While the industry has made sustainability a marketing buzzword in recent years, actual concrete regulations -- especially those with penalties – are rare in the industry. There are few rules about what you can label as “organic” or “sustainable,” for example, beyond bare minimum false advertising laws.

This week, the pair discuss the legacy of the late André Leon Talley, an outsized personality in the fashion world for decades, as well as LVMH's new minority stake in Aimé Leon Dore and Bally's hire of Rhude's Rhuigi Villaseñor as its new creative director.

Textile exports from Ukraine grew in value from $30 billion in 2016, at a low point following a political crisis in 2015, to a $50 billion high in 2020. That growth led manufacturers and brands to move production to the country, favoring Ukraine’s geographic position between Europe and Asia, and...

Brands have been drawn to Texas’ young, wealthy urban residents as well as the relative strength of its brick-and-mortar retail environment. Balmain is hosting its only Barbie-themed pop-up with Texas-based Neiman Marcus in Dallas this month, Gucci is set to open its first Austin store early next year, and Jonathan...

With children’s fashion reaching $40 billion in sales in the U.S. last year, brands like Abercrombie & Fitch are upping their focus on perfecting their approach to the children’s category. 

This week, there was a flurry of news around Yeezy and Gap, including a new TV spot, a new product and the announcement of yet another collaborator -- "Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga" is set to roll out later this year. Also, data from The RealReal's annual consignment report shows...

In the last three months, brands including Muji, Grailed and Kenny Flowers, as well as retail platform NewStore, have put a new focus on mobile apps. Their reasons are manifold, but a common thread among these new apps is that they’re targeted at loyal customers and are used as a...

Italy is responsible for a large amount of high-end fashion production, home to more than 14,000 textile manufacturers that together produce products worth $42 billion in value each year. With Omicron cases surging and the booster shot only just becoming available to locals at the beginning of December, brands have...

On Monday Toward, a sustainability-focused online luxury retailer that launched in August 2021, introduced its own take on an educational sustainability initiative, in the form of an opt-in order limit. Customers, if they so choose, can have their annual number of orders limited to 12.