Weekly Links: Chanel Beauty News, J. Crew, Luxe Online Beauty, & The Kardashians

Send to KindleTweet It’s all beauty and fashion news in this link. To start, Beyonce is starring in a new H&M campaign and luxury fashion site Net-a-Porter has launched beauty. Online impulse buy anyone? Meanwhile, it’s not shocking that the Kardashians‘ foray into skincare will be through a self-tanning line. The collection will launch exclusively [...]

Weekly Links: Target Openings, Jimmy Choo, the Beauty Box Biz, & Celeb Endorsements

Send to KindleTweet What happens when a woman follows her gut, borrows some money and builds one of the biggest luxury shoe brands ever – without a college degree? In this case Jimmy Choo happens. After the sale of Jimmy Choo, Tamara Mellon is a multi-millionaire planning her next move. This New York Times piece [...]

Links of the Week: Western Problems

Send to KindleTweet How to find things in your carryall, which hot French woman is on two issues of Vogue during the same month, and which retailers are joining the store-within-a-store trend. These are what one calls White or Western problems. It’s kind of like those moments when you are hungry but don’t know what [...]

Birchbox: Bringing Metrosexual Back, 3D Printers, Beauty Bar in BK, & Construction Detox

Send to KindleTweet Beauty sample subscription biz Birchbox launched it’s men’s service. Still in Beta, the men’s boxes are $20/month and will include small electronics too. I might’ve questioned this move had I not witnessed a straight male classmate surfing Pinterest and J. Crew last week. Check out the Forbes article. Formerly in Bushwick, Beauty Bar [...]

Amex Joins Flash Sale Space

Send to KindleTweet American Express recently announced a new multi-year e-commerce deal to boost online business and establish ties with Web consumers. Amex plans to commit $100 million, with a focus on early stage e-commerce startups. Amex’s new digital commerce initiative will be run from its new Silicon Valley office, with Harshul Sanghi at the [...]

Ame Ame Opens First Boutique

Send to KindleTweet Woman-owned functional fashion brand Ame Ame is opening its first boutique in the East Village on Wednesday November 16. Founded and run by a Queens resident, Ame Ame was until now, a Web-based retailer of rain gear, from Wellies to trenches. Celebrate hump day with a jaunt in the East Village and [...]

Target: Kid Hipster Looks For Less

Send to KindleTweet Jobs are like relationships– both start with a honeymoon period, the rush of the new. The honeymoon ends at about three months at which point the job becomes real with overnight responsibility and the relationship is real. After that, the next six months are OK, the lust or love develops and you [...]

A Tribute To Anna

Send to KindleTweet While freelancing at CondeNet years ago, I took one month off to go upstairs and fact check for Vogue. The first time I saw that bob down the hallway I froze. I walked past Anna Wintour unable to even say hello. Later I saw Grace Coddington waiting for the subway at Times [...]

Designer Denim House Heads To Kohl’s

Send to KindleTweet Next year will hopefully bring us more jobs and a clean campaign but one thing is for sure–we are finally getting designer jeans for less. I know this sounds like a T. J. Maxx commercial but it’s the real deal. This deal is a sign of the times and possibly the product [...]

Hip Gifts

Send to KindleTweet Among New York City’s best graffiti artists is Toofly, a Queens, NY, native and one half of the female team behind art collective The Younity. This year, Toofly is lending her name to a great indie shopping event in Lower Manhattan. On December 11, the Lower East Side’s The Panda NYC will [...]

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