Inside the store-focused global expansion plans of Sunspel’s new CEO Last month, Sunspel, the 163-year-old British luxury brand best known for its James Bond-beloved polo shirts, announced a new CEO, Raul Verdicchi. Verdicchi, who has experience at luxury brand Ermenegildo Zegna and racing brand Alpha Tauri, marks the first leadership shift since the brand was bought out by former CEO...
Introducing the ‘Is This the Metaverse?’ podcast, exploring how brands including Coach are tackling the metaverse opportunity In episode four of the "Is This The Metaverse?" narrative podcast, Glossy international fashion reporter Zofia Zwiegliska spotlights the brand opportunity, when it comes to fashion in the metaverse.
Fashion Briefing: With smart glasses showing new potential, fashion is set to play a key role in the adoption of multimodal AI Google Glass is remembered by many fashion fans as a sci-fi-like accessory that made a gimmicky appearance on a 2012 Diane von Furstenberg runway. But fashion shouldn’t be as quick to dismiss the next iteration of smart glasses. That's because multimodal AI is taking them to the next level.
The Melissa playbook for reaching new shoppers with product collaborations Even before its buzzy collaboration with Telfar in July, Melissa had already partnered with designers including Marc Jacobs and Vivienne Westwood.
Hailey Bieber’s makeup artist launches a brand offering the dewy look Katie Jane Hughes, the British celebrity makeup artist behind Hailey Bieber’s signature dewy look, is launching her own brand. Hughes first earned a following by doing makeup tutorials on Instagram, where she now has 875,000 followers. Her makeup looks have also earned her 58,000 YouTube subscribers and 162,000 TikTok followers.
The Fabricant aims to elevate digital fashion with ‘couture’ collection launch On September 28 on the web3 platform Cornerstone, The Fabricant will launch the “Primal Rave” couture fashion collection and a corresponding virtual reality experience called “Wholeland.” The moves are part of a new creative and business strategy for the company focused on making profitable and innovative digital fashion.
How a footwear brand cut through the noise during London Fashion Week The Piferi event, which attracted hundreds of people to the Windmill cabaret club in Brixton, London, was highlighted by Browns buying director Ida Petersson as LFW's best show format.
How TikTok is courting luxury brands during Fashion Month With the launch of TikTok Collective and the new “speed-dating” style events in the four fashion capitals, the social media platform is focusing on creators to offer unique content opportunities for brands.
Emerging acquisition and retention strategies brands are trialing now During a September 15 panel discussion during the LFW-adjacent Digital Fashion Week in London, organized in partnership with Epic Games, web3 experts with luxury brand clients spoke about the innovative acquisition and retention tactics brands are buying into now.