Fashion Startup Founder Pleads Guilty in $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker admitted she falsified financial statements to promote CaaStle Inc. as a valuable, growing business when in reality it was struggling.
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Sustainability
Fashion Searches For a New Climate Solution
Coach-owner Tapestry’s new carbon-removal partnership and brands making fresh commitments to textile-to-textile recycling startups show an industry searching for ways to address its environmental impact.
Fashion Searches For a New Climate Solution
Coach-owner Tapestry’s new carbon-removal partnership and brands making fresh commitments to textile-to-textile recycling startups show an industry searching for ways to address its environmental impact.
Sustainability
Textile Recycler Circ Names New Brand Partners as It Grows Commercial Reach
A new group of brand partners, including Reformation and C&A, is joining the poly-cotton recycler’s long-term commercialisation program only weeks after its debut, signalling growing demand as the company gears up for industrial-scale production in Europe.
Textile Recycler Circ Names New Brand Partners as It Grows Commercial Reach
A new group of brand partners, including Reformation and C&A, is joining the poly-cotton recycler’s long-term commercialisation program only weeks after its debut, signalling growing demand as the company gears up for industrial-scale production in Europe.
Marketing
How ‘Dump Him’ Became a Marketing Strategy
Brands are breaking up with the romantic binary to monetise the full lifecycle of love, trading traditional narratives for a lucrative ‘autonomy economy.’
How ‘Dump Him’ Became a Marketing Strategy
Brands are breaking up with the romantic binary to monetise the full lifecycle of love, trading traditional narratives for a lucrative ‘autonomy economy.’
Retail
Why the Most Coveted Products Are Surprisingly Affordable
Not so long ago, the ‘it’ bags, shoes, jackets and belts usually bore the logo of a big luxury brand. But relentless price hikes have opened the door for premium players like Sézane and COS — and even mass brands like Uniqlo and Ugg — to capture the cultural zeitgeist.
Why the Most Coveted Products Are Surprisingly Affordable
Not so long ago, the ‘it’ bags, shoes, jackets and belts usually bore the logo of a big luxury brand. But relentless price hikes have opened the door for premium players like Sézane and COS — and even mass brands like Uniqlo and Ugg — to capture the cultural zeitgeist.
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Luxury
What European Luxury Can Learn From American Fashion
American brands have recaptured the zeitgeist — and market share — as Europe’s luxury slump persists. As the sector’s biggest names plot a comeback, there may be lessons to take from across the pond.
What European Luxury Can Learn From American Fashion
American brands have recaptured the zeitgeist — and market share — as Europe’s luxury slump persists. As the sector’s biggest names plot a comeback, there may be lessons to take from across the pond.
Luxury
Hermès CEO: Couture Plans Are ‘Moving Forward’
The French leather goods powerhouse is building out a dedicated couture workshop, as part of a push that would reinforce the brand’s artisanal know-how and top-end positioning.
Hermès CEO: Couture Plans Are ‘Moving Forward’
The French leather goods powerhouse is building out a dedicated couture workshop, as part of a push that would reinforce the brand’s artisanal know-how and top-end positioning.
Global Markets
South Asian Menswear Steps Onto the Global Stage
Designers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are translating artisanal techniques, heritage embellishments and textile traditions into modern menswear with global appeal.
South Asian Menswear Steps Onto the Global Stage
Designers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are translating artisanal techniques, heritage embellishments and textile traditions into modern menswear with global appeal.
Sports
How Fashion Is Breaking Through the Super Bowl Noise
Building on fashion’s breakout Super Bowl in 2025, brands are getting even more creative in how they show up this year as the frenzy around the Big Game reaches new heights.
How Fashion Is Breaking Through the Super Bowl Noise
Building on fashion’s breakout Super Bowl in 2025, brands are getting even more creative in how they show up this year as the frenzy around the Big Game reaches new heights.
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Sports
How the Winterwear Boom Reshaped Fashion’s Olympic Playbook
At Milano Cortina, brands are turning the Winter Games into a category marketing machine for winterwear, using uniforms, fan gear and post-Games athlete deals to drive growth.
How the Winterwear Boom Reshaped Fashion’s Olympic Playbook
At Milano Cortina, brands are turning the Winter Games into a category marketing machine for winterwear, using uniforms, fan gear and post-Games athlete deals to drive growth.
Creative Class
Why a Nice Tuxedo Doesn’t Cut It on the Red Carpet Anymore
Hollywood’s leading men are trading unassuming tailoring for a playful, but still refined, approach to event dressing.
Why a Nice Tuxedo Doesn’t Cut It on the Red Carpet Anymore
Hollywood’s leading men are trading unassuming tailoring for a playful, but still refined, approach to event dressing.
Entrepreneurship
Why Jonathan Cohen Is Splitting His Business
The 15-year-old New York-based womenswear brand is introducing White Label — an accessible offer of button downs, pants and dresses ranging from $350 to $650, aimed at serving priced-out shoppers and future-proofing the business in a challenged retail environment.
Why Jonathan Cohen Is Splitting His Business
The 15-year-old New York-based womenswear brand is introducing White Label — an accessible offer of button downs, pants and dresses ranging from $350 to $650, aimed at serving priced-out shoppers and future-proofing the business in a challenged retail environment.
Retail
COS Is Building a Bridge Between Mass Market and Luxury
The H&M-owned brand is drawing customers in search of sophisticated design and those looking for value. Managing director Daniel Herrmann discusses in the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026 how it strikes its high-low balance.
COS Is Building a Bridge Between Mass Market and Luxury
The H&M-owned brand is drawing customers in search of sophisticated design and those looking for value. Managing director Daniel Herrmann discusses in the BoF-McKinsey State of Fashion 2026 how it strikes its high-low balance.
The News in Brief
Victoria’s Secret Forecasts Its Best Year Since L Brands Split
The underwear company is anticipating net sales of at least $6.85 billion in the current fiscal year, exceeding analyst estimates and marking the highest revenue since its split from L Brands Inc in 2021.
Uniqlo Aims to Grow Tenfold in India With Summer-Centric Clothes
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
Oasis Pressures Kao in Latest Japan Activist Investor Push
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.
American Eagle Forecasts Sales Growth Above Estimates on Demand From Wealthy Shoppers
The retailer surpassed annual sales forecasts but expects a $60 million drag from import tariffs in the first half of 2026.
Missoni Family Exits Namesake Brand
The transaction gives FSI, a Milan-based private equity fund, a controlling share in the Italian luxury house, as more founder-owned brands turn to investors to fund growth and weather a tough global market.
Ross Stores Forecasts Annual Sales Above Estimates on Resilient Demand for Discounted Apparel
Spend growth at off-price chains is among the strongest in retail, with gains across all income segments.
Abercrombie & Fitch Forecasts Muted Annual Sales Amid Tariff Uncertainty
The retailer said it was accounting for the 15 percent tariff announced by US president Donald Trump after the Supreme Court struck down most of his earlier tariffs.