After Reinventing The Shower Cap, Design-Focused Brand Shhhowercap Is Now Poised To Do Much More

Too much focus is scarcely ever a bad thing for a brand in its nascent stages. Shhhowercap is case in point. Founder Jacquelyn De Jesu launched it in 2015 with very clear vision to upend the shower...

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...