What Allure’s new ‘clean’ stamp means for beauty brands As traditional editor reviews fall out of favor, Allure is introducing a Clean category to its Best of Beauty Awards, with winners chosen with support from research and a slew of scientific experts.
Emily Current and Meritt Elliott: ‘There is some real validity in wholesale right now’ In this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast, Jill Manoff sits down with Current and Elliott to discuss how the process of building a brand has evolved, why wholesale still matters and who's really providing influence among fashion fans today.
Deciem’s Nicola Kilner: ‘We like our retail partners to have a good share of the business’ This week, beauty editor Priya Rao sits down with Nicola Kilner, CEO and co-founder of Deciem, umbrella company to cult-favorite skin-care brand The Ordinary. Kilner discusses why demand should lead product supply, why fashion retailers make good partners and how Deciem is faring following founder Brandon Truaxe’s removal from the...
Luxury meets inclusivity: Inside Badgley Mischka’s plan to dress the masses As luxury companies hesitate to evolve from their original business model, out of fear of losing their core customer or diluting the brand, 31-year-old Badgley Mischka -- which hosts its spring 2020 runway show Wednesday afternoon at Spring Studios -- is embracing change to the nth degree. The company’s main...
Fashion designer Misha Nonoo: ‘Fashion Week in its entirety will go away’ This week, we bring you a bonus, New York Fashion Week Edition of the Glossy Podcast, featuring Misha Nonoo, founder and creative director of her namesake fashion brand. Editor-in-chief Jill Manoff sits down with Nonoo to discuss the evolution of her company's business model, its plans for physical retail and...
NYFW Briefing: Fashion week is pivoting to video It seems everyone launched a video strategy for fashion month -- there’s YouTube, IMG and even Amazon Prime, exclusively streaming Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty show. And as New York Fashion Week has played out, the video boom has been obvious.
NYFW Briefing: Size-inclusive or bust New York Fashion Week designers are increasingly embracing size diversity -- and this season, they’re being more honest about the decision to do so: It’s also smart for business.
‘Celebrities’ influence is undeniable’: Fashion’s original influencers are still driving big sales The runway may be introducing styles, but celebrities are setting the trends -- even more so than influencers.
Zyper CEO Amber Atherton: ‘We’ve reached peak social’ In this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast, Hilary Milnes sits down with Amber Atherton, CEO of Zyper, to discuss what’s driving the anti-influencer movement, how brands are fine-tuning their influencer strategies and what’s next for influencer marketing.