In beauty especially, this misconception is just one of the challenges still facing Black-owned brands, even as mainstream retailers give them shelf space.
In a challenging year for fashion businesses, a new generation of retailers are heading to Wall Street. Why?
One year into the worst crisis of a generation, the nation’s artisanal trades may — finally — be on the upswing.
Scientists are replicating endangered botanicals to produce renewable versions of rare active ingredients.
If you want to make it big on the kids' new favorite platform, you're going to want to listen to its lead of fashion and beauty partnerships.
The sleek skiwear label, which comes courtesy of an Olympian, is bringing a new set of priorities to the outdoor apparel market.
In 2020, TikTok became the new "It" platform. And yet with a few exceptions, the industry has been hesitant to latch on. That will soon change.
Everything went online in 2020, but physical stores aren't going anywhere (despite all those closures and bankruptcies).
The under-25 demographic became fashion and beauty's "It" influencers, top consumers and most vocal activists this year. They're also just getting started.
A pandemic-driven obsession or a category set to define fashion's future? We peel ourselves off our couch-desks and investigate.
The way in which some brands harness the power of celebrity is changing.
For 34 years, the company's designers have worked in pursuit of absolute historical accuracy. Today, the department runs like a doll-sized fashion house.
As TikTok stars start exploring mainstream fame outside the platform, stylists are helping them level up to get there.
Their aim to democratize access to medical-grade skin care has drawn a diverse, superstar list of investors, including Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji and the CEOs of Warby Parker, Allbirds, Casper, Harry's and Bombas.
After suffering from anxiety, depression and trauma following his father's suicide, Zak Williams is throwing his hat into the mental-health ring with a new product and brand.
There was a little slump last quarter, but shoppers are apparently back to buying up Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior.
Its virtual RevolveU conference is the latest example of the company's marketing pivot, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Founder Jamika Martin is on a mission to overhaul the category, with natural ingredients, gentler formulations and a focus on erasing the guilt and shame so often associated with breakouts.
A shopper's-first primer on the promising world of on-demand manufacturing.
The multi-tasking advocacy organization and retailer launched in 2018 with the mission to make healing resources more inclusive for all.
Founder Nadine Joseph was working in a research lab before ancient healing herbs and mushroom changed her life.
Can the humble consignment store replicate its famously intimate in-person shopping experience online? That's the plan.
New alternatives to department stores offer brands more control.
"Fashion has proven to know how to get out of even more disastrous moments. We just need a little courage," says Polimoda Director and branding expert Danilo Venturi.