With brands jumping into displaying their items in the metaverse, the rest of the industry, including stylists, are not far behind. Gemma Sheppard is the latest hire for the metaverse, with a styling track record at Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen and Daphne Guinness.

Last week, Copenhagen Fashion Week organizers updated their Sustainability Action Plan, initially announced in 2020. It now includes a minimum set of standards that all brands showing at the event must conform to starting in 2023.

Cult & Rain, the label founded by former Cerutti design director George Yang, is delving under the skin of the NFT market with a collection that marries utility and luxury design. The move suggests that this could become a go-to path for industry veterans.

This month, department stores are navigating how to sell NFTs without scaring customers through crypto-jargon, and luxury labels are piling into collaborations.

As larger department stores innovate with content and change how the function of their retail space, traditional shopping malls are beginning to catch up with technology-led solutions.

Fashion retail is facing a tough 2022 due to rising costs and inflation. Many businesses were faced with more costs last year, and this year, those will be being passed on to the consumer. 

With the launch of the first Amazon Style store later this year, consumers won't be getting the traditional retail experience or clothing from the commodity retailer.

Pioneered by a former North Face exec and a Stanford energy professor, LifeLabs is using the body’s own infrared radiation and physics in its development of material solutions for a changing world.

Going deep into its supply chain brought Koio into the field of regenerative agriculture. Now it plans to become the first luxury sneaker brand to transition to a fully regenerative system, by 2025.