Despite retail innovations galore, top-selling, style-befitting fashions are not exactly at one’s fingertips. Those who built careers and businesses off of this industry shortcoming are now looking to further solve it. 

After exclusively working with Nike for 27 years, until January 2024, Tiger Woods is putting his expert stamps on golf apparel and accessories again — this time, under the Sun Day Red label. As the first shoe debuts, the brand's Charley Hudak and Tyler Pinkos join the Glossy Podcast.

After transformative runs at Coach and Tiffany & Co. — where he greatly expanded the category mix and introduced a less stuffy side, respectively — Reed Krakoff is breathing new life into 50-year-old John Hardy, the fine jewelry brand majority-owned by L Catterton since 2014. Five of Krakoff’s first John Hardy...

On the latest Glossy Podcast, Gibbs discusses Nagnata’s values-driven processes, which have earned it a dedicated fan following. She also discusses its international growth plans and its Patagonia-like holiday strategy.

As the CEO of the independent luxury fashion brand Altuzarra since early 2020, Shira Sue Carmi has managed to strike a next-to-impossible balance: She’s accelerated business growth while also maintaining the special qualities that differentiate the brand from its mega-conglomerate-powered competitors.

For Todd Snyder, who launched his namesake menswear brand in 2011, hosting a runway show at Pitti Uomo in January wasn’t just his 2024 highlight but it was also the highlight of his whole career. 

This year, L’Agence proved that its Ralph Lauren-level lifestyle brand ambitions are no shot in the dark. “We’ve got her,” said Jeff Rudes, the brand’s founder, chairman and acting creative director, regarding the L’Agence customer. “She’s brand-loyal. And first-time shoppers are returning fast and buying a lot more product.”

During this big election year, all eyes were on Washington, D.C. For Tuckernuck, a brand known for dressing women in politics, it made for a major organic marketing moment. But, according to co-founder and CEO Jocelyn Gailliot, the brand had already been in rapid-growth mode.

For Nicky Campbell, pent-up demand for authentic fashion reviews has translated to more than 320,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram. They encompass talent he’s featured, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kris Jenner and Charli XCX, as well as “fashion-, beauty- and entertainment-obsessed” Gen Zers, he said.