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22 Dec

How the dark world of incel forums are mirroring the subjective rating systems and arbitrary formulas seen in pro-ana communities in a bid to quantify perfection Last month, The Cut reported on the dark online world of ‘incels’, involuntarily celibate men who mostly consider their lacking attractiveness are accountable for their inability to get laid, their lacklustre careers and their general sense of unhappiness. The article explored the intense lengths these men are willing to go to boost their physical appearance so as to change their circumstances. Specifically, it found that a community of incels are visiting top surgeons to have invasive surgery that may supposedly make their faces more archetypally attractive and...

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3 Nov

Luxury Groups in Europe Are Moving In on Beauty

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Beauty, Featured

The European beauty scene continues to morph, with Kering taking beauty in-house and Richemont constructing a Laboratoire de Haute Parfumerie. It’s an indication of the times, as luxury makers’ once red-hot trades in China and in fashion cool, and wonder proves its endurance despite the continued tough geopolitical and macroeconomic climate. Still, success within the industry isn’t easy, and there isn't a cookie-cutter approach to constructing the business. Beauty is a lure today for 4 primary reasons — growth, resilience, desirability and margins — in response to Laurent Droin, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Eurazeo Brands. Fragrance and cosmetics is a giant, fast-developing business, with the category generating sales last 12 months of roughly $430 billion, in response to a McKinsey...

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23 May

H&M Group’s Helena Helmersson Joins The Fashion Pact as Co-Chair

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Fashion, Featured

The Fashion Pact, a voluntary Kering-backed climate and biodiversity initiative for fashion, revealed updates and has named a recent co-chair. As of Tuesday, Helena Helmersson, chief executive officer of H&M Group, joined as co-chair of The Fashion Pact. She succeeded The Fashion Pact’s cofounder and Kering’s chairman and chief executive officer François-Henri Pinault, after the completion of his three-year term mandate. Helmersson will serve alongside co-chair Paul Polman (reelected for one more three-year term) and Eva von Alvensleben, executive director and secretary general of The Fashion Pact, on the initiative’s steering committee. Pinault first announced The Fashion Pact alongside French President Emmanuel Macron on the Group of Seven summit hosted by France in Biarritz in August 2019. The Kering chairman will remain...

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31 Jan

Fashion Industry Trade Groups Issue ‘Threads’ for Regulators

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Fashion, Featured

Industry trade organizations need to send a signal to Washington. On Monday, the American Apparel and Footwear Association, the Accessories Council, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and the Responsible Business Coalition revealed the Threads Sustainability and Social Responsibility Protocol. Together, 1000's of fashion brands and organizations are represented by the groups. Threads is designed to help policymakers developing “practical, workable and effective regulatory proposals,” per its mission statement. The principles include “T” for transparently developed and enforced, “H” for harmonization across jurisdictions and industries, “R” for realistic timelines, “E” for enforceable, “A” for adjustable, “D” for designed for achievement and “S” for science-based. News of Threads follows a growing variety of regulatory attempts from “fashion czar” to “Fashion Act” to...

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