Fashion Briefing: Gap’s sale of Intermix spotlights increasing competition for luxury shoppers On Tuesday, multi-brand luxury retailer Intermix announced that private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners had entered an agreement with Gap Inc. to purchase Intermix for an undisclosed sum. Gap has been vocal about its focus on its billion-dollar brands since selling off its proprietary Intermix competitor Piperlime in 2015. At...
Wishi’s Karla Welch and Clea O’Hana on the demand for stylists: ‘People have forgotten how to dress’ When Karla Welch and Clea O’Hana launched fashion styling app Wishi in 2019, the idea was to democratize the fashion styling experience, which is usually reserved for celebs. “Karla’s dream was to bring styling to everyone,” O’Hana said, on the latest Glossy Podcast. “It’s a great partnership -- because I...
Eleanor Barnes: Gen-Z name defining beauty Barnes, 24, is a self-proclaimed “makeup enthusiast,” whose influencer career took off when she was 18. “I got Instagram so I could talk to people in college, and I started doing these really artsy looks on my face,” she said. “I didn’t even know what an influencer was. But a...
Sean Garrette: Gen-Z name defining beauty When Sean Garrette was named global ambassador of Rihanna’s Fenty Skin in July 2020, it both catapulted his career and changed the perception of what makes a beauty influencer.
Fashion Briefing: Is fashion’s shade inclusivity push just marketing? High-end footwear brands have made a big to-do about expanding their range of nude shoe shades, but good luck finding them.
Supermodel Carolyn Murphy on her 30-year career and ‘all that hype around influencers’ When Carolyn Murphy started modeling, she didn’t have a long-term plan. But thirty years later, her career is still going strong. “I didn't develop a business sense until much, much later [in my career] -- probably until after I gave birth to my daughter,” she said on the latest Glossy Podcast....
Fashion Briefing: Is garbage the future of fashion? This week, a look at the potential for a waste-fueled fashion industry, including a check-in on denim's circularity efforts.
Frame expands sustainability focus with circular denim launch On Thursday, the company will launch a circular denim capsule collection, designed as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Jeans Redesign project. It’s Frame’s latest step of many in the last two years centered on integrating more sustainability into its products and operations. The company has so far remained relatively...
Saucony president Anne Cavassa on prepping for the new ‘Roaring Twenties’ The team behind 120-year-old Saucony is no stranger to the competition in the running shoe market. Still, within the last year, as former gym rats took up running and more brands entered the space, they’ve been stepping up their game. "The running boom is real,” Anne Cavassa, president of Saucony,...