Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) is a higher education design school teaching creative disciplines across design, fashion, visual arts and communications. Since opening its doors in Milan in 1966, the institution now welcomes around 10,000 students on average per year on 11 campuses across Italy, Spain and Brazil. The IED alumni network includes Pierpaolo Piccioli,…
Call them China’s Sputnik moments: DeepSeek. BYD and Xiaomi cars. A robot Olympics in Beijing. Huawei’s resurgence. And Labubu. Labubu did its job. The little gremlin doll made it clear that a brand being from China is no longer shorthand for cheap. Pop Mart has built trust to such an extent that company management is…
In the mid-2010s, the actor Shay Mitchell began to spend as much time at 30,000 feet as she did on land, which is to say she had a lot of free time to consider the inconveniences of life as a frequent flier. The subject of her ire? Luggage, which was either too cheap to look…
American It girls have long loved Danielle Guizio. The New York-based designer got her start a decade ago sending graphic T-shirts to tastemakers like Kylie Jenner, Hailey Bieber and the Hadid sisters. Since then, she’s expanded her assortment of youthful and social media-friendly apparel, such as mini skirts, sweater sets, corsets and micro dresses that…
This summer, fashion’s marketing machine has had an unusual number of misfires. In just the span of a month, we’ve had: American Eagle’s “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans” campaign, where the denim-clad actress’s ad nodding to her appearance was called out for having racist undertones. The brand defended its campaign, stating it “is and always…
Falmouth University, situated on the south coast of Cornwall, England, is a higher education institution specialising in the creative industries. It places a strong emphasis on sustainable practices across all areas, particularly their fashion, textiles and business programmes. Its fashion-related degrees span design, marketing, photography, styling and art direction. Recent graduates include Beth Somerville, the…
In April 2017, a group of protesters squared off against a line of police officers. Tensions were mounting. Would this turn into yet another of that era’s violent clashes? Thankfully, Kendall Jenner ended the stand-off, not with persuasion but with a Pepsi. In a now-infamous commercial, Jenner, a symbol of great privilege, cut through all…
Once the darling of the consumer goods market, the $441 billion global beauty industry is showing signs of cooling. For years, a seemingly limitless appetite for newness in beauty fuelled robust volume and even greater pricing growth — from 2022 to 2024, the sector grew 7 percent annually. Now, geopolitical and economic uncertainty, along with…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur Europe, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. From viral social media workout challenges to the boom in boutique gym studios, it’s clear here in Europe and abroad that Generation Z (those born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s) have made health and wellbeing central…