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📰 Dyke Queen: A Feminine Clothing and Intimates Brand for the LGBTQ+ Community ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Courtesy of Dyke Queen Brand Bio is Fashionista's guide to the best independent fashion and beauty brands — a resource for retailers, job seekers, B2B companies and consumers alike. If you'd like your brand to be featured, fill out this form . Dyke Queen Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA E-commerce: dykequeenclothing.com Social Media: Instagram / TikTok What: A clothing and intimates brand focused   on representing queer femininity in a tasteful and contemporary way, proving that queer fashion isn't only about the masculine — it can be frilly, fierce, size-inclusive and fantastically femme. Price Range: $35 - $55 Founder:  Mariella Faura Origin Story:  When Mariella Faura first looked at the world of queer-focused fashion, they noticed a striking gap. Most brands marketed to the LGBTQ+ community leaned heavily into masculine aestheti...

📰 This Startup Transforming Carbon Emissions Into Fashion Textiles Just Raised $7.5 Million ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Courtesy of Rubi Finding a solution to textile manufacturing's environmental degradation issue was never a mere pipe dream for Neeka Mashouf. It was something she and her sister, Leila, knew they could make a reality. And they have: In 2021, the duo launched Rubi, a company that uses technology to convert carbon emissions into cellulosic materials. "Rubi's technology mimics and improves upon how trees naturally create materials. Just as trees convert CO2 [carbon dioxide] into their building blocks, Rubi's platform transforms industrial carbon emissions into valuable materials — but without requiring the tree itself," Mashouf tells Fashionista. "The result is pure cellulose that can go straight into existing textile manufacturing to be spun into yarn; no harsh chemicals, no farmland [and] no trees required." The mec...

📰 Paul Wilmot Communications Is Hiring A Senior Account Executive, Fashion PR In New York, NY ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Paul Wilmot Communications is looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic Public Relations Senior Account Executive to join its thriving Fashion team, which works with both men's and women's fashion, luxury watches and accessories brands. This position will lead media strategy with a focus on brand launches, features, product placement, executive profiles, strategic brand partnerships and influencer engagement. Founded in New York City 1997 with a new office that opened in Nashville in 2022, Paul Wilmot Communications has produced a significant public relations track record drawing from the highest profile fashion houses, beauty and wellness brands, retailer and e-comm powerhouses, as well as hospitality, spirits, non-profits, and luxury lifestyle clientele. By cross-promoting within our divisions, PWC offers our clients access to ...

📰 John Galliano's Next Gig Is With Zara ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Szilveszter Makó/Courtesy of Zara After a two-year absence, John Galliano has returned to the fashion space in an unexpected way. The infamous designer has inked a two-year creative partnership with Spanish retailer Zara. The first collection will enter stores this September. Galliano will "re-author the brand's archives through a series of seasonal collections," per the press release. He'll deconstruct garments from Zara's past seasons and update reconfigure them into new pieces.  "I'm super excited, because it's not something I've done before, so that kind of tickles me — the newness, the excitement, the actual process," Galliano told Vogue Business . "Even with my team, I have to keep reminding them daily: 'No, it's not this, and it's not that. We are re-authoring.' It's been quite fun, and I just think it's a very po...

📰 T3 Co-Founder Julie Chung Talks Hair Tool Innovation and Staying Independent for 20+ Years ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Julie Chung Photo: Courtesy of T3 Watch the full conversation between Julie Chung and Fashionista Beauty & Style Director Steph Saltzman on The Fashionista Network. Los Angeles-based brand T3 is a major player in the hair tools category, and it's been one for the better part of the last two decades. Co-founder Julie Chung and her husband/co-founder launched the company in 2004 after identifying a gap in the market, she recapped during an interview on The Fashionista Network. What does it take for an independent, self-funded brand to not only last for 20 years —but actually thrive — despite growing competition from massive businesses like Shark and Dyson? For Chung, the secret to long-term success has been consistency and sticking to the company's original mission.  "From the beginning, [Chung's co-founder and husband] Kent never ...

📰 Amid Surging Gold Prices, This Valuation Platform Is Turning Heirlooms Into Assets ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Jewelry has always doubled as tangible financial power for Nidhi Singhvi. Growing up in Jaipur, India ("the gemstone capital of the world," she notes), Singhvi watched her mother sell her jewelry to sponsor her spot in an exchange program in Singapore that changed the trajectory of her life. While later building her investment career in the U.S., including stints at McKinsey, a hedge fund and FalconX (where she built a crypto options trading desk), Singhvi observed a surprising lack of infrastructure in the jewelry space: Gold earrings and necklaces remained tucked away in women's closets, too often seen as inherited baubles rather than lucrative assets. In October 2025, Singhvi launched Unvault , an AI-driven jewelry valuation and authentication platform allowing users to track and manage their own jewelry portfolios. By simply snapping a photo of th...