Formerly editor-in-chief of Porter magazine and British Harper's Bazaar, Yeomans had to get acclimated to the fast-paced gaming world: “I'm used to being somewhere where you develop an app and you move on, and you come back to it maybe three years later,” she said on the Glossy Podcast. “In...
As brands attempt to bounce back from 2020 and the buzz around fashion weeks fizzles, designers still opting to host a show or presentation are rethinking its purpose: Rather than a marketing opportunity, it’s a time to drive sales.
Timed with its 10-year anniversary, South Korean fashion brand Greedilous launched in the U.S. last month via a direct-to-consumer e-commerce site selling its made-to-order styles. It marks the first time the brand has been available to U.S. shoppers, despite that it’s shown at New York Fashion Week, collaborated with locally...
Workwear was different when CEO Sarah LaFleur launched M.M.LaFleur, her fashion brand targeting working women. “Dresses were the majority of our business [in 2013],” she said on the Glossy Podcast. “We didn’t even have pants until 2016.” But now that working from home has become the norm, the brand has...
For Black designers, fashion companies’ quick moves to right the ship on diversity following the killing of George Floyd spelled big opportunity through, for example, newly opened doors and available training. But, the road to true inclusion quickly called out the need for an industry-wide united front.
When Jeff Abrams launched L.A.-based fashion brand Rails in 2008, centered on shirts with a “super-soft handfeel,” he couldn’t have predicted the great demand for comfortable clothes in 2020. But the cashmere-like fabric that first catapulted the brand into the market is now driving exceptional sales for the company.
Both finding and filling white space in the crowded fashion market are difficult, so 70-year-old lingerie manufacturer Gelmart is teaming with entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life.
TikTok is the new runway. That’s according to the team behind Finesse, a fashion brand designed according to Gen-Z ideals that came out of beta on Wednesday. The L.A.-based company makes affordable styles that reflect the most-talked-about fashion trends on social media, relying on AI to pinpoint what’s hot and...
Managing corporate social responsibility for a global company with 160,000 employees can’t be easy, especially in 2021. But Karin Raguin, vp of talent management and corporate responsibility at LVMH North America, is rising to the challenge. “All of the past year has been about people and safety, and well-being …...