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26 Dec

Buyers and Retailers on Cosmoprof North America’s Key Trends

by Beautifaire101
Beauty, Featured
Back in full force, Cosmoprof North America’s 2022 iteration in Las Vegas saw pandemic-era trends come to fruition. Retailers and market researchers agreed that the industry was largely unscathed as macroeconomic pressures rise, with time-tested phenomenons just like the lipstick index in full effect. “It’s that conjunction of beauty and wellness products. Caring for yourself, taking good care of your skin and feeling beautiful,” said Mimi Udezue, Goal’s senior beauty buyer. “That’s resonating with people, even when there are things which you could’t control which can be happening. People want to search out ways to offer themselves little moments of joy, and wonder’s a simple way we’re in a position to provide that for them. Here, retailers and market researchers on Cosmoprof North...
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4 Oct

Louise Trotter’s Carven Debut, Loewe’s Look, and The Row’s

by Beautifaire101
Beauty, Featured
PARIS — It was a Paris Fashion Week of emotional highs, goodbyes and decisive debuts. All of it played out against the backdrop of the still-strong trend of “quite luxury,” which was pushed ever so subtly into the background with the growing spectacle of celebrity-driven shows and front rows. The departures of Gabriella Hearst from Chloé and Sarah Burton from Alexander McQueen were especially notable as they were two of the only a few women to move up large fashion houses. “The changing of the guard and farewells to each…were bittersweet moments throughout the week. The exiting leadership from two visionary female designers can be deeply missed,” noted Jodi Kahn, vp of luxury fashion at Neiman Marcus. Louise Trotter’s debut collection at...
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24 Jan

Coats, Cozy and Colm: The Buzz From Buyers at

by Beauty Tips
Fashion, Featured
PARIS — The chaos of the lads’s fashion week — the primary fully back edition after years of partially online shows — had a palpable air of overwhelm at times. A transport strike didn’t help, which shut down the metro and filled the streets with protesters on day three. It wasn’t lost on the buyers. “Between men’s fashion week, the Maison & Objet fair, contemporary art events and couture arriving, there was and is quite a bit occurring. Shows, showrooms, dinners, parties — even greater than in pre-COVID[-19] times. So it was very soothing to see relatively soft, poetic and fluid fashion show settings and visions for fall-winter 2023. There’s a craving for serenity,” said Emmanuel de Bayser, co-owner of The...
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