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AI Takes on the Fashion Industry’s Counterfeit Problem
Luxury brands and resale businesses are betting on artificial intelligence to solve a centuries-old issue. The plague of counterfeits shows no signs of diminishing as …
Gigi Hadid Would Reportedly Have ‘No Problem’ With Selena Gomez Dating Ex Zayn Malik
If Zayn Malik really is dating Selena Gomez, that’s totally fine with his ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid. According to a source that spoke with Us Weekly, …
Fashion’s Microplastics Problem Is a Design Challenge
Every year, more than half a million metric tons of tiny plastic fibres leach from our clothes into the environment. They shed mostly in the …
The Problem with Sustainability Data
On Thursday, the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights published a report with a damning assessment of efforts to quantify the fashion industry’s record …
Olaplex’s ‘Broke My Hair’ Problem Is a TikTok Cautionary Tale
It was the opposite of the celebrity endorsements typical of social media. Earlier this month, Kristin Cavallari went on Instagram to tell her 4.5 million followers why …
The BoF Podcast Episode 17: Race, Inequality and Privilege: Why Is It a Problem Worth Solving?
DeRay Mckesson, an American civil rights activist and a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, and British television personality June Sarpong took to …
The Problem With Beauty Incubators
Within two days, two founders of two hair care lines — Shelby Wild of Playa and Kristin Ess of Kristin Ess Hair — sued the …
The BoF Podcast Episode 6: Fashion’s Discrimination Problem
At VOICES 2016 Tim Blanks chaired a discussion on diversity and inclusion between president of IMG Models Ivan Bart, mixed-race model Joan Smalls and transgender …
In Search of Transparency: Fashion’s Data Problem
To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. One of the biggest challenges facing the fashion industry in its efforts to become more …
Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem Begins with Bad Data
LONDON, United Kingdom — Fashion has a fake news problem. Want to know how many people are employed in the industry, or where they work, …
The Problem With Barneys New York Beauty
Barneys New York is launching a beauty brand. While some are hopeful it’ll provide a whiff of what the legendary retailer once was, others — …
The Debrief: Fashion’s Greenwashing Problem
To subscribe to The Debrief, please follow this link. Background: Concern about the environmental impact of clothing has swelled in the past few years. So …
Number crunching: why ultra-processed foods have a calorie problem | Food & drink industry
A calorie is a calorie, right? Fixed and unchanging, like a gram, or a mile? Well … no, not necessarily. You see, what a straightforward …
The best new natural products to fix every hair problem
As beauty junkies continue to clean up their acts, swapping out virtually every product in their arsenals with plant-based, sustainable alternatives, hair care brands are …