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.
Workplace & Talent / Diversity & Inclusion
Workplace & Talent
Think Landing a Job Is Hard? Try Having ‘DEI’ on Your Resumé
Having DEI experience on a resumé can feel like a scarlet letter in an already difficult job market.
Think Landing a Job Is Hard? Try Having ‘DEI’ on Your Resumé
Having DEI experience on a resumé can feel like a scarlet letter in an already difficult job market.
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At NYFW, RaiseFashion and Industry Leaders Chart Pathways From Cultural Relevance to Commercial Success
As diversity, equity and inclusion commitments wane and access to capital grows more elusive, RaiseFashion convened a panel at NYFW — moderated by BoF’s Sheena Butler-Young — featuring leaders from Abercrombie & Fitch, Glossier, Ten To One Rum and Fluency to explore how emerging brands can secure strategic allies, move beyond restrictive labels and build sustainable pathways to growth.
At NYFW, RaiseFashion and Industry Leaders Chart Pathways From Cultural Relevance to Commercial Success
As diversity, equity and inclusion commitments wane and access to capital grows more elusive, RaiseFashion convened a panel at NYFW — moderated by BoF’s Sheena Butler-Young — featuring leaders from Abercrombie & Fitch, Glossier, Ten To One Rum and Fluency to explore how emerging brands can secure strategic allies, move beyond restrictive labels and build sustainable pathways to growth.
Workplace & Talent
LA’s Protests Have Ended But Fashion Can’t Shake Off Its Fear
Following the ICE raids and a week of protests, the city’s fashion employers continue to fret about what’s to come as the White House continues its deportation campaign.
LA’s Protests Have Ended But Fashion Can’t Shake Off Its Fear
Following the ICE raids and a week of protests, the city’s fashion employers continue to fret about what’s to come as the White House continues its deportation campaign.
Workplace & Talent
When Fashion Lost Its Voice | The Debrief
As immigration raids in Los Angeles spur large-scale protests, the fashion industry has remained largely silent. The Debrief explores the reasons behind the muted response and the tangible actions brands can take to support vulnerable workers.
When Fashion Lost Its Voice | The Debrief
As immigration raids in Los Angeles spur large-scale protests, the fashion industry has remained largely silent. The Debrief explores the reasons behind the muted response and the tangible actions brands can take to support vulnerable workers.
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Workplace & Talent
Five Years After George Floyd: Can Fashion Still Stand for Something?
In 2020, fashion pledged solidarity and systemic change. Now, as political tides have turned, only a few brands are willing to speak up — or follow through.
Five Years After George Floyd: Can Fashion Still Stand for Something?
In 2020, fashion pledged solidarity and systemic change. Now, as political tides have turned, only a few brands are willing to speak up — or follow through.
Workplace & Talent
Demonised by Trump, DEI Professionals Go ‘Discreet’ to Find Jobs
DEI workers are repositioning and rebranding to get contracts and retain remaining staff positions, distancing themselves from conversations around race and gender and instead prioritising their leadership expertise.
Demonised by Trump, DEI Professionals Go ‘Discreet’ to Find Jobs
DEI workers are repositioning and rebranding to get contracts and retain remaining staff positions, distancing themselves from conversations around race and gender and instead prioritising their leadership expertise.
Workplace & Talent
‘Ozempic Arrived and Everything Changed’: Plus-Size Models on the Body Positivity Backlash
For all the body positive movement’s strides, ‘90s thinness has returned, in part due to weight-loss injections like Wegovy — and plus-size models’ careers are stalling.
‘Ozempic Arrived and Everything Changed’: Plus-Size Models on the Body Positivity Backlash
For all the body positive movement’s strides, ‘90s thinness has returned, in part due to weight-loss injections like Wegovy — and plus-size models’ careers are stalling.
Workplace & Talent
How Female Founders Are Courting Investors in a Tough Climate
Sinking brand valuations, a shaky economy, and the rollback of DEI initiatives are pressuring women founders in fashion and beauty — but a new playbook is helping them navigate the storm.
How Female Founders Are Courting Investors in a Tough Climate
Sinking brand valuations, a shaky economy, and the rollback of DEI initiatives are pressuring women founders in fashion and beauty — but a new playbook is helping them navigate the storm.
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Navigating Fashion’s DEI Setbacks and Charting a Path Forward With RaiseFashion
Felita Harris, RaiseFashion’s executive director and co-founder, Rachel Scott, founder and creative director of Diotima, and Mercy Amankwe, senior director of brand marketing and partnerships at Standard International, joined BoF’s Shenel Wickramaratne at The Standard, East Village to discuss how to uphold inclusion, empower underrepresented talent and drive meaningful change amid industry-wide row backs on diversity, equity and inclusion commitments.
Navigating Fashion’s DEI Setbacks and Charting a Path Forward With RaiseFashion
Felita Harris, RaiseFashion’s executive director and co-founder, Rachel Scott, founder and creative director of Diotima, and Mercy Amankwe, senior director of brand marketing and partnerships at Standard International, joined BoF’s Shenel Wickramaratne at The Standard, East Village to discuss how to uphold inclusion, empower underrepresented talent and drive meaningful change amid industry-wide row backs on diversity, equity and inclusion commitments.
Workplace & Talent
Can Fashion Be Inclusive Without Saying ‘DEI’?
Brands, retailers and their employees are negotiating a new approach to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for the Trump era — and that often means avoiding the term itself.
Can Fashion Be Inclusive Without Saying ‘DEI’?
Brands, retailers and their employees are negotiating a new approach to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for the Trump era — and that often means avoiding the term itself.
Workplace & Talent
What Trump’s Crackdown on ‘Woke Capitalism’ Means for Fashion
This week, the US President took aim at climate action and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, institutionalising a growing backlash against so-called ‘woke capitalism.’
What Trump’s Crackdown on ‘Woke Capitalism’ Means for Fashion
This week, the US President took aim at climate action and diversity, equity and inclusion programmes, institutionalising a growing backlash against so-called ‘woke capitalism.’
Workplace & Talent
From Trump to Gen-Z, Fashion Faces a Culture Quake
An anti-DEI push by the new administration and a Gen-Z led move away from alcohol-centric social events are among the workplace shifts on tap for the year ahead.
From Trump to Gen-Z, Fashion Faces a Culture Quake
An anti-DEI push by the new administration and a Gen-Z led move away from alcohol-centric social events are among the workplace shifts on tap for the year ahead.
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.