Luxury Haircare Disruption, Balenciaga Menswear, Nike & Amazon

Chaos to Launch Magazine, Hermès' Quiet Mastermind, The Legality of Cultural Appropriation [View on Web]( [Add to contacts]( [New reader? Subscribe]( [BoF]( THE DAILY DIGEST TODAY'S MUST READ [Is Luxury Haircare Ripe for Disruption?]( BY Chantal Fernandez [Digital media and the rise of niche players have disrupted the makeup and skincare categories. Is haircare next?]( [Read more]( TOP STORIES [News Bites | Chaos to Launch Magazine, Zanzan Lands Investment]( BY BoF Team [In today’s News Bites, Charlotte Stockdale and Katie Lyall are set to launch a magazine, while sunglasses brand Zanzan receives investment from Eiesha Bharti Pasricha.]( [Read more]( [At Balenciaga, Dadhood by Demna]( BY Tim Blanks [Continuing his celebration of normality with an obliquely optimistic collection, Gvasalia remodelled last season’s exec as a family man on the weekend.]( [Read more]( [Repurposing a Romantic Past at Valentino]( BY Tim Blanks [Pierpaolo Piccioli’s ability to tap the tension between contrasts guaranteed that the men’s collection he showed on Tuesday night was a career high point.]( [Read more]( NEWS BRIEFS [Report: Nike Close to Selling Directly on Amazon]( [Shares in Nike jumped after Goldman Sachs said it could be close to selling directly on Amazon, raising competition for brick-and-mortar sports retailers.]( [EBay to Match Prices in Bid to Attract Shoppers]( [The company said it would match top competitors' prices for a number of popular products in an effort to lure customers, as part as a longer term strategy to catch up to its rivals in e-commerce.]( [Social Goods | Patagonia's Bid to Protect Public Lands, the Legality of Cultural Appropriation]( [This week, Patagonia's CEO plans to sue the White House to protect 500 million acres of land, while the UN discusses the legal consequences of aesthetic 'borrowing' from indigenous cultures.]( [DAILY DIGEST Fashion News from Around the Web]( 1 [Secrets of Multilevel Marketing’s Top Sellers]( ["It’s a tough business and a crowded market, but these women are succeeding. How?"]( 2 [The Private-Label Companies You Never Realised Were Making Your Favourite Beauty Products]( ["Eighty percent of the products that you see in department stores we've created for brands."]( 3 [Retailers' Efforts to Lure Shoppers to Stores With Experiences Still Missing the Mark]( ["Retailers are still coming up short on winning shoppers over with in-store experiences."]( 4 [In Defence of Fashion as a True Art Form]( ["Fashion is a perfect marriage of creativity, communication, and utility."]( 5 [Meet Bali Barret, the Hermès Mastermind Who Prefers to Keep Out of the Limelight]( ["As artistic director of the Hermès Women’s Universe, Barret has ultimate design control over the womenswear, accessories, scarves and jewellery."]( Vogue]( FROM THE ARCHIVE [Constructing Rick Owens' Creative Bubble]( BY Chris Wallace [Over the last two decades, Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy have managed to construct a fantastical creative world entirely of their own design and turn it into a commercially successful business, projected to generate $120 million in 2014.]( [Read more]( [Subscribe Were you forwarded this email? To subscribe to this newsletter, click below.]( for Free]( [BoF CAREERS - FEATURED JOBS]( [Head of Merchandising, Accessories]( [Jimmy Choo]( London, United Kingdom [Executive Assistant to CEO]( [The Wall Group]( New York, United States [Design Director, Creative Services, Estee Lauder]( [Estée Lauder Companies]( New York, United States [Visual Designer]( [Gucci]( Milan, Italy [E-Commerce Copywriter]( [AllSaints]( London, United Kingdom [Junior Creative Manager BOSS Orange Man]( [Hugo Boss]( Metzingen, Germany [View All Jobs]( Follow Us [The Business of Fashion]( [Sponsorship & Advertising]( [About]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Add to Address Book]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Edit Newsletter Subscriptions]( The Business of Fashion Moray House - 6th Floor · 23-31 Great Titchfield St London W1W 7PA · United Kingdom