Glossy Team

Glossy Team

Glossy Team

  • Launch Collective’s Shira Carmi: Vogue is no longer a guarantor of success

    Launch Collective founder Shira Sue Carmi joined this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast to discuss why the entire industry is changing as you know it, and why designers need to shake themselves out of the Parsons-Barney’s-Vogue trifecta.

  • Revitalized Allure website puts focus on e-commerce

    Since joining the team last November, Allure editor in chief Michelle Lee's mission was to transform how the publication operates online and on mobile. In essence, this meant expanding existing e-commerce offerings and identifying ways to increase ease of use for readers and shoppers on the new site, which went...

  • Inside Pinterest’s effort to woo fashion brands

    As part of an effort to engage consumers and brands, Pinterest hosted a popup event to promote the platform's recently launched Pinterest Shop, a separate section of the site that features brands that offer shoppable products via "buyable pins."

  • Designers stump for Hillary Clinton

    At the Democratic National Convention this week, plenty of A-listers, from Lena Dunham to Elizabeth Banks, turned up to stump for Hillary Clinton, the first-ever woman presidential nominee in the United States. And where the celebrities go, the high-fashion designers aren’t far behind.

  • Why Adidas’ Stan Smiths are everywhere

    The Adidas Stan Smith seems suddenly ubiquitous, but its rise hasn't been as sudden as it seems. Adidas had already sold more than 40 million pairs of the shoes, when it decided to breathe new life into an old classic -- by first completely wiping it off the market in...

  • Zika chic: Brands are coming up with ways to repel mosquitoes

    With the specter of Zika still looming, brands are hoping to capitalize. Fashion retailers in particular are pushing Zika chic: Shoppers, they hope, will want to look good and smell fresh all while fending off disease-carrying mosquitoes.

  • What LVMH’s sale of DKNY tells you about the luxury market

    LVMH is selling off Donna Karan International, the owner of DKNY to G-III Apparel Group, a deal that is valuing the troubled brand for $650 million.

  • Shop Art Theft targets Zara for allegedly ripping off artists

    In an effort to help fellow artists receive proper credit and compensation for their work, Brooklyn-based designer Adam Kurtz launched www.shoparttheft.com, a site where consumers can purchase original artwork allegedly lifted by Zara.

  • Glossy Podcast: Combatant Gentlemen co-founder Vishaal Melwani

    Co-founder and creative director of Combatant Gentlemen, Vishaal Melwani, is a third generation tailor and spent 17 years as an apprentice in the fashion industry before launching his direct to consumer business. He said his background and understanding the supply chain system is what helps him run this business model,...