Exclusive: Deciem to Relaunch The Chemistry Brand
The Estée Lauder-owned beauty company and The Ordinary parent will relaunch one of its original brands as it moves to rekindle its reputation for incubation.
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News & Analysis
Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race
Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?
Beauty’s Inclusivity Movement Has Sparked a Shade-Matching Arms Race
Brands are scrambling to develop a diverse range of foundation pigments so they can tout their inclusivity, but there's a new problem: how do these labels ensure their customers find the right shade?
News & Analysis
L Brands Investor Pushes for Victoria's Secret Spinoff
The hedge fund also suggested that the role of chairman and chief executive be held by separate individuals, an increasingly popular demand among investors pushing for operational reform.
L Brands Investor Pushes for Victoria's Secret Spinoff
The hedge fund also suggested that the role of chairman and chief executive be held by separate individuals, an increasingly popular demand among investors pushing for operational reform.
News & Analysis
Business Giants to Report Ethnicity Pay Gap
"The move comes almost a year since firms were required to report their gender pay gap."
Business Giants to Report Ethnicity Pay Gap
"The move comes almost a year since firms were required to report their gender pay gap."
News & Analysis
Following 'Noose' Hoodie Controversy, Burberry Announces New Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives
"The distress we caused with one of our products last week has shown us that we are not where we need or want to be."
Following 'Noose' Hoodie Controversy, Burberry Announces New Diversity and Inclusivity Initiatives
"The distress we caused with one of our products last week has shown us that we are not where we need or want to be."
News & Analysis
Black Design Collective Launched to Address Inequality in Fashion
"The fashion industry is often criticised for a lack in diversity, but a new organisation aims to address that."
Black Design Collective Launched to Address Inequality in Fashion
"The fashion industry is often criticised for a lack in diversity, but a new organisation aims to address that."
Luxury
Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash
African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.
Prada Mounts Diversity Council as Brands Face Blackface Backlash
African-American artists Theaster Gates and Ava DuVernay will chair a group created to 'elevate voices of colour' and advise on diversity issues.
News & Analysis
Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery
The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.
Gucci Pulls Sweater Slammed for Resembling Blackface Imagery
The Italian luxury label apologised for selling the $890 black turtleneck, whose extra-high collar features a pair of exaggerated red lips around an opening for the wearer’s mouth.
News & Analysis
The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: ‘We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared’
The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.
The BoF Podcast: Bethann Hardison, Kerby Jean-Raymond, LaQuan Smith and Patrick Robinson: ‘We’ve Had Diversity, but Then It Disappeared’
The creatives spoke about the barriers that black designers face and how a new generation is finding success outside the fashion system.
Workplace & Talent
Stephanie Phair on Nurturing Fashion’s Future Female Leaders
Farfetch’s chief strategy officer and BFC chair Stephanie Phair shares her insight on how fashion can better support gender diversity within the workplace.
Stephanie Phair on Nurturing Fashion’s Future Female Leaders
Farfetch’s chief strategy officer and BFC chair Stephanie Phair shares her insight on how fashion can better support gender diversity within the workplace.
Luxury
Op-Ed | The Revolution Will Not Be Serifised: Why Every Luxury Brand’s Logo Looks the Same
Fashion’s branding clean slate is as much about erasing the past as it is about securing the future, argues John Whelan.
Op-Ed | The Revolution Will Not Be Serifised: Why Every Luxury Brand’s Logo Looks the Same
Fashion’s branding clean slate is as much about erasing the past as it is about securing the future, argues John Whelan.
News & Analysis
The Fenty Effect Comes to Skincare
Skincare brands are introducing new products to protect and heal skin regardless of tone, chasing the same underserved group of racially diverse consumers that turned Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty into an overnight sensation.
The Fenty Effect Comes to Skincare
Skincare brands are introducing new products to protect and heal skin regardless of tone, chasing the same underserved group of racially diverse consumers that turned Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty into an overnight sensation.
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CFDA Releases Diversity Report
The organisation is planning a year of programming that tackles inclusion and diversity in the industry and has hired advocate Bethann Hardison to help.
CFDA Releases Diversity Report
The organisation is planning a year of programming that tackles inclusion and diversity in the industry and has hired advocate Bethann Hardison to help.
The News in Brief
De Beers Makes Sweeping Cuts to Its Elite Diamond-Buying Club
The diamond company produced less than 22 million carats last year, down from almost 35 million in 2022.
L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist
L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.
Zegna Chairman Says War Has Clouded Visibility of Demand in Middle East
The Italian fashion house cautioned the war is reducing visibility on demand in the Middle East, which accounts for 7 percent of its sales, though all stores are currently open in the region.
Glossier Appoints New CMO
Nicole Solorzano, who joins from Ouai, is the Millennial beauty brand’s latest hire.
Macy’s CEO Points to E-Shaped Economy, Signalling Consumer Shift
The mention of a forked economy by the head of America’s largest department store signals a heightened wariness that middle-income Americans will continue to spend at the same pace.
France’s Bid to Suspend Shein’s Marketplace Rejected by Appeals Court
The decision from Paris’ Court of Appeal marked a win for the fast-fashion giant after a scandal over sex dolls resembling children for sale on its site.
Coty Announces Board Revamp
The embattled Covergirl owner has appointed five new independent directors amidst a wider leadership and company shakeup.