Shutterstock Over 30% of beauty, fashion and luxury sales happen online today, often across European borders. Who are the biggest players? And what challenges and opportunities lie ahead? Three growth engines The entire fashion, beauty and luxury retail sector is worth 719 billion euros and is likely to grow by 2% by 2025. In the…

With Fashion Month in full swing, the street style of many off-duty models is continually coveted. Somehow, the likes of Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner manage to carry off a cool insouciance with their minimal looks, but often when we try to replicate them, they fall ill-fittingly flat. We hear from model agencies and Fashion…

New York Fashion Week 2024 was all about the coolest fashion trends, surprising runway debuts and celebrity appearances. As the show drew to an end, let us look at some of the best moments from the fashion show that deserve a mention. Dream Kardashian makes her debut The seven-year-old daughter of Rob Kardashian and Blac…

Spring Beauty Edit. Ahh, Spring, the season of renewal that brings with it some unavoidable drawbacks (see: debilitating hayfever, birthday tears, fashion month burnout and the mournful vacuum sealing of my cherished winter coats). But while everyone else is clearing out their shelves, there is something to make this transition period all the more exciting:…

American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger browses through a rail of custom-made suits worn to this year’s Met Gala by K-pop stars Stray Kids, before opening up a tuxedo to reveal a special label. Advertisement The eight-member South Korean boy group caused an online frenzy when the Tommy Hilfiger brand ambassadors became the first K-pop group…

As an editor who’s worked in the fashion and beauty realms for longer than I care to admit, I take Labor Day very seriously. I make sure to get prioritize sleep, rest, and self-care because I know that immediately after that lazy, farewell Monday, the whirlwind that is New York Fashion Week kicks off. For…

The energy was electric backstage at Luar’s spring/summer 2025 runway show. In a small room just below Rockefeller Plaza, the makeup artists, hairstylists, and nail technicians moved in a jungle-like frenzy—which was fitting, as the dynamic makeup looks featured leopard-printed eyelids and scaly python leather eyebrows to express the powerful, yet whimsical nature of the…

Photos Courtesy of Seleen Saleh for ESSENCE New York Fashion Week’s fifth day brought the fashion industry’s dreamers to the forefront, offering a preview of spring and summer 2025 trends. Renowned brands including LoveShackFancy, PatBo, and Michael Kors showcased their visionary collections, with the incomparable Luar closing the evening. Designer Raul Lopez infused Manhattan’s Rockefeller…

New York Fashion Week is six days of time-traveling. Each season, both top and emerging designers offer a glimpse into the future with their latest collections, sending looks down the runway that will inevitably become It-pieces in the next few months. So yes, the focus is mainly on the clothes, but it’s worth noting the…

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