5607 Results for ‘fashion’
  • The rise of Choupette Lagerfeld, cat satirist extraordinaire

    Social media director Ashley Tschudin runs the popular Choupette's Diary accounts, which she claims largely propelled the cat to feline fame.

  • NBA point guard Russell Westbrook gives Vetements a massive PR boost

    A day after Lorde pronounced Vetements as "uncool" on Twitter, Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook created some buzz on Twitter by showing up to a game Monday night in an orange oversized logo sleeve pullover by the company that retails at $775.

  • 5 charts on the state of global digital luxury ad spending

    Luxury advertising spending is on the rise after what was described as a disappointing year in 2015 — and digital is forecast to take a bigger chunk of ad budgets, new research shows. Spending on luxury advertising is expected to rise 3 percent this year to $10.9 billion, up from...

  • ‘Building aspiration’: A guide to creative director Instagrams

    For designers and creative directors in the digital age, it's just as important to have an engaging personal social media presence as it is for the brand itself. The key, experts say, is authenticity. With an ample dose of celebrity, of course.

  • The world’s oldest eyewear brand is going all-in on digital

    Eyewear is going the same way as streetwear. At least it is according to Safilo’s chief executive. “The rise of digital and social media is influencing new avenues of design and aesthetic, and the trend of ‘urban athlete’ is emerging in eyewear,” Luisa Delgado said. Delgado has been been at...

  • Little prince: How a royal robe broke the internet

    Blogs like 'What Kate Wore' and 'What Kate's Kids Wore' cater to young mothers looking to emulate the styles of both Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her royal children, including the robe wore by Prince George during his recent meeting with President Obama.

  • Why a company is selling a $1,800 bag for $200

    Cost transparency is coming to a new industry: luxury bags. Oliver Cabell, a travel and leather goods designer brand, is set to launch later in the summer and is offering Everlane-style price transparency in a much higher-priced market.

  • Social media has transformed streetwear

    After years as a subculture, being “street” has hit the mainstream -- beyond the street, onto runways and a full-fledged lifestyle brand. That’s why Stussy can be found at Urban Outfitters and Vetements can sell $300 t-shirts without anybody batting an eye. And Gosha Rubchinskiy can take his counterculture streetstyle...

  • Why Paper Magazine is trawling Grindr for models

    Paper Magazine posted a call to action for Grindr users to submit applications to participate in an upcoming photo shoot for its summer issue. While Paper is remaining tight lipped on the details of the shoot, including the identify of of the photographer, Landis Smithers, Grindr's vp of marketing, said...

  • On the Glossy Podcast: Spring CEO Alan Tisch

    Hot shopping app Spring's founder and CEO, Alan Tisch, joins us for the inaugural episode of the Glossy Podcast. We discuss why retailers are slow to move (legacy structures); as well as why chatbots are the next big thing (customers are already used to texting their stylists.)

  • Inside Privé Porter’s $18m Birkin reselling business

    Every so often, a piece of news about an ultra-expensive, rare handbag appears in the mainstream press such as the Birkin that sold two weeks ago to an unidentified buyer for the record amount of $298,000. Behind that sale, and many of its ilk, Privé Porter, a Florida-based handbag reseller...

  • How Kit and Ace opened 63 locations in two years

    In two years, Kit and Ace, the technical apparel -- don’t call it athleisure! -- brand founded by Chip Wilson’s wife and son, Shannon and JJ Wilson, has grown at a breakneck speed, with 63 locations in two years. It came in hot, arriving just after the functional-but-stylish clothing boom...