Tiny Tags CEO Melissa Clayton: ‘We are not in the business of buying customers’ In addition to its DTC business, the customizable fine jewelry brand Tiny Tags has a Target collection that sells in nearly 1,700 stores and is expected to drive $7 million to $9 million in sales this year. On this week’s episode of the Glossy Podcast, the 13-year-old brand’s founder and...
Métier’s Melissa Morris on filling the ‘market gap’ for a new luxury leather goods brand If you watched the Oscars and the event’s afterparties Sunday night, chances are you saw a Métier handbag. The brand’s clutches were seen all over the red carpets, carried by stars from Kaia Germer to Amy Poehler to Anna Sawai. And it wasn’t the first time star fans of the...
‘Take a risk’: NYFW designers weigh in on the CFDA’s advice for Fall 2025 On February 5, the day before the official start of New York Fashion Week Fall 2025, CFDA chairman and designer Thom Browne put out an open letter to fellow designers, encouraging them to go bold. Several designers Glossy spoke to during the week said fulfilling the request would mean business...
Jonathan Cohen’s co-founders on balancing creative and business priorities at NYFW On this NYFW edition of the Glossy Podcast, host Jill Manoff sits down with designer Jonathan Cohen and CEO Sarah Leff, the creative and the business mind behind the 14-year-old Jonathan Cohen brand.
From Beyoncé to Britney: David Blond on leveraging NYFW to win celebrity clients This latest New York Fashion Week edition of the Glossy Podcast features David Blond, one-half of the design duo known as The Blonds, known for their ultra-glam, high-drama styles beloved by the entertainment industry. Blond discusses how The Blonds built their A-list client roster, which includes Rihanna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga,...
Dennis Basso on NYFWs past and present: Showing at Bryant Park was ‘validation’ On the latest New York Fashion Week edition of the Glossy Podcast, designer Dennis Basso discusses his favorite Fashion Week memories and the event’s biggest changes he’s experienced over the years. He also offers a sneak peek of his plans for presenting his fall 2025 collection.
Luxury Briefing: ‘Sponsored by Hidden Valley Ranch’ – How independent designers are funding NYFW shows this season Ahead of her brand Melke’s fall 2025 collection presentation, set for Sunday in Midtown Manhattan, designer Emma Gage presented a pitch deck to her choice sponsor for the show, Hidden Valley Ranch. This New York Fashion Week, Melke is not the only emerging brand leveraging an outside-the-box sponsorship to make a...
Inside NYFW designer Patricio Campillo’s plans to create ‘a Mexican Loewe’ Patricio Campillo is the designer behind the 8-year-old menswear brand Campillo, which blends his Mexican heritage with his take on contemporary menswear and sustainable practices. It also happened to be a semi-finalist in last year’s LVMH Prize. Ahead of his runway show at New York Fashion Week, Glossy sat down with...
FIT president Dr. Joyce Brown on preparing students for NYFW and beyond Several fashion month favorites honed their craft at FIT, including Michael Kors himself, Calvin Klein himself and Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry. So, for this week’s New York Fashion Week episode of the Glossy Podcast, Glossy sat down with Dr. Joyce Brown, who will wrap up a 26-year run as the...