Welcome to the Glossy 50, our first annual list featuring men and women contributing to the transformation of fashion, luxury, beauty and technology. In this feature, we dive into their contributions to their industries’ new directions. These are the honorees in the Sustainable Fashion category. These are the honorees in...

MatchesFashion.com co-founder Tom Chapman shares what drove the retailer's record year in 2016, why content has remained a big part of his business and why luxury fashion and Amazon are no match.

Lisa Sugar shared one of her recent busy days in PopSugar’s headquarters of San Francisco, which included testing beauty products, reuniting with Ken Downing and taking her turn in her daughter’s soccer practice carpool.

Black Frame, the fashion PR firm and consulting agency, has helped introduce brands like Opening Ceremony, Kenzo and Rodarte into the public eye. Now, founder and president Brian Phillips is going beyond brand image and digging into developing strategy for brands.

ModiFace has built the AR technology used by 84 leading brands today, including Sephora, Estee Lauder, Smashbox, Mac, L'Oreal, CoverGirl and Maybelline. As the tool becomes commonplace, the company has positioned itself as the universal platform for virtual beauty.

Gwyneth Paltrow started Goop as a newsletter in 2008 to give recommendations about food, fitness, fashion and beauty. The company has since expanded to add commerce, product lines and books. Recently, Goop partnered with Condé Nast on a quarterly print magazine, launching in September. We caught up with Paltrow to...

John Veichmanis, Farfetch's newly appointed CMO, is taking a data-driven approach to marketing the brand. The company's 130-person marketing team is made up of data scientists as well as creatives, striking a balance that represents Farfetch's technology-minded luxury marketplace.

Amazon Spark rethinks the Instagram-driven inspiration model by putting the power of shoppable posts in the hands of the customer, not the brand, and turning every Prime shopper into an influencer.

After a two-year production process, WearableX's first responsive yoga pant has hit the market. Founder Billie Whitehouse thinks the pants, which respond to user's movements with a series of vibrations meant to improve form and prevent injury, could help push the wearable market to everyday use.

To introduce our new series, Ask a PR Exec, we asked Stacy Forgang, the vice president at LaForce, how the shifting brand and media landscape has transformed the role of PR agencies over time.

Racks of ready-to-wear at fashion retailers will soon be joined by rows of beauty products. Fashion retailers like H&M and Primark have begun expanding their merchandise offerings in order to become more “specialty,” and adding beauty into the mix is part of the move. The transition plays into the industry’s widespread...

For fashion brands and publishers alike, the emerging bevy of accessible live video serves as a launchpad to experiment with digital strategies and better connect with consumers and readers.