The Debrief | Why Everyone’s Reading Clothing Labels Again
As shoppers swap “sustainable” for “healthy,” BoF senior editorial associate Shayeza Walid joins senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young to unpack why fabric content has become fashion’s newest flashpoint — and why Gap just found out the hard way.
As the deadline for resolving trade disputes approaches, Canadian and US negotiators work to avoid 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods. Retail sales dipped slightly last month, but clothing store receipts saw a 1.9 percent increase, possibly fueled by back-to-school shopping. The unraveling of Phia's scandal reveals several preventable mistakes that founders of fashion startups should heed.
In the podcast The BoF Podcast, Los Angeles designer and entrepreneur Phia Imran Amed recounts her journey from searching flea markets in Myrtle Beach to managing a 60-person studio, and argues for why a chair from H&M can be as good as one from a luxury brand.
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