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Finery co-founder Brooklyn Decker on building the closet of the future
Finery co-founders Brooklyn Decker and Whitney Casey, in an attempt to create the ultimate virtual closet, confronted the issue that caused all the versions that came before them to fail: They remove…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Rebecca Taylor: 'Runway shows are amazing, and amazingly expensive'
There are only a few aspects of the runway show that Rebecca Taylor misses: the way the clothes move down the catwalk, the post-show euphoria (before any critiques come in) and all the congratulation…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
'We're living history': Neiman Marcus's Ken Downing on the future of fashion week
Ken Downing, the fashion director and svp at Neiman Marcus, will see just under 100 fashion shows this season. That's a light year. It used to be about 120 overall -- and at one point, it was that ma…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Designer Alice McCall makes the case for the runway show
As other designers reconsider the role that runway plays in their businesses, Alice McCall is just getting started at New York Fashion Week. For her debut runway show, which took place Saturday morni…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Slow Factory's Celine Semaan on bringing sustainability to New York Fashion Week
Celine Semaan, the CEO and designer at the sustainable fashion and accessories brand Slow Factory, realizes that running her own fashion brand is, in and of itself, an unsustainable exercise. During …
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
How talent managers deal with influencers during NYFW
Vicky Yang, a talent and digital strategy manager at the talent agency The Society Management, has picked up a few new tricks over the last several years. While managing modeling jobs and schedules f…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Designer Audra Noyes discusses why she left the NYFW runway: 'It was too much the priority'
Designer Audra Noyes has put in hours working at luxury fashion houses Lanvin and Ralph Lauren. But she's always had her sights set on putting on a fashion show of her own. And her brand, Audra, held…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn explains the Walmart acquisition: 'We have a safe and permanent home'
Taking his company public was a longtime goal for Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn. But a week before he was about to sign a private equity deal to raise more capital for the menswear brand, he got a call from …
Published on 7 years, 11 months ago
Designer Mara Hoffman: 'As a creative, standing still will kill you'
Three years ago, designer Mara Hoffman went through what one could call an existential crisis. After running her eponymous label for 15 years when she hit a wall. Feeling like all her brand was doing…
Published on 7 years, 11 months ago
How technology is changing the way Fashion Institute of Technology students design
At The Fashion Institute of Technology, staff and students are focused on fixing the industry. That’s a big ask. As Michael Ferraro, the executive director of the Infor Design and Technology Lab at F…
Published on 7 years, 11 months ago