Dame Products’ Alexandra Fine On Her Brand’s $4M Seed Round, Selling Vibrators In Department Stores And Sex Talk On Social Media
Dame Products has closed a $4 million seed round, marking the sexual wellness brand’s first capital raise since drawing $970,000 through crowdfunding campaigns for the launch of its hands-free couples vibrator Eva in 2014 and...
The Opposite Of Fast Beauty: How The Conservatory Curates An Assortment Built To Last
When Vogue contributing editor Robert Sullivan wrote in 2019 that The Conservatory’s Hudson Yards opening represented “a sea change, a true tipping point, for retail,” the ensuing dramatic tipping points for brick-and-mortar stores were far beyond the...
Five Buzzworthy Australian Brands To Put On Your Beauty Watch List
The Australian beauty scene has a reputation for brands brimming with native botanical ingredients harvested in pristine environments. That’s something we Aussies—I’m a Sydney resident and former editor in chief of Harper’s Bazaar Australia—have...
Skincare For The New Normal: Fortify+ Is Fighting Bacteria While Providing Beauty Benefits
Amid tremendous uncertainty in March last year as the pandemic was taking root in the United States, David Klar, who would go on to lose relatives and longtime friends to the coronavirus, received a surprise package on his...
The Art Of Shaving’s Founders Are Back In The Brand Business With Skincare Startup Ingredients
Eleven years after selling The Art of Shaving to Procter & Gamble for an estimated $60 million, the brand’s co-founders Myriam and Eric Malka are innovating in the beauty industry again. The married couple’s organic skincare brand...
