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📰 Fashion Designer for Women's Wear Startup (New York City, USA) ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Looking for a fashion designer for a women’s wear brand startup in New York City. We are new, yet bring a strong design sense to what will work in the market today, and understand trends and habits of our customers. Looking for someone to bring a new eye, thoughts, and experience to the project (part-time). What You Bring: ● Proven experience designing women's day and nightwear. Expertise in fabric selection, understanding how materials work with designs. ● Skills in sketching and translating ideas into functional, market-ready pieces. ● Knowledge of manufacturing processes, ideally with overseas partners. ● A portfolio that showcases your design sensibility and creativity. What We Offer: ● A chance to shape a new brand with your vision. ● Collaborative, in-person interviews in NYC. ● Hybrid Word - Manhattan Office and Online ● A fun, supportive startu...

📰 Saint Laurent Dethrones Miu Miu as Fashion's Hottest Brand in Q3 2025 ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: For the first time, Saint Laurent is the hottest brand in the fashion industry, according to The Lyst Index Q3 2025 report  (which covers July to September) released on Wednesday. The Kering-owned luxury house dethroned Miu Miu, which has comfortably maintained a top-three position over the last year and now takes the silver. Mirroring the industry's many  creative director switch-ups , The Lyst Index saw plenty of shifts last quarter: Loewe, which ranked second in Q2, dropped six points to come in eighth, while Cos rose four points to snatch the bronze. The Row and Coach rounded out the top five at fourth and fifth places, respectively. Prada followed at number six, marking a two-point decline. Skims held its number-15 position and Stone Island returned to the list at number 19, thanks to a 115% bump in quarter-on-quarter searches courtesy of the Oasis reunion tou...

📰 Must Read: Teen Vogue Joins Vogue.com, Dua Lipa Launches Skin-Care Line With Augustinus Bader ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Teen Vogue These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday. Teen Vogue joins Vogue.com Teen Vogue is joining Vogue.com, Vogue announced on Monday. The title will remain a distinct editorial property, with its own identity and mission. Chloe Malle, Vogue 's head of editorial content, will now oversee Teen Vogue. Editor-in-Chief Versha Sharma will be leaving the company. Teen Vogue will focus its content on career development, cultural leadership and "other issues that matter most to young people." { Vogue } Dua Lipa launches skin-care line with Augustinus Bader Dua Lipa and Augustinus Bader Science teamed up to launch Dua , a "high-performance skin-care brand utilizing TFC5, a proprietary technology designed for skin with minimal to moderate damage." TFC5 aims to deliver ...

📰 Storm by Montecristi: An Emerging Luxury Hat Brand Based in Santa Fe ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Courtesy of Storm by Montecristi 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 . Storm by Montecristi Headquarters: Santa Fe, NM E-commerce: stormbymontecristi.com Social Media: Instagram  /  TikTok What: A newly launched luxury hat brand. Price Range: $350-$1,200 Founder:  Chenoa Storm Origin Story: Founder Chenoa Storm grew up in the hat business, having worked alongside her father, who owned and ran Montecristi Custom Hat Works. In 2025, she used her lifetime of training in hat craftsmanship to launch her own brand, Storm by Montecristi. The label brings the bespoke hat-shopping experience online with enduring styles that are uniquely your own yet equally accessibl...

📰 All the Winners From the 2025 CFDA Awards ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: On Monday night, fashion insiders — designers, stylists, models, editors — and a wide range of celebrities and VIPS gathered at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to celebrate the 2025 CFDA Fashion Awards. The event recognizes the best in American fashion. View the original article to see embedded media. Teyana Taylor hosted the ceremony (wearing Thom Browne), and throughout the evening, an esteemed group of presenters including Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour, Jennifer Lawrence, Julianne Moore, Naomi Watts, Ava DuVernay, Addison Rae and Christopher John Rogers took to the stage to hand out the below awards. While some of the honorees were revealed ahead of time — like Alaïa's Pieter Mulier for International Designer of the Year, Donatella Versace for the Positive Change Award and Fear of God's Jerry Lorenzo for the Innovation Award — the four big categories — Womenswear,...

📰 Catherine Bloom and Nordstrom Open New Appointment-Only Luxury Retail Concept ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Catherine Bloom inside Catherine Bloom for Nordstrom Photo: Courtesy of Nordstrom Earlier this year, Seattle-based department-store chain Nordstrom made a big bet on luxury fashion by bringing on famed personal stylist Catherine Bloom in a newly created role: director of luxury styling. Los Angeles-based Bloom had previously made a name for herself at Neiman Marcus Beverly Hills, where she even operated her own discreet, unadvertised "Bloom's Room" boutique. At the famously customer service-minded Nordstrom, Bloom is taking her exclusive boutique concept to the next level: The retailer has given her the keys to its eight-year-old  Nordstrom Local location on L.A.'s famed Melrose Place , where The Row, Bottega Veneta, Thom Browne and Maison Margiela are among its neighbors. "Catherine is one of the most respected stylists in the business, an...

📰 Inside Vogue College of Fashion: Cultivating Creativity and Career Success ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story London's dynamic environment, diverse population and global opportunities make it an attractive destination for those seeking both academic and personal growth. Institutions like Vogue College of Fashion exemplify the city's commitment to fostering creativity and innovation, making London an ideal place to study and thrive. At Vogue College of Fashion, students benefit from being taught by professionals in the fashion industry, meaning they're always in tune with the latest developments, technologies and trends. Project-based learning, mentorship opportunities and live briefs with major brands prepare students not only to graduate with a degree, but with a portfolio and industry contacts. The city itself becomes part of the education. Students attend fashion shows, gallery openings and speaker events featuring industry icons — immersing thems...

📰 ICYMI: Old Navy Collaborates With Anna Sui, 2026 Handbag Trends & Our October Editors' Picks ✨ 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 caramel latte in our honor when you're discussing who did what over your chia pudding. Related: Old Navy X Anna Sui Is a '90s Boho Dream Related: Say Hello to the Handbag Trends We'll Be Carrying Into 2026 Related: Fashionista's October Shopping List: 24 Items Our Editors Love Related: The 18 Best Beauty Products Fashionista Editors Tried in October Related: Dream of Having Your Own Line of Shoes or Handbags? Here's Where to Start Related: How Skin-Care Brand Fitish is Making Prescription GLP-1 Meds Part of Its Business Model Related: OneOff, the Latest AI-Powered Shopping App, Wants to Be Spotify for Fashion Related: What Goes Into Developing a New Product Line for Biologique...