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These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Thursday. Neiman Marcus to Close Dallas Flagship Neiman Marcus is closing its downtown Dallas flagship store on Sept. 30, Saks Global confirmed Tuesday. The Dallas flagship first opened in 1907. Neiman Marcus plans to focus resources on its second Dallas NorthPark store. Since filing for bankruptcy in January, Saks Global closed 18 Saks Fifth Avenue stores and three Neiman Marcus stores. { Business of Fashion /paywalled} OTB Acquires All of Viktor&Rolf OTB has acquired 100% of Viktor&Rolf after first acquiring a 51% majority stake in the label in 2008. OTB further increased its stake to 70% in 2019. This move follows the agreement signed last year, which reconfirmed Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren as creative directors of the brand for another five years. { OTB } British Fashion Council Names Recipients of BFC Fashion Trust 2026 The British Fashion Council (BFC) announced the recipients of the BFC Fashion Trust 2026: Clio...

Miami Beach just spent the better part of a week doing what it does best: turning every pool deck, hotel lobby and patch of sand into a runway. Paraiso Miami Swim Week wrapped its 22nd edition with more than 100 brands activating across South Beach — from heavy hitters like Monday Swimwear, Oséree, Luli Fama and Oh Polly; to It-girl Australian label Fae, which made its Swim Week debut. The week opened with the second annual Swimwear Icons Hall of Fame (SIHOF) Honors Night, hosted by Camille Kostek and co-chaired by Monday Swimwear's Natasha Oakley and Devin Brugman. It honored photographer Ellen von Unwerth, model and entrepreneur Leomie Anderson, Chromat founder Bex McCharen and designer Melissa Odabash. From there, it was a blur. The newly reimagined Delano Miami Beach anchored a chunk of the programming (a von Unwerth photography exhibit and Sinesia Karol's runway show included). Plus, emerging brands got their close-up on a runway built directly over the pool at the art...

The Western beauty market has found its next big K-beauty investment: hair care .  For decades, American consumers have been enamored with Korea's ingredients-led skin-care products and aesthetic treatments. According to a report released by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in May, Korea’s cosmetics exports reached $11.4 billion in 2025 , a 11.8% jump from a year earlier. Korea is the world’s second-largest cosmetics exporter after France, with the U.S. as its largest destination. Similar to its skin-care counterpart, K-hair is heavily ingredient- and treatment-driven, with a popular focus on scalp health and "glass hair" (a sleek, super-straight hairstyle with a high-gloss finish). Major retailers are betting big on the category this year: Ulta Beauty added 13 brands to its assortment, six of which are available in-store; while Sephora is rolling out four brands, in addition to an ongoing partnership with K-beauty retailer Olive Young (which just opened i...

Before diving into the fast-paced world of beauty entrepreneurship, Alexandra Spunt and Franchesca Hashim met as co-workers at Everlane. Spunt, the "sustainable" fashion brand's co-founder, and Hashim, who headed its marketing team, bonded over "clean" skin-care discussions and identified a gap in the sun-care market for mineral SPF that was actually enjoyable to use. "Alex and I weren't necessarily itching to become entrepreneurs," Hashim tells Fashionista. "It just started from a conversation that would not end where we were like, 'Why is [mineral sunscreen] so bad? Why can't I find something? Why do I, being a Black woman, have to make a sacrifice to get a 'cleaner' product?'" With the shared goal of revamping the mineral sun-care category, the duo officially launched Good Weather Skin in 2025. After all, their bond transcended Everlane's walls: "We were this two-headed monster and we knew that we would...

These are the stories making headlines in fashion on Friday. Phia Reveals New Celebrity Backers Phia, the AI shopping app launched by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kiann, announced the investor cohort behind its $35.5 million Series A round. New celebrity backers include Khloé Kardashian, Alix Earle , Alexandre Arnault, Mindy Kaling, Karlie Kloss , Cait Bailey, Jessica Alba, Shaboozey, Ashley Graham, Halsey, Jay Shetty, Wendi Murdoch, Olivia Culpo, Amy Griffin, Lilly Singh, Brooks Nader, The Nader Sisters, Chriselle Lim, Codie Sanchez, Zack Bia, Bobbi Brown, Sophia Amoruso, Rachel Zoe, Winnie Harlow, Alex Pall & Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers, Lori Harvey, Leila Hormozi, Ice Spice, Gunna, Eileen Gu, Sydney Sweeney , Paris Hilton and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. {Fashionista inbox} Allina Liu Forced to Halt Production In an Instagram post shared on Thursday, designer Allina Liu announced that her namesake label's Spring 2026 production styles were lost in transit. Liu shared that her...

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