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📰 Silent Opus: A Made-to-Measure Fine Jewelry Brand ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Photo: Courtesy of Silent Opus 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 . Silent Opus Headquarters: California E-commerce: silentopus.com Social Media: Instagram What: A custom, made-to-measure luxury jewelry brand. Price Range: $50-$11,700 Founder: Vanessa Stofenmacher Origin Story: In 2014, Vanessa Stofenmacher founded the jewelry brand Vrai & Oro (now called Vrai). Five years later, it was acquired, and she temporarily stepped away from her entrepreneurial life. A ruby ring her mom made and gave to her on her wedding day inspired the idea for Silent Opus. The ring is so much more than just an accessory; it's a silent reminder of their story together and a new tradition that she's hon...

📰 The Degree Program Bridging the Higher Education Gap for the Next Generation of Beauty Professionals ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Francis Tesmer didn't initially plan on transforming the beauty industry. While building her decades-long career as a global entrepreneur, philanthropist, business executive and economic senator of the German Senate of Economy, Tesmer's perspective shifted after she lost her mother to cancer. "There was this moment in my life after that that I wanted to do something that would have a bigger impact on a lot of people, and I didn't know what that was," Tesmer tells Fashionista. She began exploring potential projects in the health industry, but her longtime friend Rolf Lohse, founder of Rolfs Global, soon pointed her toward the beauty space. Fueled by her "deep belief" in women's empowerment and success, Tesmer saw an opportunity to uplift beauty professionals in the U.S. — the overwhelming majority of whom are wom...

📰 Priya Ahluwalia's Guide to Building a Fashion Business ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Priya Ahluwalia at the launch of "The Creative Entrepreneur" Photo: Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Carolyn Dailey The following is an exclusive excerpt of an interview with designer Priya Ahluwalia, from Carolyn Dailey's new book, "The Creative Entrepreneur, A Guide to Building a Successful Creative Business From Industry Titans," available for purchase here . Reprinted by permission of Carolyn Dailey, 2025. Building a Business My mum is a financial director, so she was a great help in figuring out the fundamentals like securing trademarks, the company structure and other key details. We set it all up very quickly. I knew I wanted to do a new collection, but had no idea how I was going to present it or where. The British Fashion Council had picked up on what I was doing, but the brand was too young for their New Gen programme, which funds and mentors e...

📰 Timeless Trends Inspired LIM College's 80th Annual Fashion Show ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: On Friday night, LIM College students put on the school's 80th annual fashion show at the Glasshouse in New York City. What makes LIM College's show unique from most other fashion institutes is its exclusive focus on the business of fashion and lifestyle. Because of its unique curriculum, most students participated in this year's event by curating brands, styling, marketing, set designing and event planning rather than clothing design. The show — titled "Timeless Threads" — was split into eight sections inspired by the cyclical patterns of fashion trends, including "The Art of the Dandy," "Retro Revival," "Renovated Runway," Tomorrow Today" and "Luxe Redux." Nicole Miller, Mondo Guerra, Rinat Brodach, Chris Mena, Natalia Fedner and LaTouché were the runway's highlighted participating designers. The 81-look col...