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📰 The Next 'It' Handbag Will Probably Be From South Korea ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: As 2025 draws to a close, we're revisiting the best stories Fashionista published this year (at least in our editors' opinions). The below was originally published in June. The next "it" bag may not be Balenciaga , Chanel or Loewe . As Europe's legacy labels continue to suffer from the luxury slump, a new coterie of South Korean accessory brands is setting its sights on the American market, most notably: Osoi, Marge Sherwood and Stand Oil. Capitalizing on the United States' ongoing infatuation with Korean culture (see: K-pop and K-beauty), these affordable, independent competitors haven't sacrificed their home country's penchant for quality. South Korea is now a contender in luxury handbag manufacturing, with its primary supplier, Simone , making up 30% of the U.S. market. Osoi, Marge Sherwood and Stand Oil may not yet be household names, but t...

📰 The Stylish Person's Guide to New York City, According to Fashionista Editors ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: As 2025 draws to a close, we're revisiting the best stories Fashionista published this year (at least in our editors' opinions). The below was originally published in September. The fashion and beauty industries are filled with interesting people from all over the world who have great taste — the types you can rely on for excellent travel recommendations. So, we're asking them about their favorite food, shopping and wellness spots in their cities. Consider this series your fashion and beauty person's guide to travel. New York City is often referred to as "the greatest city in the world," and for team Fashionista, the reasons why that's true abound. There's the top-notch tap water that fuels world-renowned pizza and bagels, the opportunities that come with being at the center of every major creative industry and, most importantly,...

📰 How The Tox Is Replicating Its Lymphatic Drainage Treatments Across 90 Locations and Counting ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: As 2025 draws to a close, we're revisiting the best stories Fashionista published this year (at least in our editors' opinions). The below was originally published in September. Lymphatic drainage treatments, products and tutorials are suddenly everywhere. Throw a gua sha in almost any major U.S. city, and you'll probably hit a spa that offers its own version of a lymphatic massage or facial. The de-bloating, circulation-improving practice of lymphatic drainage can be found in Brazilian, Danish, Indian, Chinese and even ancient Egyptian cultures going back generations; but recently, American consumers have caught on to its merits on a larger scale. Enter: The Tox, a studio chain that offers its own streamlined take on the practice, as well as a full product line to support clients' at-home efforts. Its (literally, legally) trademarked ...

📰 ICYMI: The Designer Merging African Storytelling with Western Craftsmanship, Pre-Fall 2026 Trends to Know ✨ 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 an eggnog cocktail in our honor when you're discussing who did what over your gingerbread cookies. Related: Meet Chuks Collins, the Nigerian-British Designer Merging African Storytelling with Western Craftsmanship Related: The Pre-Fall 2026 Collections Offer Plenty of Hints at Next Year's Biggest Fashion Trends Related: The Biggest Fashion News Stories of 2025 Related: Fashionista's Most-Read Stories of 2025 Homepage Photo: Courtesy of Chuks Collins Fashionista's audience includes 1 million site visitors, 110,000 newsletter subscribers and 4.74 million social media followers. Want to know how to reach them? Learn more. 📌 Love fashion? Follow us for daily updates on our fashion...

📰 Doechii's Stylist Agrees: She's a Fashion Icon in the Making (Best of 2025) ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: As 2025 draws to a close, we're revisiting the best stories Fashionista published this year (at least in our editors' opinions). The below was originally published in April. When Law Roach gives you high praise, you know you're on the right track, sartorially speaking. "I think that Doechii is doing a really good job of playing all these characters and making us fall in love with not just the music, but her personal style," the self-described "image architect" said on the 2025 Fashion Trust U.S. Awards red carpet. And he's right: If anyone's to be crowned 2025's rising fashion star, it's the Swamp Princess. Of course, she won't have gotten there without her dedicated stylist , Sam Woolf. (He, too, received a shoutout from Roach at the Awards.) The duo first worked together at the 2023 Billboard Women in Musi...

📰 How I Shop: Rebecca Black (Best of 2025) ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: As 2025 draws to a close, we're revisiting the best stories Fashionista published this year (at least in our editors' opinions). The below was originally published in February. We all buy clothes, but no two people shop the same. It can be a social experience, and a deeply personal one; at times, it can be impulsive and entertaining, at others, purpose-driven, a chore. Where do you shop? When do you shop? How do you decide what you need, how much to spend and what's "you"? These are some of the questions we're putting to prominent figures in our column " How I Shop ." If you were on the internet in the early 2010s, you know Rebecca Black's name. In 2011, the then-13-year-old California native released her song "Friday" and became a viral sensation — for better or worse. The original YouTube post quickly reached 100 million views, providing Black with opp...

📰 Fashion Professionals Are Burnt Out and Underpaid, According to Our Survey (Best of 2025) ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: As 2025 draws to a close, we're revisiting the best stories Fashionista published this year (at least in our editors' opinions). The below was originally published in May. Let's be honest: 2025 doesn't exactly feel like the most stable time to be working in fashion (or any industry, really), so conducting Fashionista's annual survey of industry professionals had a certain weight to it this year. We wanted to look not only at salaries for various roles , but also at the overall state of the fashion job market. How satisfied are people with their jobs? How widespread were layoffs? Are people burnt out? (Yes.) We surveyed more than 400 people working across fashion design, PR, retail, media, marketing, styling and corporate roles. They range from entry-level assistants to VPs and founders, working for companies like Supreme, Condé Nast, Fr...