Streetwear and sneakers are among the biggest disruptive forces in fashion today. While much has been written about the overlap between the worlds of luxury and streetwear — embodied most notably in the appointment of streetwear icon Virgil Abloh to creative director of Louis Vuitton — one underexplored change that...
The idea behind the new search feature is that customers will “go down the rabbit hole,” searching for products, being inspired by what products are shown alongside the originally searched-for ones, which in turn inspire further searching and purchasing. This is meant to build a sense of personalization that accrues...
Italic’s business model opens up some interesting questions about consumers’ relationship with luxury and brand names. If you can buy a bag made by the same people who make Prada bags, using the same material Prada bags are made from, in the same place where Prada bags are made, is...
As fashion brands are embracing augmented reality with a boost from Apple, the question remains of whether there is an actual appetite for such tools or if brands are pushing them in spite of apathy from consumers.
Few of the biggest names in streetwear have made any public commitments to sustainability. Supreme, one of the heaviest hitters in streetwear today, offers no information on where or how its materials are sourced, nor does it have any existing sustainable efforts like upcycling or waste reduction. The same goes...
The fashion industry is the second largest contributor to global pollution behind the oil industry. This fact, something that fashion brands are only now beginning to reckon with.
The e-commerce company Yoox just launched its first private label brand, 8 by Yoox, tapping into the dual trends of artificial-intelligence-assisted fashion design and retailer-owned private label brands.
The rise of personal shopping services is tied closely to the changing ways in which customers think about their relationship with shopping. The Lobby, a new startup that aims to set itself apart from comparable services like Stitch Fix, is the latest company to get in on this trend.
Yahoo Lifestyle is rolling out the next step of its “NowWith” program, a “celebrity-driven platform” that hosts a series of shoppable short videos featuring different celebrity influencers along with brand and retailer partners. In addition to the previously announced series starring Nicole Richie and affiliated with the lifestyle brand Wylde...