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📰 How Eliana Masgalos Climbed the Ranks at H&M to Lead all Womenswear Design ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Eliana Masgalos Photo: Courtesy of H&M In our long-running series " How I'm Making It ," we talk to people making a living in the fashion and beauty industries about how they broke in and found success. Some people fall into fashion; Eliana Masgalos ran toward it with intention from day one. Born and raised in Portugal, she knew early on that she wasn't just interested in clothes, but also captivated by the process of creating them, from sketch to sample to the final piece on the rack. She's driven by curiosity and a hunger to understand more than just the aesthetics of design. She wanted to know how things worked.  Now leading womenswear design at H&M, Masgalos is a driving force behind how one of the world's biggest fashion retailers balances the demand of fast-paced trend cycles with the existential importance of circularity and...

📰 Moo-ve Over Minimalism — Cow-Print Accessories Are Taking Over ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Western-inspired fashion tends to rear its head every spring, but this year — blame it on festival season or the undeniable influence of Cowboy Carter  — the aesthetic seems to be hitting its peak. How do we know? Well, the latest trend to gallop into the spotlight is a pattern that's udderly (sorry) stylish: Cow print. Unlike traditional animal prints (we still love you, leopard ), this bold, black-and-white pattern brings a uniquely playful-yet-poised touch to any outfit — no pigtails or overalls required. According to shopping platform LTK , searches for "cow-print accessories" spiked nearly 300% in February, peaking on the 22nd, coinciding with the release of Adidas's viral Sambas in cow-print. (If you like that sold-out style, see similar cow-print sneakers from the likes of Wales Bonner, River Island and Anonymous Copenhagen, ahead!).   Just in time for...