With more U.S. retailers carrying South Korean skincare and makeup imports, and beauty brands increasingly plucking ideas from the range, K-beauty’s U.S. reach extends far beyond the tutorials and shelfies of beauty junkies. In fact, it’s gone mainstream.

At the Democratic National Convention this week, plenty of A-listers, from Lena Dunham to Elizabeth Banks, turned up to stump for Hillary Clinton, the first-ever woman presidential nominee in the United States. And where the celebrities go, the high-fashion designers aren’t far behind.

Gender is a hot topic in broader culture and retailers are tapping into the phenomenon with their own definitions of gender, through unisex, gender-neutral and androgynous lines.

Upscale department store Neiman Marcus is rolling out a new “Active” collection that may make it the store of choice for hypebeasts and Soulcycle fanatics alike.

For years, Danish jewelry brand Pandora has been known for its delicate charms that can be used to build personalized bracelets. With a new campaign launched this fall, with influencers, it's hoping to be known for other jewelry items.

For W Magazine's 10th anniversary art issue, Snapchat is a key theme. So the publisher has also decided to set up a 48-hour Snapchat Discover channel. With 17 specific stories for Snapchat, the idea is to take W's artistic content and make it appeal to a wider millennial audience.

Cadillac is partnering with the Council for Fashion Designers of America on an initiative called Retail Lab that helps cultivate young fashion designers. The program fosters up and coming young designers, and augments Cadillac's efforts to rebuild its brand following decades of slumping sales.

Rebecca Minkoff is homing in on how to tackle some of the industry's biggest issues, including sustainability and diversity, and finding ways to better engage with her consumers.

Chloé announced a new line of alphabet rings and charms, which customers can use to add select initials or meaningful acronyms to several Chloé styles, including the Drew bag and the Alphabet wallet. The move follows Ralph Lauren’s foray into personalization earlier this fall, taking a cue from brands like...

The fashion industry wasn't sure what to make of Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss when they came on the scene as co-founders of then fledgling luxury rental company, Rent the Runway back in 2009. Hyman talks about how they convinced brands of her company's value, and built a lucrative business...

The Cut is experimenting with new social media strategies to drive engagement, including collaborations with photographers and recently hiring an Instagram editor to design tactics leading into New York Fashion Week.

Burberry is reportedly in talks to acquire Coach for an estimated $20 million, according to financial blog Betaville. Though Coach has allegedly been in talks with with investment banking firm Evercore on a deal for “several weeks,” murmurings of a merger began prior to this month -- the Financial Times...