Why inclusive sizing hasn’t caught on among menswear brands The vast majority of size-inclusive efforts have focused exclusively on women’s fashion. Universal Standard only makes clothes for women and Old Navy’s sweeping Bodequality campaign only affects its women’s clothes. Men’s fashion, comparatively, is far behind in terms of size inclusivity.
Fashion Briefing: Tired of losing money, fashion brands are rewriting the returns policy An increase in returns means an increase in new strategies for dealing with them. Brands and retailers are trying everything, from implementing new programs to prevent returns before the purchase to finding new ways to process returns after the fact.
Week in Review: Roblox and Ralph Lauren, Pete Davidson and Calvin Klein, and Chanel’s Advent calendar This week, senior fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff discuss Ralph Lauren's metaverse ambitions, timed with a new Roblox activation, Pete Davidson's partnership with Calvin Klein and Chanel's Advent calendar controversy.
How Aurate leveraged collaborations on its road to profitability The brand’s most recent collaboration is with American luxury brand Halston. On Tuesday, the brands launched a collection of 12 pieces ranging in price from $150-$1,600. It marks the first time Halston has ever made jewelry. Aurate co-founder Sophie Kahn said Halston approached her and co-founder Bouchra Ezzahraoui to help...
More fashion brands prioritized size inclusivity in 2021 For years, bold moves toward size inclusivity were squarely in the domain of smaller companies that made it a differentiating focus. But this year saw a number of big brands following in the path of their younger counterparts.
How luxury resale aims to build on its new younger consumer base In the last few years, Sotheby’s has seen many of the same transformations that have hit all of luxury. Its customers are skewing younger and many are in Asia, its sales are increasingly online, and its product focus has shifted to include streetwear and sneakers, putting Nike alongside Patek Philippe...
Express’ ambitions to leave the mall behind are paying off That was a talking point the company hit on several times throughout its third-quarter earnings report on Thursday morning. It echoed what CEO Tim Baxter has been saying for nearly two years. In January 2020, Baxter rolled out a new plan for Express called ExpressWayForward that’s meant to get the...
Week in Review: Virgil Abloh, Black Friday and a report from Glossy’s first UK event As the biggest story of the week was the tragic passing of Virgil Abloh, we discussed his life and his influence on fashion. Also this week: a lackluster Black Friday and a report from Glossy's first U.K. event.
‘A cultural reckoning’: Inside the blooming relationship between fashion and cannabis One activity that has been popular among the same subsets of hip-hop and skate has remained largely off-limits until recently: cannabis. Stilted legalization efforts and restrictions on what brands can and cannot advertise mean that cannabis has had to be overlooked, despite being a major part of the youth culture...