Condé Nast has been making headlines lately for its digital investments–mainly in e-commerce. Today, the publishing giant has announced its latest digital push: an online video network.
You may soon be able to buy a piece of Rent the Runway–even if you can’t actually buy a dress off the site.
According to WWD, who interviewed Rent the Runway cofounder and chief executive officer (and former Fashionista contributor!) Jennifer Hyman, the company is “likely” to go public sometime in the future.
Kate Moss scored not one but four i-D covers this month to celebrate the anniversary of her first cover for the magazine 20 years ago. {Grazia}
Speaking of supermodels, Gisele Bundchen landed a gig as the new face of Chanel’s makeup line. {The Cut}
Get ready to hit the slopes in style: L.A.M.B. is collaborating with Burton on an outerwear collection. {WWD}
March was a good month for fashion glossies this year.
Name Dropping is Cool Again: We put together a list of rap’s most well known fashion shout outs from over the years.
Lauren Sherman Tells Us Why She Left Lucky: Fancy magazine job or not, Sherman provides some serious life advice on building your career and following your instincts.
You Wanna Be On Top?: Karlie Kloss was Vogue‘s top model of 2012, but we put together a list of our favorite catwalkers from 2012, too.
The Morning After: In honor of what many consider National Hangover Day, here are the best post-NYE hangover tips from the fashion set. (Useful for any time of the year!)
Condé Nast’s latest effort, Beauty Scoop, gives women loads of helpful tips and how-to’s for their beauty routine, reaches millions of readers every month, and features stories by editors of Allure, Glamour, and Lucky. And yet, unless you’ve stopped by a Wal-Mart lately, you’ve likely never seen it on newsstands.
Sayōnara, Vogue Hommes Japan… and apparently, every other Conde Nast Men’s Vogue publication.
In a message tweeted this afternoon, VHJ fashion director Nicola Formichetti wrote that the publishing giant would be ceasing production of the international editions of Vogue Hommes in favor of GQ Style–and that Vogue Hommes Japan‘s Autumn/Winter issue would be its last.
Looks like pink is the new black over at Conde Nast.
The publishing company handed out pink slips at several different titles, eliminating 60 positions overall this week, WWD is reporting.
Earlier this week, Brides announced that former executive editor Keija Minor had been promoted to Editor in Chief, making her the first ever black EIC in Condé Nast’s history.
Despite being only six days into her new, headline-making position and probably very busy, Minor was nice enough to chat with us about her exciting new role, the reactions she’s gotten, her thoughts on diversity in publishing as a whole and her plans for Brides. Read on for our interview.
When Joanna Coles left Marie Claire to take over the reins at Cosmo, she started a round of editorial musical chairs. Anne Fulenwider subsequently left Brides to take Coles’ vacated Marie Claire job, which left Brides without anyone at the helm–until now. Keija Minor has just been named Brides‘ new Editor-in-Chief, and shockingly, Minor will be the very first African-American to ever head up any of the 18 titles at Conde Nast.
As of today, there’s a new video game for young girls where you get to pretend to be an up and coming runway model navigating the fashion industry, and it was created by Condé Nast. It’s called Fashion Hazard, is available for the iPhone and iPad, and is the prestigious media company’s first (and surprising) Read more →
It’s safe to say the magazine industry has had some ups and downs this year, as we reported yesterday, with more downs than publishers like Conde Nast and Hearst would probably like. Today, WWD took a closer look at what specifically may have contributed to those ups and downs for glossies like Vogue and Allure, Read more →
