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8 Dec

Maybelline Latest York Takes On Metaverse – WWD

Maybelline Latest York Takes On Metaverse – WWD
The world’s biggest makeup brand is betting on the metaverse. Maybelline Latest York has sponsored a digital fashion competition within the virtual realm, which took place Thursday. Called “Fashioning Masculinity,” the competition’s aim is for its participants to “reflect on the redefinition of dressing masculine identities,” per an announcement from the brand. The initiative falls under Maybelline’s continued collaboration with Ready Player Me on makeup looks for metaverse avatars, along side hair styles from sister brand L’Oréal Professionnel. The competition was created in partnership with digital fashion brand Artisant, in addition to Jenny Metaverse Dao, a recent art collection within the space. The competition takes place on Spatial in Agora Space. The strategic goal of the sponsorship is to fulfill consumers where they're, said...
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17 Nov

Keanan Duffty Takes Latest Role at Istituto Marangoni Miami

Keanan Duffty Takes Latest Role at Istituto Marangoni Miami
As 1000's of snowbirds are flocking to Florida to flee the winter chill, designer Keanan Duffty will likely be heading to Miami for a recent job. Istituto Marangoni Miami has tapped him as its recent Dean of Fashion, a post he'll start in January. The British-born, Latest York-based creative will succeed Massimo Casagrande, who relocated to Paris to function dean of fashion design at Istituto Marangoni’s campus there. He can be director of education at Istituto Marangoni Miami. Duffty, a Central Saint Martins alumni, will likely be making the switch from The Latest School’s Parsons School of Design, where he serves as director of fashion programs, provost’s office. His work experience includes founding the master’s program in Fashion Management at Parsons in...
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4 Nov

Saks Takes Its ‘Pulse’ on Holiday Shopping

Saks Takes Its ‘Pulse’ on Holiday Shopping
Saks executives are feeling confident in regards to the 2022 holiday season and have survey data supporting the sentiment. Of the nearly 2,400 luxury shoppers participating within the “Saks Luxury Pulse,” 76 percent said they plan to spend the identical or more on holiday shopping this yr, down barely from 79 percent last yr. Sixty-five percent said they plan to start out holiday shopping before Thanksgiving, versus 68 percent of respondents who planned to buy pre-Thanksgiving last yr.  And 43 percent said they plan to buy mostly online with some in-store shopping this holiday season, in comparison with 50 percent last yr. “Despite an evolving economic environment, we’re pleased to see luxury consumers’ enthusiasm for shopping this holiday season, each for themselves and...
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20 Oct

WATCH: The Queen Of Dancehall Takes On NYFW –

WATCH: The Queen Of Dancehall Takes On NYFW –
Courtesy of Getty Images It’s no secret that Latest York Fashion Week is one in all the essential events that draws creative people from all around the world—including celebrities. This season, the Queen of Dancehall, Spice, traveled from Jamaica to NYC to be a special guest in attendance for quite a lot of fashion shows. As she got ready for the LaQuan Smith show, ESSENCE tagged along for the journey that included a automobile ride bumping to her latest album, Emancipated, and seeing the Jamaican artist in her element as she performed on the star-studded after-party. var playerInstance_7moTIO46 = jwplayer("jw-video-7moTIO46").setup({ playlist: "https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/7moTIO46", autostart: false, repeat: true, mute: true, aspectratio: '16:9', sharing: { sites: ["facebook","twitter","email","linkedin"] }, cast: {}, floating: { dismissible: true }, autoPause: { viewability: false }, displaytitle: true, displaydescription: true, controls: true, related: {...
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