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After announcing its long-awaited IPO in October, Stitch Fix officially began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Friday (Nov. 17).

Alongside the TVs, toys, blenders, and baby wipes on Walmart.com, you’ll soon be able to buy upscale fashion too.

The n-word is probably the most emotionally and historically charged word there is in English, at least in the United States. The rules of its use are clear: black people can use it, having reclaimed it and given it new meaning. White people cannot. It’s simply impossible to separate from its history as a disgusting racial slur and a vestige of centuries of enslavement and mistreatment.

New Yorkers who are fanatics about sneakers probably know Stadium Goods for its small storefront on Howard Street, a quiet side lane branching off from the retail frenzy of Broadway in Manhattan’s Soho district. People venture to the 3,000 square-foot space for the sneaker resellers’ dizzying collection of sought-after shoes, styles such as Yeezy 350s, Jordans, and rare Adidas NMDs, which can fetch prices well into the thousands. Stadium Goods has quickly expanded online, too, since its launch in 2015, through its own website and via partnerships with companies such as eBay.

Teen Vogue has announced that Hillary Clinton will guest-edit its upcoming issue, due out on December 5.

Adidas can’t be stopped. The German sportswear label reported another surge in North American sales this quarter. Adidas brand sales jumped 31% in the quarter, topping $1 billion in the region.

How does a cashmere brand stand out in the age of $80 cashmere sweaters?

Each year, the Costume Institute at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art puts on a major fashion exhibition that draws visitors from around the globe. Previous subjects have included the savage genius of Alexander McQueen and the mind-bending dichotomies of Japan’s Rei Kawakubo and her label Comme des Garçons.

There are few fashion designers so consistently creative as Dries Van Noten, and fewer still with anywhere near his longevity. In March, the Belgian designer staged his celebratory 100th fashion show, a remarkable milestone in an industry known for its relentless churn through trends and talents. To commemorate the achievement, three decades in the making, a new book that looks at every one of his shows is hitting shops, while a German filmmaker made Dries, a documentary about the designer and his vision.

I’m Quartz’s fashion reporter, and it was fashion, oddly enough, that drew me to the little Georgian bakery in New York where I snapped this. Food too: I would occasionally pass the bakery, and see the khachapuri, a doughy bread boat filled with cheese, egg, and butter, through the window. I was always planning to stop in, but never seemed to remember.

Nike, the world’s biggest seller of sneakers and sportswear, has managed to slash its foreign tax rate thanks to a Bermudan tax haven and a Dutch legal structure stemming from legislation dating back to the 1830s.

About two years ago, department store JC Penney promoted John Tighe to the prestigious job of chief merchant. It’s a vague title, but as MarketWatch explained at the time, the position is a crucial one: “The role, also known as chief merchandising officer, literally involves selecting all of the merchandise that a retailer sells, and is typically viewed as the second-highest position in the company after the chief executive.”

Fabrics that conduct electricity have been a fertile area of exploration for researchers. They’ve come up with textiles that can keep you warm with just the turn of a dial, or that power your phone��with your normal movements.

The Nike Huarache almost never existed. The shoe, made of a sock-like bootie encased in a supportive exoskeleton, was definitely unusual when Nike began showing around the prototypes in the early 1990s. Practically nobody placed orders, and Nike seemed to have little choice but to kill the idea.

The struggles of big glossy magazines continue.

Since Under Armour went public in 2005, the company has grown. In just over a decade, its sales rose from about $87 million to just over $1.4 billion. From 2010, every quarter brought impressive new numbers, until last year, when growth hit the brakes.

The competition between the world’s top sneaker brands is sounding more and more like an actual foot race.

Italian luxury house Gucci has had a remarkable turnaround since the start of 2015. That was when Alessandro Michele was unexpectedly named the brand’s creative director, proceeding to change the entire look and feel of Gucci. It’s also when Marco Bizzarri, who was previously the CEO of Bottega Veneta and then parent company Kering’s luxury couture and leather goods division, became Gucci’s chief executive.

Lord & Taylor will soon have a new roommate in the building it has occupied for more than a century on 5th Avenue in New York City.

The accusations of sexual harassment and other misconduct against Harvey Weinstein keep mounting.

In New York City and other fashion capitals, one unusual breed of shoe is turning up over and over: Sock sneakers.

Stitch Fix has a simple value proposition. ”We save our clients time by doing the shopping,” it said in its IPO filing yesterday (Oct. 19).

The official start to the 2017-2018 NBA season last night (Oct. 17) wasn’t just an exciting moment for players and fans. For Nike, it was maybe a bigger deal than for anyone else. After years of waiting, this game marked the real tip-off of Nike’s role as the exclusive apparel provider of the NBA.

If you believe Jennifer Hyman, CEO of Rent the Runway, her company is a major disruptor in fashion. It rents out designer clothes from some 500 different brands to subscribers who pay a monthly fee, allowing them to borrow a high-end wardrobe for much less than it would cost to actually buy. The company has thrived, topping $100 million in revenue last year and becoming profitable for the first time.