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📰 Even Gabrielle Union Can't Resist a TikTok Beauty Buy {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Occasionally, we use affiliate links on our site. This in no way affects our editorial decision-making. What’s the opposite of gatekeeping? Welcome to “ Payment Processing ,” in which we ask stylish, generally cool people who’ve tried it all about their favorite fashion and beauty buys. Elizabeth Banks and Gabrielle Union have teamed up for an unlikely but fitting partnership, and it's not a new movie (yet?). The duo is part of the "Paze. It Checks Out" campaign, and they're talking all things "add to cart," which just happens to be one of our favorite activities. It turns out, the actors love online shopping, too. So, we jumped at the chance to ask their fashion and beauty recommendations as these two have been style stars for decades. Union burst onto the scene in the Y2K era with hits ...

📰 The Tennis Brand Fashion Girls Are Wearing On and Off the Court {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Occasionally, we use affiliate links on our site. This in no way affects our editorial decision-making. Tennis has always been as much about style as sport. Long before "quiet luxury " became a trend, the court was producing some of the most timeless fashion silhouettes in history: crisp pleated skirts, tailored collars, elegant dresses and effortless whites that looked just as chic at lunch as they did during a match. At Love All Tennis , that enduring sense of style is exactly what inspired the brand. In a fashion landscape increasingly driven by microtrends and fast-moving aesthetics, Love All Tennis was created with a different philosophy: Clothing should feel timeless, flattering and wearable for years, not just seasons. The brand combines vintage-inspired tennis style with moder...

📰 Must Read: Saks Exits Bankruptcy, Louis Vuitton Faces Backlash Over Waterfall Runway Show {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Monday. Saks Exits Bankruptcy On Friday, Saks Global successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, marking the completion of its restructuring process. The company now has significantly reduced debt, the full backing of investors and a stronger financial plan. { Saks Global } Louis Vuitton Faces Backlash Over Waterfall Runway Show Parisian locals are bashing Louis Vuitton 's Spring 2027 show during Paris Fashion Week for wasting water with the giant artificial waterfall used as the backdrop, especially as the French capital is experiencing an extreme heatwave. Louis Vuitton's parent, LVMH , responded to the criticism, stating that no water was wasted, as it was drawn directly from Paris' water supply and then entirel...

📰 Battalion Fall 2026 Internship Program - New York, NY {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Battalion is seeking motivated, creative and organized individuals to join our Fall 2026 Internship Program in New York. This role offers immersive exposure to agency life with some of the industry’s top PR professionals, hands-on experience supporting some of the most respected global luxury brands in the world and opportunities for professional growth in a fast-paced communications environment. During this internship , you’ll gain invaluable experience in luxury public relations at an award-winning boutique agency known for elevating top accessories, lifestyle, and fashion brands. Through firsthand involvement in media coverage tracking, event execution, social amplification, sample ma...

📰 Gemi: A Hand-Care Brand Delivering K-Beauty-Inspired Sanitizer Serums {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: HQ:  San Francisco, CA Founders:  Hau Yeung and Erin Choi Social: Instagram Category: Hand Care E-comm: gemibeauty.com Price Range:  $12-$60 Hero Product: Hand Sanitizer + Serum ($12) Stockists: Amazon , Anthropologie , Hart PR Representation: Avant Collective How to get in touch: hello@gemibeauty.com Origin Story Launched in 2025, Gemi is a luxury hand-care brand inspired by K-beauty skin care , fine fragrances and the belief that your hands deserve more. Its first product is a hybrid hand sanitizer serum infused with premium facial skin-care ingredients to hydrate and boost the skin barrier — delivered in a collection of luxurious scents. 📌 Love fashion? Follow us for daily updates on our fashion blog ! 🌟 🔹 #FashionTrends #StyleTips #OOTD #Gemi: A Hand-Care Brand Delivering K-Beauty-Insp...

📰 Weekly Drop Watch: Cuyana x Faherty, Reformation x Umbro, Crown Affair x Ilia and More {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Occasionally, we use affiliate links on our site. This in no way affects our editorial decision-making. For our  Weekly Drop Watch  column, Fashionista scours the market to curate the most noteworthy releases from our favorite fashion and beauty brands. Keep scrolling for this week’s highlights. Fashion Launches Cuyana x Faherty Cuyana and Faherty launched a collaboration titled “Two Coasts, One Summer,” that brings together "Cuyana’s signature polish with Faherty’s coastal ease," per press materials. The capsule includes new takes on three Cuyana bestsellers: the Canvas System Beach Tote ($328), Canvas Mini System Tote ($268) and Travel Case Set ($168), alongside Faherty’s Coastal Poplin Relaxed Shirt ($178) and Coastal Poplin Boxer Short ($110). There's also a straw ...

📰 The Los Angeles-Based Label Making 'Anti-Fashion Fashion' {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Growing up in Crestone, Colorado, a small mountain town with a population of 200, you could say designer Ella Mae wasn't exactly raised in a style hub. Yet, at 5 years old she already knew she was destined to become a fashion designer.  "I always felt like I was too big for Crestone," she tells Fashionista. "I always wanted to make crazy outfits. I was just so obsessed with fashion for as long as I can remember." She'd show up to school — in her class of two people — wearing bold outfits. Eventually, Mae's mother taught her how to sew, and from there, she locked in to her pursuit of design.  The budding designer's first official stepping stone in building her career was attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) to hone her skills. "RISD completely shaped my ...

📰 Must Read: Versace CEO Exits, Balenciaga Partners With Substack's Sponsorship Program {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday. Versace CEO Exits Emmanuel Gintzburger exited his post as Versace's CEO effective June 23, Prada confirmed. Gintzburger joined the Italian brand as CEO in 2022, and previously served as Alexander McQueen 's CEO. Gintzburger's successor "will be announced in due course," Prada told WWD . { WWD /paywalled} Balenciaga Partners With Substack's Sponsorship Program Balenciaga is the first fashion house to partner with Substack's native sponsorship program. The new program's structure allows for creator-led editorial to be backed by multiple revenue streams, including potential collaborations with partnering brands like Balenciaga. "Balenciaga has a century-long history of innovation, and...

📰 PV New York: Your First Look at Fall-Winter 27-28 {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Bringing together more than 130 exhibitors from across the global fashion supply chain, the event offers brands, designers and product teams a focused sourcing experience at the heart of New York City. Visitors will discover a curated selection of international manufacturers, fabric experts and creative studios and so much more. Among them are: ABBY LICHTMAN DESIGN, ACAR TEKSTIL, BLUE CITY TEXTILE, DUTEL CREATION, ECOPEL, EMELDA LEATHER, FIORENZATULLE, INTESA, KIVANC, KUWAMURA, MOONSHAKE STUDIO, STUDIO STAMPA, SUSANNA SAMSON DESIGN AND VISION WORLD. Photo: Courtesy of Premier Vision To help buyers navigate the offer efficiently, the show introduces nine dedicated sourcing paths, des...

📰 How Abbode's Abby Price Is Steering the Personalization Trend {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Listen to the full conversation between Abby Price and Fashionista Staff Writer Catie Pusateri on The Fashionista Network on Spotify. View the original article to see embedded media. Everything changed for Abbode — then a small vintage and dry floral arrangement shop in New York City's Nolita neighborhood — after founder Abby Price dusted off an embroidery machine from the brand's basement for a pop-up event. In one day, Abbode surpassed $5,000 in sales by offering free embroidery with a purchase. (Its previous best-day number was $2,000.) Since then, Abbode has fully shifted gears to focus on personalized embroidery, specializing in waffle pouches, canvas bags, tea towels, cocktail napkins and more. "There's definitely been a trend in personalization and embr...

📰 Straw Bags Have Never Been More Chic {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Occasionally, we use affiliate links on our site. This in no way affects our editorial decision-making. When you think of straw handbags of the past, your memory might evoke cheap raffia totes with rope handles that have a decidedly gift-with-purchase vibe. They're fine for throwing in your beach essentials, but not usually nice enough for everyday use. But the straw look is cute for summer, vacation or any other warm-weather occasion. Thankfully, Coach upgraded the look with its cool-girl take on the trend. Coach fans will recognize the styles that come in straw: the Tabby and Brooklyn Bag , specifically. Coach's Tabby Shoulder Bag 26  is polished and structured, with signature “C” hardware. But the swingy straw fringe on the front gives the look a boho , 1970s vibe that provides a really interesting juxtaposi...

📰 Julien Dossena Has Left Rabanne {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Julien Dossena's time at Rabanne has come to an end: On Wednesday, the French house announced that the designer is stepping down from his creative director position after a 13-year run. "I would like to thank the Puig family and Group for their trust and for supporting my vision over 13 years," Dossena said in a press statement. "I'm equally grateful to my teams, ateliers and collaborators, whose craft and commitment made the work possible. This defining creative chapter at the helm of Rabanne will always have a significant resonance to me, both professionally and personally." Since joining the house in 2013, Dossena led Rabanne into a new era of growth and relevance by utilizing the house's iconic chainmail in a contemporary fashion. Under his tenure, Rabanne also underwent a name change , dropped an H&M...

📰 Jackie Asamoah's Shopping List Includes a New Schiaparelli Bag and Saint Laurent Heels {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Occasionally, we use affiliate links on our site. This in no way affects our editorial decision-making. What’s the opposite of gatekeeping? Welcome to “ Payment Processing ,” in which we ask stylish, generally cool people who’ve tried it all about their favorite fashion and beauty buys. Since uploading her first YouTube video in 2009, Jackie Asamoah (known online as Jackie Aina) has been a source of inspiration for an entire generation of beauty and fashion lovers. Seventeen years later, her career has continued to flourish, including the launch of her candle and fragrance brand, Forvr Mood, in 2020. But what remains the same? Her impeccable taste. "My personal style is a mix of elements," she tells Fashionista. It has to be "sexy" ("either the titties are ou...

📰 Must Read: Bath & Body Works Is Entering Ulta, CFDA and 'Vogue' Present United Flags of Fashion {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Tuesday. Bath & Body Works Is Entering Ulta Bath & Body Works is partnering with Ulta Beauty to bring its home fragrance and body-care products to more than 600 Ulta stores nationwide and ulta.com beginning July 12. Bath & Body Works aims to reposition itself from a "specialty retailer into a category‑leading global brand." Ulta will stock select Bath & Body Works scents in fine fragrance mist, body cream, hand soap, three-wick candles and Wallflowers. It will also welcome the return of Juniper Breeze, available exclusively at Ulta. { Bath & Body Works } CFDA and Vogue Present United Flags of Fashion The CFDA and Vogue partnered with Rockefeller Center and America250 to present U...