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These passionate advocates forwarded fashion or beauty for good.
Victor Casale has been thinking about sustainability since the ’80s, when his brother-in-law, Frank Toskan, co-founded MAC Cosmetics. Casale became MAC’s chief chemist. In those early days, when the brand was a small, family-operated business, “we were creating a lot of garbage and small plastic pieces. So we started ‘Back to MAC,’” he said, referring to the brand’s original recycling program. Flash forward nearly 40 years, and Casale is the co-founder of MOB Beauty, a “clean” makeup brand that focuses on biodegradable and recyclable packaging.
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In October, Nadya Okamoto, alongside a coalition of period care founders from brands including The Honey Pot, Saalt, Cora, Lola, Rael, Here We Flo and Diva, announced The Tampon Tax Back Coalition. According to Period Law, a group of lawyers who volunteer their time to advance state and federal period equity policies, consumers pay nearly $80 million in taxes related to period care purchases annually. Thanks to the coalition, consumers across more than 20 U.S. states can be refunded the sales tax they are charged on menstrual care products.
The fur-free movement may have started in the ’90s with brands like Calvin Klein, but it is still far from over. As the director of fashion policy at animal rights company The Humane Society of the United States since 2019, P.J. Smith has been at the forefront of its ongoing changes, convincing brands to go fur-free for sustainability and economic reasons. Among brands signing on to the Humane Society of the United States’ “Fur-Free Fashion Companies” this year were Moncler, Zegna and Thom Browne.
Explore all of the 2023 Glossy 50 honorees here.
