Fashion Positive, an arm of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, is helping facilitate these conversations with its Plus Membership, which works with paying brands to identify high-volume materials used in the industry that could benefit from eco-friendly and ethical improvements. Currently, those brands include Eileen Fisher, H&M, Loomstate,...

With New York and London fashion weeks already under our belt, and Milan Fashion Week kicking off yesterday, we checked in with some of the industry’s top insiders to hear their thoughts on the state of New York Fashion Week, which aspects of fashion month still need fixing and their...

Sophie Elliott founded Smile PR last year, after noticing a gap in the PR market for helping emerging brands. She walked us through a recent busy day during London Fashion Week, which involved gearing up to host a breakfast event for one of her rising clients, Tara Zadeh, courting an...

The show, titled “Couple Thinkers,” follows the comedian and one-time “Late, Late Night” host Craig Ferguson and his wife Megan as they travel the world interviewing notable figures about different social-cultural phenomena ranging from sustainability to psychopathy. Guests include Arianna Huffington, Kimbal Musk, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Daisy Robinton, Jon Ronson,...

Despite a few glimmers of hope, the majority of luxury brands continue to ignore the plus-size market. In fact, the fashion research company Edited recently found that only 0.1 percent of all premium and luxury apparel identifies as plus-size. Although excuses often point to the higher costs required to produce...

Luxury brands, it seems, are looking to deepen their connections with American consumers. Earlier this week, Hopscotch Luxe -- an arm of the French communications agency Hopscotch Groupe, which caters to luxury clients -- opened its first office in New York City. Rumor has it that the Paris-based marketing agency...

It took an email from Andy Dunn, the CEO of Bonobos, to convince Bianca Gates to quit her cushy job as a sales executive at Facebook to devote her time to Birdies, the luxury slipper company she founded in 2015 with Marisa Sharkey, a former group vice president of strategy...

Over the last few years, New York Fashion Week has become an important stomping ground for musicians looking for greater recognition and more fashion clout. Designers, for their part, have welcomed them into the front rows and after-parties with open arms, eager for the street credibility and untapped fan base...

Target is doubling down on its lucrative private label strategy with a new influencer-driven campaign geared toward diversity across social, cultural and racial lines. Centered on its newest brands, A New Day (womenswear), Goodfellow & Co (menswear) and Project 62 (home decor) -- as well as two of its older...