There’s a new path to fashion brand leadership. That theme played out across discussions with brand founders, technology vendors and industry consultants at the NRF's Big Show conference this week in New York City. Rather than working their way up a corporate ladder, more people are becoming entrepreneurs, leveraging digital tools...
This weekend's dedicated events are coming at a high point for vintage fashion. Major companies like Kate Spade are dipping into their own archives, stylists are in an arms race to dig up the best archival pieces for their celebrity clients, and resale companies are growing off the back of...
Perhaps no brand is better position to take advantage of the return of baggy, wide-leg jeans than JNCO. The brand, started by French-Moroccan brothers Jacques and Milo Revah in 1985, was known for the extreme bagginess of its jeans. The style was prevalent through the late 90s and the absurd...
Over the last year, a growing number of fashion brands have cozied up to professional baseball teams and athletes. Brands including Ralph Lauren, Aime Leon Dore, Pacsun and Sporty & Rich have debuted MLB collaborations with the Yankees or Dodgers and their athletes. The products range from baseball caps to...
The ongoing series of acquisitions and sell-offs paint a picture of an industry in flux. Dried up funding has made it harder for newer brands to get off the ground while larger companies are looking to build out their portfolios to compete with mega conglomerates like LVMH or Kering.
Trump has spoken at length about his plans to enact trade tariffs on all imported goods in an effort to stifle Americans’ reliance on foreign goods and, ostensibly, encourage businesses to move production back to the U.S. Whether any of those outcomes will be the result is uncertain, but what's...
It’s the latest crossover between the increasingly interlinked sports and fashion worlds, following brand sponsorships of women’s athletes in the WNBA and the brands working with entire leagues, like Rhone’s collaborations with the LPGA.
In this week’s briefing, inside Substack's growth as a revenue driver for summer dress brand Ciao Lucia. Plus, insights on how a luxury brand should work with its artisans, exclusive research on Prime Day, funding news and executive shifts to know.
The scale and unflinching rollout of the tariffs has shocked most analysts, who expected the threat of tariffs would be used to negotiate more favorable deals.
This week, a look at how The Hamptons are becoming an evergreen retail location for brands. Also, a guide to keeping a tight financial grip on your brand, a new funding round and executive shifts to know.
This week, a look at the brands getting into golf, pickleball and tennis as luxe sports take off. Plus, the current gen AI opportunities for creators, the latest funding rounds, new executive shifts and other news to know.
This week, a look at eyewear brand Selima Optique's strategy for creating sell-out glasses in collaboration with the Oscar-winning film "Poor Things." Plus, the trends inspired by Beyoncé’s "Cowboy Carter" album and the executive shifts announced this week.