The lifestyle brand is dead. Long live the lifestyle brand

I was watching the Hulu documentary about Victoria’s Secret founder Les Wexner, and aside from the nefarious subtext, I was struck by his clever creation of the Victoria myth. When I worked at Victoria’s Secret PINK early in my career, job number one was building meaning for that pink-spotted dog. It was that depth of […]

Hanae Mori, pioneering Japanese fashion designer, dies at 96

Written by Oscar Holland, CNN Collaborators Junko Ogura, CNN Hanae Mori, the first Asian fashion designer to break into the exclusive world of haute couture, has died at the age of 96. The Japanese designer, whose elegant creations were worn by high-profile figures from Hillary Clinton to Empress Masako, died last Thursday, her office told […]