Garrette: Gen-Z name defining beauty When Sean Garrette was named global ambassador of Rihanna’s Fenty Skin in July 2020, it both catapulted his career and changed the perception of what makes a beauty influencer.
Fashion Briefing: Is fashion’s shade inclusivity push just marketing? High-end footwear brands have made a big to-do about expanding their range of nude shoe shades, but good luck finding them.
Supermodel Carolyn Murphy on her 30-year career and ‘all that hype around influencers’ When Carolyn Murphy started modeling, she didn’t have a long-term plan. But thirty years later, her career is still going strong. “I didn't develop a business sense until much, much later [in my career] -- probably until after I gave birth to my daughter,” she said on the latest Glossy Podcast....
Fashion Briefing: Is garbage the future of fashion? This week, a look at the potential for a waste-fueled fashion industry, including a check-in on denim's circularity efforts.
Frame expands sustainability focus with circular denim launch On Thursday, the company will launch a circular denim capsule collection, designed as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign project. It’s Frame’s latest step of many in the last two years centered on integrating more sustainability into its products and operations. The company has so far remained relatively...
Saucony president Anne Cavassa on prepping for the new ‘Roaring Twenties’ The team behind 120-year-old Saucony is no stranger to the competition in the running shoe market. Still, within the last year, as former gym rats took up running and more brands entered the space, they’ve been stepping up their game. "The running boom is real,” Anne Cavassa, president of Saucony,...
Head of content Aya Kanai on keeping Pinterest ‘the last positive corner of the internet’ Earlier this month, Pinterest introduced its Creator Code content policy. Head of content and partnerships Aya Kanai, former editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, broke down the platform's aim to police troll-like behavior, misinformation and the “compare-and-despair” talk that’s infiltrated fashion.
Fashion Briefing: Designers are starting over with a DTC focus This week, an up-close look at the comeback plans of designers who have abandoned fashion’s traditional models. Brands breaking up with retailers is trending. A fashion designer closing the door on the wholesale chapter of their business and starting fresh with a direct-to-consumer company was a bigger story in 2016. But...