Ebay and publisher Condé Nast have entered a multi-year partnership aimed at accelerating the movement toward pre-loved and circular fashion. Ebay will now serve as the official Pre-Loved Partner of Condé Nast in an initiative that will span the Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest, Teen Vogue and Glamour publications in the U.S., UK and Germany. The…
Sofia De Hoyos, Goodwill Rappahannock Industries Senior Director of Marketing, and LaToya White, president of Fredericksburg Fashion Week. (Photos courtesy Goodwill Rappahannock) Since its founding in 2017, Fredericksburg Fashion Week has grown from a grassroots gathering of designers and entrepreneurs into one of the city’s most dynamic cultural movements. What began as a small showcase…
Luxury handbags have continued to dominate the fashion industry — in both their cultural relevance and their resale value in the secondhand market. As Italian fashion journalist Anna Dello Russo once said, “Accessories are like vitamins to fashion. Handbags are the main course.” Assouline on Monday has launched its latest coffee-table book with luxury re-commerce…
Only 11% of the fashion sector’s market value is on track to meet 2030 decarbonisation goals but new research shows exactly where carbon cuts and commercial value align, and how AI could be the unexpected accelerator for both. It also highlights the importance — and challenges — of secondhand and how crucial it is to influence…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Frankel, a 36-year-old business owner in Miami. It has been edited for length and clarity. My primary business is Thrift Vintage Fashion, which I launched in 2020 with my wife, Evelyn. We supply secondhand clothing — mostly men’s wear, such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, and denim…
In the past month, global fashion brands have been scrambling to make sense of President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. Production and material costs quickly spiked for independent brands, suppliers in established garment manufacturing countries saw orders paused or cancelled, and share prices slumped across the industry. As fashion reeled over rising prices, many looked…