Sara Spruch-Feiner is a lifelong New Yorker and writer. She is a Senior Reporter at Glossy, where she spearheads Glossy Pop, a vertical about the intersection of beauty, fashion, and culture. She also writes the Glossy Pop Newsletter, which goes out on Fridays. She has contributed to publications including New York Magazine, The Zoe Report, Byrdie, Women’s Health, Coveteur, Shape—and many more. She is a graduate of Kenyon College where she earned her B.A. in English Literature (with a double minor in Women’s Studies and Art History) and a 2009 recipient of the New York Women in Communications, Inc. scholarship. She is equally passionate about women’s rights, really great serums, television, and the power of writing about them all.
Sara Spruch-Feiner is a lifelong New Yorker and writer. She is a Senior Reporter at Glossy, where she spearheads Glossy Pop, a vertical about the intersection of beauty, fashion, and culture. She also writes the Glossy Pop Newsletter, which goes out on Fridays. She has contributed to publications including New York Magazine, The Zoe Report, Byrdie, Women’s Health, Coveteur, Shape—and many more. She is a graduate of Kenyon College where she earned her B.A. in English Literature (with a double minor in Women’s Studies and Art History) and a 2009 recipient of the New York Women in Communications, Inc. scholarship. She is equally passionate about women’s rights, really great serums, television, and the power of writing about them all.
Why Harry Styles was 2021’s ultimate style icon In September, as Harry Styles kicked off his tour, dubbed “Love On Tour,” online styling service Stitch Fix saw a 160% year-over-year spike in customer requests related to the tour or inspired by the singer’s eclectic look. Styles, who is a face of Gucci, was famously featured on the cover...
The fashion and beauty products that made the most impact in 2021 With viral moments happening every week and industry-wide conversations bubbling into the zeitgeist almost as quickly, Glossy pinpointed the top-five most important moments in both beauty and fashion.
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Glossy Pop Newsletter: How Casetify elevated the humble phone case to a celeb-beloved fashion accessory If your phone is always in your hand (and let’s face it, it pretty much is), then perhaps its case is actually your most-used accessory. When you take (and post) a mirror selfie, your phone case plays a starring role in the image. Recognizing that, Casetify has managed to make...
Exclusive: CAA backs new beauty incubator, Creative Beauty — and its first brand is with Peyton List As celebrity beauty brands become the norm, so too do companies that strategize around building them. A new entrant into this space is Creative Beauty, an incubator created in partnership with the talent agency CAA. Alexis Maybank, best known for being the founder of Gilt, is its CEO and co-founder.
Why beauty brands are backing away from CBD In September, WLDKAT, an affordable skin-care brand, reintroduced itself to its audience. It first launched at the start of the pandemic with CBD as its hero ingredient. In its second iteration, the ingredient is gone altogether, and product price points are down about $4-$6 each.
Jonathan Van Ness on using JVN to help de-gender the beauty industry Jonathan Van Ness released his brand, JVN Hair, in partnership with Amyris back in August. On December 14, it will release its first new launch since then. Amyris is also behind Biossance, Rose Inc and a number of other beauty brands.
Glossy Pop Newsletter: Violette responds to 2021’s viral TikTok makeup hacks As TikTok hacks and trends become more commonplace, traditionally trained professionals have watched, sometimes in horror. So we thought it would be fun to take a look back at 2021’s viral makeup hacks — with none other than Violette Serrat, Guerlain’s creative director of makeup and famous French cool girl.
Glossy x Launchmetrics Research: Before #ChanelAdventCalendar, these were the buzziest Advent calendars Over the last week, Advent calendars have been a topic of heated discussion. But even before #chaneladventcalendar accumulated 55.4 million views on TikTok and coverage everywhere from Diet Prada to The New York Times, Advent calendars were creating buzz. Exclusively for Glossy, Launchmetrics ranked the top-five most buzzed-about Advent calendars...