What makes the D&G NFT different from the rest? Aiming to reset the brand image after a tumultuous couple of years following a number of contemptible statements made by the designers and a derogatory video of a Chinese model eating spaghetti with chopsticks aimed at the Chinese luxury market (now worth $290 billion), Dolce & Gabbana have come out...
LVMH reports strong growth in Q3, especially in fashion and leather goods In its earnings call on October 12, LVMH chief financial officer Jean Jacques Guiony spoke about Tiffany’s successful growth under its new owner and reported that the company's luxury fashion brands are performing very well across the board. LVMH acquired Tiffany & Co. in January this year. Across fashion and...
Paris Fashion Week Recap: Tributes for Alber Elbaz, the fourth wall at Balenciaga and mini-skirts at Miu Miu The first fashion week to ever be put in place, Paris Fashion Week has quite a reputation to get back to. Unlike the brands showing at other fashion weeks, the city’s mainstays -- Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Hermés, Dior, Saint Laurent -- have kept to the fashion week schedule, even...
How 3D digitized models are changing the fashion production game When it comes to samples, imagery and production, physical textiles have been the standard in fashion. This approach has led to large amounts of materials being wasted, with 25% of resources getting incinerated, down-cycled or dumped in supply chains globally according to a white paper by Reverse Resources. One of...
Inside the Glossy Summit: Fashion leaders share their biggest business challenge in the past year The pandemic has had a profound effect on the fashion and beauty industries. As people moved indoors and stores shuttered, 12,200 big and small stores closed in the U.S. alone last year, according to a compilation released by commercial real estate firm CoStar Group. The pandemic also accelerated the growth...
Week in Review: Rent the Runway’s IPO, the Balenciaga x Simpsons PFW crossover and Glossy Fashion Summit takeaways In Glossy’s Week in Review podcast, fashion reporter Danny Parisi and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff discuss the most important fashion news of the week.
- Glossy Summit Takeaways: CMO Daz McColl on Neiman Marcus’ ‘Reintroduce Yourself’ campaign and marketing strategy
When Neiman Marcus emerged from bankruptcy in September 2020, it didn’t publish its standard catalog last fall. But this season, it's back under its former name “The Book" (Typically, Neiman Marcus publishes two seasonal catalogs and one Christmas edition each year). Daz McColl, CMO of Neiman Marcus, spoke about the...
What Amber Valletta’s new role as FIT’s sustainability ambassador could mean for fashion The model, actress and activist is FIT's first sustainability ambassador. She will be responsible for student mentorship and advisement, roundtable discussions on biodesign and fundraising as well as event development and involvement. Could celebrity university ambassadors help create momentum around circular fashion and biodesign?
How fashion brands are navigating NFTs and what’s next for the metaverse Presenting an overview of the different brand strategies for approaching the NFT space within fashion, looking at individual shifts, how the cryptocurrency carbon emissions are being countered and what's next to come in the space.