Since March, loungewear has boomed, workwear has struggled and designer fashion brands have closed up shop. The changes could read as temporary -- that is, for as long as people are dressing exclusively for the living room. But lockdown has given consumers more time to be thoughtful about the brands...

Creating digital content has become a constant task for fashion companies, and the traditional fashion calendar has widely been deemed obsolete. Even so, dozens of brands have deemed participation in Paris’ and Milan’s digital men’s fashion weeks worth-it. As insiders see it, these events are like training camps for the...

Fashion brands including Universal Standard, RedThread and Unspun are calling for a size-free industry. Their basis: The current size scale is discriminatory and forces women to fit into a box that, often, wasn’t made for them. 

Brands have long abided by the traditional, seasonal fashion calendar, perpetuated by fashion weeks, trade shows and retailers. But switching gears in the name of survival has meant rethinking the production and distribution cadence. It’s resulted in the realization that fashion’s old parameters don’t serve brands’ best interests. So they’re...

Retail’s revival is dependent on more than stores requiring face masks, providing sanitizer and establishing more stringent cleaning guidelines. One-time shopping destinations now need to re-earn their status by offering a vibrant experience, within reason.  

Malls weren’t given the green light during New York's Phase 2 reopenings, along with outside retailers, plus they’re not among companies permitted to open in Phase 3 or Phase 4. Retailers that set up shop in Hudson Yards when it opened last year are getting restless. 

New York City entered Phase 2 on Monday, allowing retailers abiding by safety guidelines to open their doors to customers. On Wednesday, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue took advantage of the opportunity via their flagships in Columbus Circle and on Fifth Avenue, respectively. In the late afternoon, I took a...

In the last three weeks, brands including Gap, Levi’s, Warby Parker and Rent the Runway have responded to the demand on social media to #pulluporshutup by sharing the racial breakdown of their employees. Many that are shy of 15% Black employees on their executive team have vowed to get there...

The traditional fashion career path, in jobs from design to media, is paved with privilege. Since protests erupted over George Floyd’s death -- driving people to look in the mirror, re-evaluate the brands they support and question how we got here -- industry professionals have increasingly taken to Twitter to...