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12 Aug

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our
A recent survey of two,000 people carried out by OnePoll on behalf of the Fashion Retail Academy, sadly shows that the majority Brits never come to terms with their body image. 57 per cent admit they’ve never reached the purpose of body confidence and 29 per cent said don’t feel confident when searching for clothes.  “Living within the digital age, through which the airbrush is used a bit too liberally, it is simple to see why people feel self-conscious about their body image. Consumers are being always bombarded with unrealistic images of the human form,” says Lee Lucas, principal and CEO of the Fashion Retail Academy. The outcomes also show that on average, men are more confident than women with their body...
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25 Feb

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our
A recent survey of two,000 people carried out by OnePoll on behalf of the Fashion Retail Academy, sadly shows that the majority Brits never come to terms with their body image. 57 per cent admit they’ve never reached the purpose of body confidence and 29 per cent said don’t feel confident when searching for clothes.  “Living within the digital age, wherein the airbrush is used somewhat too liberally, it is simple to see why people feel self-conscious about their body image. Consumers are being continuously bombarded with unrealistic images of the human form,” says Lee Lucas, principal and CEO of the Fashion Retail Academy. The outcomes also show that on average, men are more confident than women with their body image, nonetheless,...
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24 Feb

How data is changing the longer term of beauty

How data is changing the longer term of beauty
Because the lines between our bodies, skin, and data blur, will our sense of self and, in turn our sense of beauty, start being defined by data? Fashion futurist and trend forecaster Geraldine Wharry investigates ‘Being human’ is an idea in flux – the lines between our bodies, skin, and data are blurring. As we collectively adopt biometrics, facial recognition, and surveillance capitalism, our identity is being redefined in what could possibly be the following human evolutionary stage, ‘the coded self’. What does our sense of beauty and self mean if what defines us most is our data, greater than our own skin? Five experts join me to debate these radical shifts within the...
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15 Dec

After Collecting Data on Melanin Wealthy Skin, 4.5.6. Skin

After Collecting Data on Melanin Wealthy Skin, 4.5.6. Skin
London-based direct-to-consumer skincare line 4.5.6 Skin has rebranded and is now eyeing a retail expansion due to a recent seed financing round and data collection drive. Founder Noelly Michoux launched the brand in 2020 as a beauty tech start-up dedicated to offering premium and customised skin take care of melanin-rich skin after failing to seek out the precise products for her skin. “The rationale why I began 4.5.6 is that as a dark-skinned woman who grew up in France, it was at all times super difficult to seek out products that were made for my skin, for my hair, for my beauty,” said Michoux, who began R&D via incubation with LVMH research centers through the Cosmet’up program. “I lived in Paris, but to...
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