How Female Founders In Fashion Are Increasingly Making Their Mark By Jennifer “Jay” Palumbo As fashion evolves each year, a new power dynamic is coming into play more than ever. A study by Business of Fashion revealed that women designed 40% of womenswear fashion brands, but they only make up about 14% of leadership positions among the largest fashion brands. Another report found that women…
Fashion Rebel Karla Gallardo on How to Start Your Own Business by Corinne Griffith Cole and reported by Jacqueline Dia WHAT SHE DID… In a world full of Zaras and H&Ms, 31-year-old Ecuadorian designer Karla Gallardo wants to create one-of-a-kind fashion. Her e-commerce brand, Cuyana, is an online dream for eco-conscious chicks who want a little style with their sustainability. Cuyana, Quechua for…
The act of shopping after COVID became different for her too. “It felt too presumptive to buy something formal because I didn’t have anywhere to wear it”
Coco Chanel was one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers. Here are 8 important style innovations from a designer who once famously said: “I don’t do fashion. I am fashion.”
By Jonathan Jeffery To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.” — Anna Wintour Anna Wintour is one of the most well-known names in fashion. She’s been Vogue’s editor-in-chief since 1988 and Conde Nast’s creative artistic director since 2013. Wintour is not…
In pursuit of holiday fashion inspiration? While dress codes might be somewhat obsolete this season, we looked to the cosmos for tried-and-true guidance on what to wear, with a little help from fashion’s favorite astrologer, Francesca Vuillemin.
GC4W is so excited to announce that we are carrying Lordess Shoes on our newly launched GC4W Marketplace. We started a new campaign this month to encourage our community to #shopsmall and support female entrepreneurs when doing your holiday shopping this season.
With the impact of COVID-19 on small business owners globally coupled with the difficulties many small businesses are facing in an ever-changing world, the Global Connections for Women Foundation is pleased to announce our launch of the GC4W Marketplace. The GC4W Marketplace is an e-commerce site that will provide guests with the opportunity to support small women-owned businesses while viewing…
Fashion Meets Activism With Cara Santana’s New Collection Actress, entrepreneur, producer, writer and activist Cara Santana is striking out on her own and out of the shadow of big retailers by creating her own fashion collection, to be sold online directly to consumers a price point of under $100. The collection was set to launch as a second season in partnership with Kohl’s, but due…
Why The Founder Of ‘30 Under 30’ Fashion Startup Choosy Believes Reinvention Is Critical Can a startup be considered both a fashion company and a tech company? In the case of Choosy, that’s a resounding ‘yes.’ The brand that leverages artificial intelligence to identify fashion trends first launched in 2018, and has revolutionized the way women’s clothing is manufactured by…