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📰 This Fashion Nonprofit Prepares Aspiring Female Designers for Economic Success {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: It's no secret that the fashion industry is difficult to break into (for non-nepo babies, at least), and Ngozi Okaro recognized that its built-in barriers to entry are even higher for low-income immigrant women. With the core goal of getting "earned income into women's pockets," Okaro founded Custom Collaborative in 2016 to help aspiring female designers develop the necessary skills for long-term economic success through specialized training programs. Sixteen cohorts later, Custom Collaborative is just getting started. "All of the things that you can think of that we would do to support women in business and women in fashion businesses, that's what we're doing," Okaro tells Fashionista. "And we intend to stay here and do it for quite some time." Oka...

📰 Brooklyn PR Is Hiring A Freelance Publicist In Los Angeles {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story We are looking for experienced freelance publicists to work hybrid, supporting Brooklyn PR with press strategy specializing in one or more of the following beats: The ideal candidates will have strong, active relationships with editors and writers across: • Home and interior design • Fashion • Architecture and product design • Lifestyle and consumer products • Food, beverage, and culinary culture • Hospitality, restaurants, and hotels • Technology and innovation • Relevant trade publications Responsibilities: • Execute targeted media outreach for products, brand news, and upcoming initiatives • Develop compelling, customized pitches for different editorial categories • Secure product ...

📰 Foundation Is Seeking Beauty PR Interns & Influencer Marketing Interns In NYC + LA {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Foundation is a communications firm building great beauty brands. We are known for launching and scaling the industry’s most recognizable brands. We've helped launch and build brands like Hero Cosmetics, Briogeo , Nécessaire , Patrick Ta Beauty, and Homecourt – telling impactful stories and leading categories such as bodycare, haircare, color cosmetics and more.  We build brands that last, starting with a solid foundation. Foundation offers a unique opportunity for interns to gain experience, practical knowledge, and professional exposure to PR and influencer marketing. Our goal is to provide our interns with a valuable, fun experience that allows for ...

📰 Must Read: E.l.f. Beauty Reports 36% Net Sales Growth, Exemplar Luxury Group Hires Women's Fashion Director {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday. E.l.f. Beauty Reports 36% Net Sales Growth in Q1 2027 E.l.f. Beauty — the parent company of E.l.f. brands, Rhode, Naturium and Well People — reported its Q1 2027 results on Wednesday, which showed a 36% spike in net sales growth to $479.4 million. This marks the company's 30th consecutive quarter of sales growth. E.l.f. Beauty raised its fiscal 2027 outlook to 18% to 20% net sales growth, up from 12% to 14%. { E.l.f. Beauty } Exemplar Luxury Group Hires Women's Fashion Director Exemplar Luxury Group (formerly Saks Global) has hired Chloe King as the women's fashion director for its Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue businesses. King succeeds Roopal Patel, who left the company in January. ...

📰 Neptunalia: A Swimwear Brand Inspired by Sirens {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: HQ:  Brooklyn, NY Founder:  Nedal Habany Social: Instagram Category: Swimwear E-comm: neptunalia.com Price Range:  $52 – $88 Hero Product: Rosemary Bikini Top PR Representation: Akiko Kobayashi How to get in touch: neptunaliabrand@gmail.com Origin Story Designer and Neptunalia founder Nedal Habany has always felt both fear and fascination about water. While most swimwear brands stay on the lighter, sunnier sides of the shore, Neptunalia is unafraid of the dark waters. Inspired by the idea of sirens, who are both seductive and deadly, the collection blends contrasts: hardware that adds a sharp, edgy touch and boyish details that play with the idea of femininity. Each piece is designed for duality, moving from the dance floor to the water, "embodying a bold, fearless femininity that embraces both strength and allure....

📰 This Brand Builder Landed Jobs at Deciem and Quince Without Ever Applying {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Listen to the full conversation between Dakota Kate Isaacs and Fashionista Beauty + Style Director Steph Saltzman on The Fashionista Network on Spotify. View the original article to see embedded media. Of the many consumer businesses we cover at Fashionista, only a few have experienced what can truly be described as "meteoric" rises. Among them are beauty company Deciem (creator of The Ordinary) and DTC giant Quince. Both beloved for offering accessibly priced, high-quality products, the two entities also happen to have one other thing in common: Dakota Kate Isaacs. The brand builder began her career in agency PR before becoming Deciem's first U.S. employee, overseeing the company's expansion into more than 2,500 doors across North America and playing ...

📰 Jennifer Behr Is Hiring An E-Commerce and Marketing Assistant In New York, NY {% if EntryImageUrl and EntryImageUrl != "" %} {% endif %} ✨ Fashion Insights & Trends: Sponsored Story Jennifer Behr introduced her namesake collection of distinctive, luxury hair accessories in 2005. Since then, the collection has grown to include a range of seductive headpieces, jewelry and knits. Jennifer Behr is sold at fine retailers all over the world including Bergdorf Goodman , Net-A-Porter, Saks Fifth Avenue, Shopbop, Neiman Marcus, Browns, MyTheresa, Harrods and many more. Jennifer Behr is seeking a motivated and experienced E-Commerce and Marketing Assistant to join a rapidly growing team. The ideal candidate has a background in the luxury beauty and/or fashion industries. This role reports directly to the E-commerce and Digital Marketing Director. The ...