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📰 Slate Swim Founder Sells Brand in 7-Figure Deal {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Slate Swim , a minimalist swimwear label based in Los Angeles, officially has a new owner. However, rather than selling to a private equity firm or conglomerate looking to expand its portfolio, Founder Jessica Liao Mayers sold her brand in a "seven-figure" deal to an independent buyer named Natalie Wisniewski on Monday. (Mayers declined to comment further on the financial terms of the deal.) Mayers was just 21 years old when she founded Slate Swim in 2015 with $300 and a goal of filling the swimwear industry's gap for sleek, minimalist designs. Since then, Mayers has scaled the brand while remaining independent as celebrity fans like Kylie Jenner and Camila Cabello helped drive popularity. In Slate Swim's early days, Mayers was adamant that she would never sell it, but upon the label's 10-year anniversa...

📰 This Aesthetics Expert Thinks At-Home Laser Hair Removal Devices Are a Scam {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Welcome to " Face It ," in which practitioners, dermatologists, facialists and other beauty experts answer our rapid-fire questions (quicker than you can say "just a few more units, please?"), revealing their hottest takes, most controversial opinions and the hard truths they wish their clients could come to terms with. Eunice Louis-Jacques, an Atlanta-based registered nurse and aesthetic field manager at SEV Laser , spends her days zapping away unwanted body hair and fulfilling personalized aesthetic treatments. While steering countless clients through their custom cosmetic journeys, she's amassed plenty of skin-care hot takes. Her most controversial one? "Not everyone needs filler," Louis-Jacques tells Fashionista. Cue injector pearl-clutching. "Sometimes t...

📰 Olivier Rousteing Is Rabanne's New Creative Director {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: The rumors are true: Rabanne has tapped Olivier Rousteing as its new creative director. The French Maison confirmed the news on Tuesday. "Joining Rabanne is a tremendous honor," Rousteing said in a press statement. "This is a House that has always challenged convention, transforming bold ideas into creations that have shaped fashion history. Its spirit of innovation, craftsmanship, and fearless creativity has inspired generations, and today it inspires me." His appointment comes a couple of weeks after Rabbane's former creative director, Julien Dossena, stepped down . However, industry insiders speculated for months that Rousteing was taking on the position shortly after he stepped down from his 14-year stint as Balmain's creative director . In his new role, Rousteing will product expans...

📰 Inside the Fashion Workplace: The 2026 Report Is Here {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: The fashion job market is in a state of flux — and for those fortunate enough to be employed at all in 2026, workplace culture and dynamics are rapidly changing. After years of layoffs, restructuring and shifting consumer habits alongside economic volatility and the rise of AI , workers across the industry are navigating an uncertain landscape. At the beginning of 2026, more than 500 industry professionals generously (and anonymously) filled out our annual fashion workplace survey, sharing their titles, salaries and experiences navigating the job market. In Fashionista’s 16-page Inside the Fashion Workplace Report , available to download below, you’ll get a comprehensive picture of industry pay, satisfact...

📰 ICYMI: Fashionista's Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Picks, Lang's New L.A. Flagship & Erin Walsh Talks Personal Style {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: In case you missed them, we've rounded up our most popular stories of the week to help you stay in the loop. No need to thank us — just toast an iced black coffee in our honor when you're discussing who did what over your omelette. Related: What Fashionista Editors Are Shopping From the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Related: Lang Opens New L.A. Flagship Spotlighting AAPI-Founded Fashion Brands Related: Celebrity Stylist Erin Walsh Says Personal Style Starts With One Question Related: A Stylish Person's Guide to São Paulo, by Patricia Bonaldi Related: After Fleeing War, This Ukrainian Designer Found Freedom in Knitwear Related: Why We're All Dressing Like It's (the Y2K  Version of) the Medieval Ages Again Related: How Amanda Uprichar...

📰 Aware Hair: A 'Scalp-First' Hair-Care Brand Founded by a Mother-Daughter Duo {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: HQ:  Los Angeles, CA Founders:  Tina Mui and Jade Wong Social: Instagram Category: Hair Care E-comm: awarehair.com Price Range:  $55-60 Hero Product: 9·1 Professional Scalp Care Shampoo ($55) Stockists: C.O. Bigelow , The Maya Salon PR Representation: Jennifer McNicholl Consulting Inc. How to get in touch: Contact form Origin Story Aware Hair was born from a deeply personal need: to bridge the gap between scalp health and salon-quality hair care . Founded by Tina Mui, a master stylist and trichologist of 40+ years, and her daughter Jade Wong, the brand is rooted in both professional expertise and lived experience. Mui began rethinking traditional salon formulas after losing two close colleagues to cancers linked to prolonged chemical exposure, prompting a shift toward safer, more inten...