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📰 Duran Lantink is Jean Paul Gaultier's New Creative Director ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Duran Lantink. Photo: Saviko/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Five years after designer Jean Paul Gaultier announced his retirement from fashion, the French Maison has finally tapped a permanent creative director to succeed him. On Tuesday, the brand appointed emerging designer Duran Lantink into the esteemed role, effective immediately.  "I consider Jean Paul Gaultier a genius and part of a generation that kicked down doors, so people like us can walk through them freely and be who we are without apology," Lantink said in a press statement. "Stepping into the role of creative director is a true honor. To me, Gaultier represents the ultimate house of creative spirit and savoir-faire. It's provocative, and continuously pushing boundaries. It's the brand that brings together different disciplines around fashion to create cultural movements, changing the language o...

📰 Which Beauty Brands Are Capturing Gen Z's Attention in 2025? ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: What do Gen-Z beauty consumers really want? That's the question that has captivated plenty of brands over the past few years, and of course, research firms are in full data collection mode. On Tuesday, Gen-Z-focused brand strategy consulting firm DCDX released its Q1  report  on the top 100 "magnetic" — or most culturally relevant — beauty brands of 2025 so far.  The findings include several notable trends researchers have clocked among Gen-Z beauty consumers: 1) Makeup brands are seeing a rise in engagement, while skin-care brands are losing their edge a bit. ( Recession indicator , anyone?) 2) A handful of celebrity-backed beauty brands are still resonating, big-time, with Gen-Z shoppers. 3) Sephora has edged out Ulta Beauty by the metrics used in the report (and those are the only two retailers who even ranked on the list at all). And, 4) consistency is mo...