One TikToker is giving new meaning to being a clothes horse. In her TikTok video, Nicole (@nicmarriana) shows how much $50 can go in Los Angeles when you find creative ways to revamp a wardrobe. However, her new “hobby” also demonstrates the massive amounts of textile waste that have become the norm. What happened? “If…
A new investigation is raising serious concerns about fast fashion giant Shein‘s ties to forced labor and human rights abuses, sparking renewed calls for accountability by the brand and the fashion industry, Leigh Day reported. What’s happening? An investigation by the campaign group Stop Uyghur Genocide uncovered an alleged link between fast-fashion retailer Shein and…
The enormous impact of brand ambassadors — whether they are influencers, celebrities or athletes — on culture and the fashion industry was a hot topic Wednesday morning at a panel discussion in New York. Called “Brand Ambassador Marketing 2025: How Celebrities & Influencers Shape Brand Perception & Impact,” the panel featured Chris Gay, president of…
Fashion brands built upon sustainability values have been scaling back their eco-driven marketing and shifting their focus back to the products themselves. Clothing company leaders refer to the phenomenon as “sustainability fatigue” and say their customers just want nice clothes without having to think so much about how they’re made. What’s happening? As news outlet…
A fashion enthusiast has called out a common fallacy about fast-fashion production that may hold people back from working toward a cleaner future and fighting against worker exploitation. What’s happening? Beatrice Turner (@thefairedit) is part of the Verified Champion program, a joint endeavor between the United Nations and Purpose to combat misinformation and disinformation. @thefairedit…
A popular fashion guru has been fiercely slammed online over claims that she purchases clothing items for cheap overseas and then sells them with a huge markup to her loyal fans. The fashion brand PARKE has seemed to take over TikTok and Instagram in recent months, with Gen Z fighting to get their hands on its…
The founder of fashion brand Odd Muse has broken down in tears after claiming she has received a wave of online abuse. Aimee Smale, 27, who owns the Brentwood, Essex-based aspirational luxury label, shared a clip of herself crying to her TikTok account, alongside a lengthy caption that stated she was ‘heartbroken’ over the ‘bullying’…
Dress for the lifestyle you want, not the lifestyle you have – what was once a philosophy synonymous with 1980s fashion culture is now reemerging in Gen Z form. Writer Emilia Petrarca, in The Cut earlier this year, described the up-and-coming trend called “Boom Boom” fashion. She cited fashion forecaster Sean Monahan, who said that the “fetishization of the…
An Australian influencer has slammed this year’s Australian Fashion Week over what she saw as the ‘basic’ and uninspired outfits the A-Listers wore at the world-famous event. TikTok star Meg Hansen shared a clip to the platform in which she criticised this year’s looks. ‘Let’s come for people who are really basic while wearing a wrap…
Meet the “grandfluencers” Meet the “grandfluencers” 04:29 Some TikTok users may have had their scrolling interrupted on Thursday after an outage reportedly affected thousands of users. Over 33,000 outages were reported starting around 4 p.m. EST according to Downdetector, a website that tracks app outages. TikTok did not immediately respond to request for comment. —This…