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17 Jun

As Atlanta’s Arts and Film Scene Gains Traction, SCAD

Consistent with the strengthening arts and entertainment industry in Atlanta, the Savannah College of Art and Design’s SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film has tapped Alex Delotch Davis as executive director. Within the role, Delotch Davis, whose background includes 15 years of luxury, fashion management and humanities activations, may also oversee the museum’s outpost in Lacoste, France. She succeeds Alexandra Sachs, who spent 10 years on the university. The brand new hire knows the university well, having earned a master’s in luxury and fashion management from SCAD. Apart from attracting visitors to the museum and enriching the world’s cultural heritage with latest ventures, movies, exhibitions and programming, SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film helps the local economy. The creative industries in...
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23 Apr

The Scalp Care Category Gains Traction – WWD

Scalp care is the brand new skincare.  Brands, retailers and salons are betting big on this category, as scalp care has turn out to be a hot topic for a slew of reasons, not least of which is hair loss attributable to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Data from The NPD Group shows that scalp care is growing across each mass and prestige; the highest shampoo launch within the mass category in 2022 was a scalp care option from Head & Shoulders, for instance.  “It’s definitely been outpacing,” said Larissa Jensen, The NPD Group’s vice chairman of beauty. “It’s not only a prestige-only story.” Inside the prestige market in 2022, scalp care products grew 47 percent and hair thinning products grew 29 percent,...
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4 Jan

What to Watch: J. Crew’s fortieth, Banana Republic’s Traction

Fashion on the mall is beginning to look so much higher, due to recent energy and marketing initiatives at two of America’s major retail chains. On a cold day just before Thanksgiving, a gaggle of well-heeled L.A. women were rushing racks of J. Crew feather-trimmed cotton poplin shirts, vivid yellow bouclé jackets, pink velvet blazers and black crystal-covered satin pouch bags, because the brand’s women’s creative director Olympia Gayot looked on nearby. They weren’t at a store, but moderately the tony private club San Vicente Bungalows, where the brand hosted a gifting suite and Gayot hobnobbed with Diane Keaton, Amy Adams, Elizabeth Banks and Ali Wong as they picked up goodies on the event, which was organized by influencer marketing agency...
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16 Sep

6 Healthy Hair Practices To Protect Your Edges &

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