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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.)
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...
In tandem with the announcement that Cara Delevingne has been appointed the newest brand ambassador for Rimmel London, the company is holding a Snapchat press conference with the model on April 15.
The Justin Bieber Purpose Tour pop-up shop at VFiles demonstrates streetwear's ongoing rise as a burgeoning business in recent years, reflected in the numerous celebrity collaborations with emerging designers and media sites devoted to tracking their launches.
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...
H&M’s net profit may have slid the most it has in five years, but the Swedish retailer remains unfazed. The retailer is placing its bets on both physical and e-commerce expansion as well as a portfolio of several new brands to overcome what it hopes is only a minor speedbump....
Haute joaillerie represents a return to true luxury and experimental design in the high-end garment space. To woo high net worth consumers, jewelry makers are creating custom-made, one-of-a-kind pieces of haute joaillerie, timepieces that cost millions of dollars.