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This week, we talk about the swift appointment of Alessandro Michele as the new creative director of Valentino. We also talk about H&M’s strategy, following its stellar earnings announcement, and U.K.'s new guidance about greenwashing by fast fashion brands.

The Global Fashion Summit, which is the largest fashion sustainability event in the world, took place in Copenhagen this week. In attendance were leading conglomerates including LVMH and PVH, innovative startups like Hilos and Circulose, charities like the Or Foundation, and regulators from the E.U. The focus this year was...

Despite the stock market recently providing evidence to the contrary – namely, via shares tumbling as apparel brands and retailers downgrade annual projections — the financial and fashion industries are getting cozier. More specifically, making moves to tap into the opportunity the other provides is trending among the leaders of...

2023 was a big year for Harlem’s Fashion Row, the agency that launched in 2007 to connect brands and designers of color. To start, the company partnered with H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Nordstrom, and Abercrombie & Fitch; launched the combined e-commerce site and Black and Latinx designer directory, HFR & Co.;...

In late September, Louis Vuitton announced the launch of its Discord server where the women’s spring 2024 collection was livestreamed. Other brands made their shows and PFW activations available on emerging platforms like Roblox and Decentraland, and partnered with new social commerce platforms like Emcee. As customer acquisition costs on...

With the fashion industry heading toward a regulated environment, this year's events and commitments at COP are aimed at moving past marketing and greenwashing, to systems change and transition. 

Since being posted on Wednesday, Jacquemus's 3D rendering has inspired marketers, cued new implications about fashion marketing’s direction and AI’s impact, and shed light on current digital capabilities and consumer interests, including around IRL brand moments. 

A January 23 report published by the British Fashion Council, incubation platform The Outsiders Perspective, learning and development platform The Fashion Minority Report, and consulting company McKinsey reveals that most U.K. fashion firms lag in leadership inclusivity, with people of color and women underrepresented in executive roles. 

On this week's Glossy Week in Review podcast, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and special guest co-host Sarah Ball, editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal Magazine, discuss the consolidation in fashion, including the potential acquisitions by Tapestry of Capri Holdings and by LVMH of Paris Match. Later, they talk about the...

This week, we take a look at the recent performance of Kering brands Gucci to Balenciaga, as they seek to bounce back from a creative transition and a PR nightmare, respectively. Later, we talk about how Levi’s is attempting to get its water usage under control and to what extent...

Several fashion brands are currently engaged in or have recently settled lawsuits over copyright infringement. It's a touchy issue at the best of times but the rise of generative AI, an ongoing economic downturn and the establishment of new and lightly regulated online marketplaces all serve to make these lawsuits...

Between the implosion of Kanye West’s fashion empire and the release of the documentary "Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons," brands ignited controversy for cultural appropriation, whitewashing, insensitive comments and calls for mass shoplifting.