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H&M and Gucci Top List of Most Transparent Brands in Mainstream and Luxury Fashion
Posted on April 21 2020
It's hard to hold companies accountable for what you don't know about them, and it's hard to know what you don't know about them if they have free rein to hide whatever they want to from the public. This is why transparency has become one of the key buzzwords in the sustainability movement, and ...
Must Read: What Brands Are Doing Instead of Influencer Marketing, Nordstrom Shares 2025 Environmental Goals
Posted on April 21 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday. What brands are doing instead of influencer marketingWith the current pandemic taking a toll on the economy, many companies have cut their budgets and are taking a pause on influencer partnerships, shifting their marketing to a ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know Beauty Director Stephanie Saltzman
Posted on April 21 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there's no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
London Fashion Week to Go All Digital, Gender-Neutral in June
Posted on April 21 2020
On Tuesday, the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced that its upcoming fashion week, London Fashion Week Men's — originally slated for June 12 through 15 — will now be entirely digital. It will also drop the "Men's," instead pivoting to a "gender-neutral platform" that covers menswear and ...
Must Read: CFDA and 'Vogue' Raise $4.1 Million, Neiman Marcus Expected to File for Bankruptcy
Posted on April 20 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Monday. CFDA and Vogue Raise $4.1 MillionFashion rescue fund A Common Thread, an initiative put together by the CFDA and Vogue to assist independent designers, stores and contractors, has received over 800 applications since being ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know Editor-at-Large Maura Brannigan
Posted on April 20 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there's no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
The Co-Founders of La Ligne Explain How They're Keeping Their 'Ecosystem' Intact
Posted on April 20 2020
For better or worse, we cannot stay away from the news. Well, some of it is news from real news sources, and the rest is a combination of conspiracy theories, memes and John Krasinski's news channel. But either way, except for the last, it's all pretty grim. Besides focusing on our deeply romantic ...
Must Read: Nordstrom Canceling Orders and Delaying Anniversary Sale, Instagram Introduces Stickers to Support Small Businesses
Posted on April 17 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Friday. Nordstrom is canceling orders and delaying its anniversary sale amid pandemicNordstrom has canceled more merchandise orders and delayed its Anniversary Sale until August, WWD reports. Normally held in July, the Anniversary Sale is one of ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know Editor-in-Chief Tyler McCall
Posted on April 17 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there's no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
Must Read: How to Pitch to Fashion Media Right Now, Tension Rises Between Retailers and Landlords in U.K and France
Posted on April 16 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday. How to pitch to fashion media right nowIn the face of the current pandemic, the relationships between brands and fashion media are facing abrupt changes. But while pitching is most certainly different, it's still needed by editors and ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know West Coast Editor Dhani Mau
Posted on April 16 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there's no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
Fashion and Beauty Editors Are Using Their Brand Contacts to Get Product to Frontline Workers
Posted on April 16 2020
In mid-March, Vox editor Julia Rubin got a text from her medical resident friend explaining how her protective masks were ruining her skin and asking if she knew of a way to get a discount from a beauty company. Rubin sent a screenshot of the text to New York-based beauty reporter Cheryl Wischhover ...
How One Artisan Organization Is Combatting Covid-19 — And No, It's Not By Making Masks
Posted on April 16 2020
Every day, it seems, another fashion brand announces it's pivoting production to make masks, face shields or hospital gowns in an effort to a part of the Covid-19 solution. Valuable though those contributions may be, they're not the only option available for companies trying to have a ...
Apparel Companies Estimated to Lose as Much as $1 Trillion in Brand Value Due to Covid-19
Posted on April 15 2020
Global brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance has once again released its assessment and ranking of the most valuable apparel brands in the world. Once again, for the sixth consecutive year, Nike has won the number-one spot by a longshot, with a total brand value of $34.8 billion, a 7% rise ...
American Eagle and Aerie Pledge $1 Million to Covid-19 Relief
Posted on April 15 2020
On Wednesday, the American Eagle Outfitters Foundation announced it would donate $1 million to Covid-19 relief efforts and more than one million masks to public health workers. The Pittsburgh-based company — which owns American Eagle and Aerie — joins a growing list of retailers ...
Designers and Executives Weigh in on the Future of Fashion Shows
Posted on April 15 2020
On Tuesday, the first day of Vogue's virtual Global Conversations conference, Marc Jacobs lamented how fashion shows might not be the same post-pandemic. Today, Balmain's Olivier Rousteing, Chloé's Natacha Ramsay-Levi and Balenciaga CEO Cedric Charbit grappled with the question: What does ...
Must Read: Dua Lipa Covers 'Elle,' Protecting Workers' Rights Is Harder Than Ever in a Pandemic
Posted on April 15 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Wednesday. Dua Lipa covers 'Elle'Dua Lipa covers the latest Elle, having conducted the accompanying interview over Zoom. She opens up about self-quarantining, promoting her new album in isolation and how she dealt with the leak of her new ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know Senior Editor Ana Colón
Posted on April 15 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there's no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
Must Read: Demi Lovato Covers 'Harper's Bazaar', How to Make Digital Fashion Weeks Work
Posted on April 14 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday. Demi Lovato covers Harper's BazaarDemi Lovato is making her way back into the spotlight as she covers the latest Harper's Bazaar beauty issue. In the accompanying interview, the singer opens up about her journey to recovery, her ...
Marc Jacobs Talks Creativity in Self-Isolation, Future Collections and What's Next for Fall 2020 at 'Vogue' Virtual Conference
Posted on April 14 2020
This week, Vogue is hosting a series of talks virtually, through Zoom, between global editors-in-chief — like the U.K.'s Edward Enninful, Spain's Eugenia de la Torriente and China's Angelica Cheung — and influential figures in the fashion industry across the globe, from ...
LVMH Repurposes Annual Young Designers Prize Into a Fund for Previous Winners
Posted on April 14 2020
The eight finalists for the 2020 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers were scheduled to present their collections to a jury of top designers on June 5, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event has been canceled. On Tuesday, a press release revealed that instead of picking a winner to ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know Senior Sustainability Reporter Whitney Bauck
Posted on April 14 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there’s no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
Must Read: Condé Nast Announces Pay Cuts, Why Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy Was Short-Lived
Posted on April 13 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Monday. Condé Nast announces pay cuts, potential job eliminationsCondé Nast — the publisher of Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Architectural Digest — announced that a round of short-term pay cuts and the potential for role ...
Stretch and Share: Get to Know Market Editor Dara Prant
Posted on April 13 2020
Back when going to the office was a thing, the Fashionista team would sometimes break for an afternoon "stretch and share," a chance to briefly get away from our screens, move our bodies and share responses to a fun, easy prompt. We realized there's no reason not to continue doing this in our own ...
K-Pop Stars Cover 'Allure' For 'Best of Global Beauty' Issue
Posted on April 13 2020
On Monday, Allure dropped not one, but two covers — one print, one digital — for its May 2020 "Best of Global Beauty" issue (the publication's first), which focuses mainly on South Korea and, specifically, the impact K-pop has had beyond music. Jihyo of the girl group Twice fronts Allure's ...
Must Read: What's the Point of a Fashion Magazine Now?, How 5 Very Different Brands Are Handling E-Commerce
Posted on April 10 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Friday. What's the point of a fashion magazine now? In a world that continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, fashion magazines are being forced to deal with reality. Monthly magazines with a large readership base are usually ...
Clare Waight Keller to Depart Givenchy
Posted on April 10 2020
Clare Waight Keller is leaving Givenchy, the designer confirmed in an Instagram post on Friday. A replacement has not yet been named. The British designer took the helm at Givenchy just three years ago, accepting the role of artistic director in March 2017. Waight Keller succeeded Riccardo Tisci, ...
Gal Gadot Covers 'Vogue,' Fitness Fashion Is on the Rise
Posted on April 09 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday. Gal Gadot covers Vogue's May issueAlthough the theatrical release of the latest "Wonder Woman" film, originally slated for June, has been postponed, Gal Gadot appears on the cover of Vogue's May 2020 issue, ...
Models Are Now Also Stylists, Photographers, Set Designers, Makeup Artists...
Posted on April 09 2020
We're rounding in on a solid month of social isolation efforts to slow the spread of Covid-19, with everyone deemed "non-essential" now working from makeshift home offices. That means most of the gears of the fashion industry have ground to a halt. That poses a problem for people who ...
Animal Crossing Is Providing Community, Comfort and Paid Work for Quarantined Fashion Professionals
Posted on April 09 2020
When pandemic-induced cancellations eliminated all of fashion photographer Kara Chung's upcoming projects, she found herself in the same position as countless other creatives: out of work. Like many of her bored, stuck-inside peers, Chung quickly immersed herself in the casual exploration game ...
'Town & Country' Has the Best Coverlines in the Business. Period.
Posted on April 08 2020
While coverlines are, by nature, designed to be noticed, most of the time, the only ones that really stand out are the bad ones — the ones that make you say, "Who the hell approved that?!" When thinking back on great magazine covers, it's much more likely that people remember the cover star, ...
Must Read: Global Fashion Industry to Contract by up to 30%, Lady Gaga Covers 'InStyle'
Posted on April 08 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Wednesday. Global fashion industry to contract by up to 30%, according to new report Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company have released a new report which examines in detail the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the global ...
Ugg Pledges $1 Million to Covid-19 Relief
Posted on April 08 2020
Lifestyle brand Ugg and its parent company, Deckers Brands, announced an initiative called Better Together, through which it pledges to donate over $1 million in both money and products to Covid-19 relief efforts. Support from Better Together will go various healthcare centers in New ...
Model Out of Work? Here's How to File for Unemployment
Posted on April 08 2020
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. has repeatedly broken records in the last few weeks as the coronavirus pandemic grinds the economy to a halt. Fashion professionals are among them, and while the unemployment system can be tricky for anyone to navigate, it can be ...
'Vogue' Italia Publishes a Blank Cover for Its April 2020 Issue
Posted on April 08 2020
On Tuesday, Vogue Italia teased the cover of its upcoming April 2020 issue, slated to drop on Friday (April 10), on social media. But instead of a model or a celebrity posing against a seamless, there was no one, no image. It was intentionally left blank. "In its long history stretching ...
The Power and Politics of High Fashion Twitter
Posted on April 08 2020
High Fashion Twitter would like to inform you that it is stylized as 'hf twitter,' because lowercase is chic. As a whole, this online subculture of fashion fanatics is easily identifiable: mood boards of "It" girls, threads on threads of niche fashion knowledge, endless commentary about the inner ...
Tanya Taylor Has a Message for Small Business Owners: Do, Don't Think
Posted on April 08 2020
It's hard to explain what these past few weeks have felt like. I acknowledge that each business will find its own way through this unprecedented moment in our industry's history. For me it has felt like I am trying to solve an equation on a whiteboard (à la Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind") ...
IMG Is Now Scouting Models on TikTok
Posted on April 08 2020
In 2014, IMG Models introduced We Love Your Genes. It's an Instagram account, a hashtag, a scouting program and a broader strategy the agency created to discover fresh faces that it can develop and eventually add to its roster, all rolled into one. And it's had success stories — from ...
Must Read: Telfar Clemens on How He Built His Brand, Gap Cancels Summer and Fall Orders
Posted on April 07 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday. Telfar Clemens on how he built his brand Coronavirus has put many American designers' ventures to a halt, and Telfar Clemens was on a path to heightened success with his brand before the pandemic came. Clemens ...
PETA Just Bought Stock in Ralph Lauren, Urban Outfitters and More to Push Wool Bans
Posted on April 07 2020
Thanks to the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, stock prices are at an all-time low for many companies. This is not great news unless you're PETA, and have developed a strategy of buying up stock at major fashion companies in order to push your anti-animal product agenda at board ...
Thrive Causemetics Pledges $1 Million to Covid-19 Relief Efforts
Posted on April 06 2020
A growing number of brands have taken it upon themselves to raise funding for coronavirus relief efforts, with many in the beauty industry leading the charge. One such company is Thrive Causemetics, which initially set out to make a one-time donation to Meals on Wheels, Baby2Baby and Feeding ...
Anna Wintour Gets Personal In Video Fundraiser for American Fashion Industry
Posted on April 06 2020
Anna Wintour isn't exactly known for sharing personal details about her life, but that's just what she did in the introductory video she made for A Common Thread, a new fundraising initiative presented by the CFDA and Vogue. Aimed at raising money to support the American fashion ecosystem, ...
Levi's Commits $3 Million to Support Communities Impacted by Covid-19
Posted on April 06 2020
On March 27, to lift spirits and support artists, Levi's launched 5:01® Live, a daily Instagram Live concert series. The California-based company dedicated $500,000 for the program, with all funds going directly to the creative community. And on Friday afternoon, it announced the second ...
The Family That Owns Tod's Is Donating €5 Million to Combat Covid-19
Posted on April 06 2020
On Monday, the Della Valle family — which owns and operates Italian luxury leather goods company Tod's — joined brands like Gucci, Valentino and Dolce & Gabbana in donating a major sum to help ease the burden that Covid-19 has placed on the world. While others have donated to ...
Must Read: Megan Thee Stallion Covers 'Marie Claire,' the Dos and Don'ts of Marketing During a Pandemic
Posted on April 06 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Monday. Megan Thee Stallion covers Marie ClaireHot Girl Megan Thee Stallion graces the cover of Marie Claire's May issue. The artist opens up about her work ethic, her legal battles with record label executives and not apologizing for ...
Tiffany & Co. Foundation Pledges $1 Million to Covid-19 Relief
Posted on April 06 2020
On Monday, the Tiffany & Co. Foundation — which is typically focused on supporting environmental causes — announced it would donate $1 million to Covid-19 relief efforts globally. According to a press release, $750,000 will go to the World Health Organization's Covid-19 Solidarity ...
13 Designers Share How They're Getting the Job Done From Home
Posted on April 06 2020
With most major metropolitan areas currently under stay-at-home orders to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the business of designing clothes has become significantly more challenging. Instead of studios bustling with teams of people, there are makeshift home offices and kids who have digital school ...
AG Jeans Donates $1 Million to Covid-19 Relief in Los Angeles
Posted on April 03 2020
We're continuing to see fashion and beauty brands big and small do whatever they can to help out amid the coronavirus crisis, and a popular Los Angeles denim brand has been the most recent to step up in a big way. On Friday morning, AG Jeans announced a $1 million donation to the Covid-19 LA County ...
Must Read: How to Manage Layoffs, Customers Are Spending on Comfort
Posted on April 03 2020
These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Friday. How to manage layoffsThrough talking with a series of lawyers, experts and executives, Business of Fashion has outlined the best way companies can manage layoffs and furloughs. Edgar Ndjatou, a lawyer and executive director at ...
This Is How This Works Now
Posted on April 03 2020
In a few short weeks, Covid-19 has wreaked havoc across the fashion and beauty industries. The dust has not yet even begun to settle and already, designers are fighting for survival, with already-beleaguered retailers canceling orders in the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Store closures ...