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27 Jan

The vision driving Web3 start-up Spatial Labs is vast in its implications for fashion, but additionally deeply personal for its Gen Z founder, Iddris Sandu. The 25-year-old tech entrepreneur raised $10 million in seed funding from high-profile investors for a blockchain technology business with global ambitions. “It’s definitely difficult being a founding father of color to boost an eight-figure seed round,” Sandu explained to WWD in an exclusive interview. “We see the numbers possibly inside a series A or others, but not for a seed by a start-up specializing in tech innovation — and never just being limited to [things] like, ‘Hey, you’re in the wonder space, and you recognize easy methods to make great things for people of color.’” Spatial Labs,...

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4 Nov

Klarna and Haus Labs Discuss the Next Wave of

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Beauty, Featured

Beyond a partnership that enables beauty consumers to buy with flexible payment methods, Haus Labs by Lady Gaga and Klarna share a core set of values which can be wide deep and impactful. Haus Labs’ chief marketing officer, Kelly Coller, and Natalia Brzezinski, head of strategy at Klarna, U.S., shared with the audience on the WWD Apparel and Retail CEO Summit that it was no accident that the 2 were sharing the stage, but quite the strategic culmination of two corporations driven by investment for the greater economy. “Klarna is completely not only a vendor, in reality, they’re quite the other,” Coller said. “Now we have plenty of programs together that go deep and wide, including the creation of our Klarna...

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16 Oct

Pat McGrath Labs Goes Big in Britain, Opening at

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Pat McGrath Labs is preparing to take the U.K., and judging from the enthusiastic response during a recent Claridge’s event, the nationwide rollout is long overdue. Dame Pat McGrath held beauty writers in her thrall as she presented the spring 2023 season’s runway looks, upcoming trends and a choice of her brand’s products. She also talked about wearing face tapes; argued that her Divine Skin: Rose 001 The Essence was adequate to drink; and, at one point, picking up an eyeliner, said: “You may all do that kohl look — I don’t want any excuses.” Through the event, McGrath’s pal Guido Palau swung by to say hello – a move that elicited a fast round of applause from the audience — while Nicolas...

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29 Sep