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19 More Fashion Predictions for 2025

19 More Fashion Predictions for 2025

From experts, influencers, and you.

Jan 14, 2025

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19 min read

How Glossier Bounced Back; Shein's Wild Hearing

How Glossier Bounced Back; Shein's Wild Hearing

I talked to founder Emily Weiss and her successor as CEO Kyle Leahy about the state of the business.

Jan 10, 2025

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8 min read

How Good Are Amazon’s Luxury Dupes, Really?

How Good Are Amazon’s Luxury Dupes, Really?

The Row sells jelly flats for $890. Amazon sells the same ones for $30.

Jan 8, 2025

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11 min read

Golden Globes Recap: Gowns with a Side of Bucket Hat

Golden Globes Recap: Gowns with a Side of Bucket Hat

Thank you, Jeremy Strong.

Jan 6, 2025

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17 min read

10 Fashion Predictions for 2025

10 Fashion Predictions for 2025

The Met Gala, sweatpants jeans, and more!

LockSimple

Jan 2, 2025

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14 min read

Can Valentino Make These Bags 'It'?

Can Valentino Make These Bags 'It'?

They certainly have the marketing might.

Dec 23, 2024

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3 min read

The Year the Kardashians Dimmed

The Year the Kardashians Dimmed

A forensic examination of their fame through the first half of the decade.

Dec 20, 2024

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3 min read

The Year Hermès Ruled the World

The Year Hermès Ruled the World

The brand finishes 2024 with a PR masterclass on '60 Minutes.'

LockSimple

Dec 18, 2024

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3 min read

The Year Brown and Beige Ate the World

The Year Brown and Beige Ate the World

"Mocha mousse" is the color of 2025, but brown is the color of the decade.

Dec 17, 2024

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3 min read

The Year 'Vogue' Lost the Plot

The Year 'Vogue' Lost the Plot

About that winter cover.

LockSimple

Dec 16, 2024

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3 min read

The Year of Mess

The Year of Mess

Fans are sniffing out disingenuousness, and gravitating toward the messiness of stars like Charli XCX.

Dec 15, 2024

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3 min read

Chanel to Enter Serious Fashion Era

Chanel to Enter Serious Fashion Era

There may not be another designer who can or will undertake Lagerfeldian theatrics.

LockSimple

Dec 13, 2024

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3 min read

How the Internet Broke Gift Guides

How the Internet Broke Gift Guides

Editors reveal the secrets of how they made those ubiquitous holiday gift guides.

Dec 12, 2024

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3 min read

The Mania of Highly Profitable Beauty Advent Calendars

The Mania of Highly Profitable Beauty Advent Calendars

Retailers make millions each season on the calendars. Resellers are hording them — and making thousands themselves.

LockSimple

Dec 5, 2024

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3 min read

What Is a Debutante Ball in 2024?

What Is a Debutante Ball in 2024?

Everything you ever wanted to know about the "Met Gala for teens."

LockSimple

Dec 2, 2024

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3 min read

The Obsession with Joanne's Clothes on 'Nobody Wants This'

The Obsession with Joanne's Clothes on 'Nobody Wants This'

It's a fashion show that's not a Fashion show.

LockSimple

Nov 27, 2024

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3 min read

Exhausted? Try 'Bed-Rotting' and 'Therapeutic Laziness.'

Exhausted? Try 'Bed-Rotting' and 'Therapeutic Laziness.'

As Ali Wong said, “I don’t wanna lean in — I wanna lie down.”

Nov 22, 2024

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3 min read

The 'Hottest' Brands Are Not the Most Purchased Brands

The 'Hottest' Brands Are Not the Most Purchased Brands

More results from Back Row's first-ever shopping survey.

LockSimple

Nov 19, 2024

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3 min read

When Buying Luxury, How Much Does Brand Matter?

When Buying Luxury, How Much Does Brand Matter?

Back Row readers cited quality and design as much more important than brand when buying luxury fashion.

Nov 15, 2024

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3 min read

Retail Confessions: Barneys New York

Retail Confessions: Barneys New York

"I’d spend hours talking to these women about their lives and think, 'Do they have friends?' It felt gross that I had to turn every conversation into a sales pitch."

LockSimple

Nov 12, 2024

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3 min read

Trump Won. So Shop Now.

Trump Won. So Shop Now.

Tariffs, if enacted, would mean higher apparel prices for U.S. consumers.

Nov 7, 2024

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3 min read

Distract Yourself With This Luxury Shopping Survey

Distract Yourself With This Luxury Shopping Survey

What can you tell the industry about the reasons for the luxury downturn?

Nov 5, 2024

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3 min read

The "It" Shoes You'll Soon See Everywhere

The "It" Shoes You'll Soon See Everywhere

The Sex and the City-driven feminine shoe period is in the past.

Nov 1, 2024

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3 min read

8 Trends from the Spring 2025 Collections

8 Trends from the Spring 2025 Collections

From über practical to "is it clothing?"

Oct 30, 2024

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3 min read

Back Row Has a New Look

Back Row Has a New Look

Same content, new design. Plus: merch!

Oct 29, 2024

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3 min read

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