International fashion reporter at @glossyco focused on sustainability and innovation | CSM Alum | Bylines at @elleuk @WWD | Email me at [email protected]
Thank you to @_Stylion_ at @glossyco for the early look at Altina in this week's Luxury Briefing.
It captured something we've believed from the beginning:
“The next growth area is about making smart frames look normal.”
Full piece: https://t.co/95Njo5PDs7
In the latter half of Saint Laurent’s career he’d send out collections of nearly identical looks that droned on. The fashion industry went to his shows out of obligation because he was one of the top advertisers. Hammering an idea is a very YSL thing to do.
New: Tension at the Associated Press over use of AI. One of the AP newsroom leaders leading the company's AI initiatives told staff that many editors preferred an AI-written article to a human one, and told them when it comes to using AI in the newsroom "resistance is futile."
We also need to holding content creators who plagiarize from journalists accountable
Very easy to regurgitate talking points: very difficult to do original reporting
Really inspired by the Olivia Nuzzi case. I love the idea of having a whole successful career, to the point where losing it is a big spectacle, and still being only 32 years old. Could never happen in the UK. Here she'd still be turning press releases into news stories for Dazed.
A superb piece by @sarahrlnrd about the rise and fall of Teen Vogue. It really captures what made the publication unique and important—why its loss is so strongly felt by other journalists and its loyal readers. https://t.co/BsevHRpbRM
Wrote about the issues with LFW this time around- from Dilara Findikoglu and the unsafe overcrowding, to why international buyers and journalists are still struggling with access to shows and designers because of PR problems. https://t.co/NPTrqUEwnv
This is the most boring NYFW in recent memory.
Too many designers are making nice trousers and sort-of-interesting tops for upper-middle-class women on the go, who find meaning through owning a few vases interesting enough to be called “ceramics.”
https://t.co/Gc9PZNaJ6g
If a media company wanted to hire @Emily_Sundberg at this point, it would have to match her annualized subs income with the salaries of … 3 senior writers? (2 if you’re the Atlantic)
@Lei_Takanashi In Canada, “bankruptcy protection” means a company isn’t shutting down, it’s hitting pause on debt collectors so it can regroup, restructure, and try to get through it.