For a while, I couldn’t open Instagram without getting an ad for Covet, a styling game similar to Love Nikki. Covet’s hook is that it features real fashion brands, and while it was tempting, I also suspected that it would be like taking a vacuum to my bank account. After Jezebel editor-in-chief Julianne Escobedo-Shepherd told me she was obsessed with … Read More →
Runway of Dreams, a non-profit that promotes disability inclusivity in the fashion industry, kicked off Fall 2019 New York Fashion Week. GREG STRAUSS/ZAPPOS ADAPTIVE The tale is as old as time: the fashion industry lacks diversity, and this is especially true when it comes to New York Fashion Week. However, for the past few seasons, … Read More →
Other popular online-first fashion private labels such as StreetStyleStore (SSS) and StalkBuyLove, which were initially operating only out of their own platforms, are also now selling products on Myntra. By Devika Singh In the competitive fashion e-tailing segment, smaller e-tailers and online-first private labels are now flocking to the sector’s mega marketplaces in order to … Read More →
Shoppers buying the latest fall trends may soon notice prices rising. That’s because the Trump administration plans to slap 15 percent levies this Sunday on a hefty amount of apparel and footwear as the trade war with China continues to escalate. The former will be most impacted, with over 90 percent of apparel imported to the U.S. from … Read More →
Enabling Sustainability in Circular Fashion THREDUP Circular fashion is part of the circular economy, an economic system that at its core is embedded with an ideology of reuse, recycle and refurbish in order to eliminate waste, stop items from going into landfills, and extend the lifecycle of products by keeping them in use and in circulation. … Read More →
Ahead of G7 meeting, 32 major fashion players from Burberry to Chanel have signed a pact promising to reduce the industry’s negative environmental impact. (Photo by Viktor Drachev\TASS via Getty Images) VIKTOR DRACHEV/TASS Ahead of the G7 meeting in France this weekend, 32 major global fashion and textile companies, from H&M and Gap to Burberry … Read More →
While the rest of the world is getting ready for fashion month, with fashion weeks scheduled across New York, London, Paris and Milan in September, for those of us in India, things are already kicking off. Lakmé Fashion Week winter/festive 2019 begins tomorrow, August 21, and like every year, this season also sees some of … Read More →