As social media increasingly becomes an extension and reflection of our lives, it’s providing important insights into the evolution of fashion and beauty trends. We pinpointed five of the things we learned from the year's social media reports, about how users engaged with fashion and beauty content in 2017.

Today, some celebrity hairstylists have become famous in their own right: People like Jen Atkin, Ted Gibson and Tracey Cunningham garner social media followings to rival their clients. But most of their peers remain largely behind-the-scenes in a job that isn’t always so glamorous. We spoke to one of them...

Authenticity is all the rage these days, and “no-makeup makeup” no longer makes the cut. This puts beauty brands -- long known for their idealistic advertisements -- in a tricky spot: Continue promoting perfection at the risk of offending consumers, or rewrite beauty’s blueprint with less aspirational, “imperfect” imagery? Many...

Monday marked the official start of fashion month, the industry's seminal biannual event that convenes fashion professionals and enthusiasts around the world to see the latest designer collections. We took a look at fashion month by the numbers, including everything from the average number of minutes a show is delayed...

Rebecca Minkoff walked Glossy through a typical jam-packed workday, which included hitting handbag market, enjoying a glam session over lunch and moderating a panel discussion at her Soho store, part of the recently-launched RM Superwomen platform and centered on the work-life challenges of modern moms.

HearstMade, the branded content arm of Hearst Digital Media, is looking to New York Fashion Week as a way to expand its capabilities, beginning with an influencer event co-sponsored by BCBG.

Meant to evoke popular specialty-multi retailers like Sephora and Ulta, Target's new beauty section was established with goals of better spotlighting trendy items, encouraging product testing and ramping up one-on-one service.

Lori Riviere recapped a recent day, which included previewing NYFW runway collections, making late-night calls to clients and squeezing in snuggle time with her one-year-old son.

Since the company was acquired by U.K.-based Boohoo Group in February 2017, Nasty Gal has been working to get its vibe back on track and regain the trust of its shoppers. Today’s launch of its first collaboration in the new setup feels like a step in the right direction.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise. Multiple designers showing at New York Fashion Week this weekend shared the same inspiration: female empowerment.

For the past two years, Sephora has been quietly supporting female-founded beauty businesses with an incubator-like program called Accelerate. More than money, it’s access and education that the program looks to provide.

2017 saw a constant stream of successful mergers and acquisition, rumored buyouts and unfinished deals. The theme of all these fashion and beauty deals: If you can’t beat it, buy it.