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  • VFiles launches crowdsourced youth magazine

    Womb, which will be available in VFiles stores and online July 11th, is entirely crowdsourced from young photographers around the world and offered at no cost.

  • For luxury retailers, Amazon Fashion is more Costco than Nordstrom

    According to experts, Amazon's utilitarian aesthetic is incongruous to the way high-end fashion brands engage with consumers, who are keen to use the platform as a destination for toilet paper and beach reads rather than designer dresses.

  • Uniqlo’s John Jay: Instagram is just ‘curated BS’

    Uniqlo's John Jay thinks the industry is in a state of chaos, and more needs to be done for the customer, not for gimmicks.

  • Great Again Gear turns political fodder into satirical fashion

    Great Again Gear, launched in early June, sells an array of hats with modified tongue-in-cheek versions of Donald Trump's campaign phrase "Make America Great Again." The concept -- the brainchild of Avery Andon, founder of Andon Equities by day and manager of street artist Alec Monopoly -- was brought to...

  • Chloé bucks tradition and launches first online boutique

    Chloé is opening an online boutique, joining fellow heritage designer brands that started breaking from tradition in order to establish an enhanced digital presence. While Chloé and its peers like Oscar de la Renta and Valentino have long maintained hesitancy to selling garments online, opting instead for a personal in-store...

  • Burberry wins, Louis Vuitton loses: Brexit’s impact on the fashion world

    It's been almost two weeks since Britain shocked the world with its decision to leave the EU. While its long term impact on the luxury and fashion industries remains unclear, new research shows the ripple effect Brexit has had on the global luxury market so far.

  • On the Glossy Podcast: Timo Weiland and Steven Kolb

    Steven Kolb of the CFDA and designer Timo Weiland discuss designer burnout on the Glossy Podcast. So many people entering the industry don’t really understand design, said Kolb. “It’s this notion that if you like fashion you become a creative director,” he said.

  • Pinterest for fashion brands: ‘It’s not there yet’

    For the estimated 55 percent of users that use Pinterest to shop and not just "pin" oft-forgotten recipes and memes, the platform is continuing to evolve to meet e-commerce needs. Pinterest CEO Ben Silberman announced earlier this week that the company is launching updated online shopping tools, including an enhanced...

  • Rimmel London releases a Shazam for makeup

    Bloggers now feature as frequently as big-name celebrities in brands' marketing plans. But the young advertiser-influencer relationship is mired in confusion and opacity. Now, Rimmel London is testing an interesting way to side-step all the awkwardness, while piggybacking on influencers' sway.