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📰 ICYMI: Maria Grazia Chiuri Exits Dior, E.l.f. Beauty Acquires Rhode & Thom Browne's L.A. Flagship ✨ 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 a lavender vanilla chai in our honor when you're discussing who did what over your sourdough pancakes. Related: Maria Grazia Chiuri Has Officially Left Dior Related: E.l.f. Beauty Acquires Hailey Bieber's Rhode in a $1 Billion Deal Related: Inside Thom Browne's New Los Angeles Flagship Related: Fashionista's May Shopping List: 27 Items Our Editors Love Related: The 19 Best Beauty Products Fashionista Editors Tried in May Related: How I Shop: Mel B Related: See the Standout Looks From Otis College's 2025 Student Fashion Show Related: How Creative Can Beauty Employees Be in an AI Era? Related: Fashion Professionals Are Burnt Out and Underpaid, According to Our Survey Relate...

📰 Danuta Skin: A Botanical Skin-Care Brand Founded by a Mother-Daughter Duo ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Courtesy of Danuta Skin 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 . Danuta Skin Headquarters: New York, NY E-commerce: danutaskincare.com Social Media: Instagram What: A New York-based skin-care brand grounded in essential oils, botanicals and plant-based ingredients.  Price Range: $60 - $130 Founders: Ewa and Kava Gorna Origin Story: Danuta Skin began more than 15 years ago when a family health crisis reshaped the Gornas' approach to wellness. Founder Ewa Gorna's deep understanding of botanical healing led her to develop her own face oils, recognizing that what we put on our skin is just as crucial as what we consume. Her expertise in essential oils, minerals ...

📰 The 19 Best Beauty Products Fashionista Editors Tried in May ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Each month, Fashionista editors try a *lot* of beauty products . And while not every formula we test is a winner, we're constantly unearthing new favorites. Here, we've rounded up our latest hair, skin, fragrance, wellness and makeup discoveries — whether fresh-to-market drops or merely recent additions to our personal routines. Fresh off of a chilly Memorial Day weekend, our editors are prepping for summer's sunny skies and longer days with upgraded sun-care, frizz-fighting hair care and plenty of hydrating skin-care products. As beauty brands began rolling out their SPF launches, team Fashionista discovered some new beloved formulas, including an invisible-finish fluid sunscreen, an "age-defying" moisturizer, a buildable tinted SPF and protective lip care. We kept our hair cared for with an effortless waving tool, a quick-drying air styler, a lightweight stron...

📰 How I Shop: Mel B ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: We all buy clothes, but no two people shop the same. It can be a social experience, and a deeply personal one; at times, it can be impulsive and entertaining, at others, purpose-driven, a chore. Where do you shop? When do you shop? How do you decide what you need, how much to spend and what's "you"? These are some of the questions we're putting to prominent figures in our column " How I Shop ." Though it's never truly gone out of style, leopard-print is having a major nostalgia-fueled moment these days. The animal pattern has been a mainstay in pop culture for decades, but arguably reached its peak in the late '90s thanks to stars like Fran Drescher in "The Nanny," Patricia Arquette in "True Romance," the women of "The Sopranos" and, perhaps most significantly, Mel B of the Spice Girls — a.k.a. "Scary Spice." Mel B (center) and her Spice Girls bandmate...

📰 Inside Thom Browne's New Los Angeles Flagship ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: On Wednesday evening, a throng of precisely tailored grey-and-white suiting swarmed Melrose Place in West Hollywood to celebrate the iconic shopping street's latest store opening. And thanks to the uniformly on-brand guests and employees filing in and out, it was immediately clear whose store it was: Thom Browne had finally brought his New York-bred label to Los Angeles with the opening of his first West Coast flagship. Photo: Josh Cho/Courtesy of Thom Browne The meticulously designed 2,000-square foot space at 8408 Melrose Place (where By Far recently ended a two-year run) has a mid-century modern feel, inspired by the brand's New York City offices. It will also soon have a New York-bred next-door neighbor: Khaite, which is taking over a prime corner space long occupied by Marc Jacobs (and, briefly, Gucci ). As much as Browne feels like a quintessentially New York designer, he actual...

📰 Fashionista's May Shopping List: 27 Items Our Editors Love ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Now that we've had an entire month to digest this year's Met Gala looks (yes, Zendaya stole the show yet again) and cruise collections have started rolling out, team Fashionista has compiled plenty of sartorial inspiration to head into the summer months in style. Activewear emerged as one of our top categories this month, with our editors loving brown taffeta track pants, a cozy cropped hoodie, soft high-waisted leggings, sporty joggers and a compact-yet-spacious gym duffle bag. Summertime anticipation prevailed throughout our May picks via a breezy eyelet button-up, a flowy linen midi dress, a bright floral tank top and a lightweight black mini dress. Whether we're frequenting farmer's markets or strolling around Central Park this summer, we'll be sporting woven basket-like handbags and woven leather sandals as our peak warm-weather accessories. Ahead, see (and sh...